Heroin made from Afghan opium makes up 95% of the market in Europe ... "A few farmers tried to grow poppy in their courtyards hidden behind walls, but the Taliban found out and destroyed those ...

Cited very often by the Government as one of the factors that triggered the ongoing violent conflict, the War On Drugs seems ...

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 ...

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 climate of these parts of Asia seems peculiarly adapted to the growth of the species of poppy (papaver somniferum), from which opium is obtained ; accumulating in the juice of the plant the ...

A Naga village in Manipur’s Kuki-dominated Kangpokpi district has set a four-day deadline for the State government to take ...

The last of July or early in August is a good time to sow the seed, as the plants stand the winter without injury. The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less ...

VIENNA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban ...

The plants need at least six hours of sunlight every day to produce large blooms with rich colors. Varieties such as Flanders ...

He acknowledges that the poppy field is his. "My father taught me how to grow poppies ten years ago," he says. "Until this year, I was able to produce 60 pounds of opium from my farmland." ...

Don't consume the leaves, roots, flowers, and stems of opium poppy because they're poisonous. Only the seeds are edible. If you want poppies in different colors this spring, February is the best time ...

Evan Hafer and Joe Rogan discussed the role of the United States of America in allowing Afghanistan's opium industry to ...