It may be intentionally added to increase the drug’s weight, it could be due to contamination of the equipment used to process it, or the opium plant may have been grown in soil contaminated by ...

Opium poppy plants can be refined to form the the basis for several highly addictive drugs, including heroin. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, according to the United Nations ...

That prompted opium farming in the country to plummet an estimated 95% in 2023, according to an annual survey by the United ...

mothers reportedly have been separated from newborns because the women failed drug tests. Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and from which narcotics such as morphine and codeine ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

The country's opium poppy fields are already the ... The boom is the result of a discovery by drug traffickers that a plant commonly found growing wild in parts of Afghanistan, ephedra, can ...

UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly emphasized the urgency of sustainable alternatives for Afghan farmers, given their ...

It has been used as a stimulant and a sedative, has been reported to treat chronic pain and digestive ailments, and can help with withdrawal from opium or other types of drugs. However, ...