Opium production has dropped sharply in Afghanistan, but trafficking in the region is on the rise, according to a Thursday ...

O pium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by the Taliban government in 2022, the United ...

CHAM KALAI, Afghanistan (AP) – The seeds flew from his hands into the soil. Wrapped in a woolen shawl against the cold, Khan Bacha sowed his fields with the only crop he says brings him enough money ...

Police believe the discovery of 60,000 plants being grown in a field behind a rural Edmonton home is the second largest opium ...

"Biochemists have been curious for decades about how plants have evolved to become one of the richest sources of chemical diversity on earth. Using high-quality genome assembly, our study has ...

WEBVTT I’M ERIN CLARK. DAN GREEN IS OFF TONIGHT. WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH AN ILLEGAL POPPY GROW IN MONTEREY COUNTY. DEPUTIES WITH THE SHERIFFS OFFICE DESTROYED AN ENTIRE FIELD OF POPPIES OVER THE ...

Afghan efforts to stamp out opium poppy cultivation are failing because of high prices for the illicit crop, pushing farmers to grow 18 percent more in 2012 than last year, the U.N. said in a report ...

Scientists have determined the DNA code of the opium poppy genome, uncovering key steps in how the plant evolved to produce the pharmaceutical compounds used to make vital medicines. The discovery may ...