Obtained from the poppy plant which is also the source of opium, poppy seeds are commonly used for cooking in Indian households, but there is a restriction in place for its import. Indian norms ...

Obtained from the poppy plant which is also the source of opium, poppy seeds are commonly used for cooking in Indian households, but there is a restriction in place for its import. Indian norms ...

Afghanistan’s opium poppy cultivation grew in 2024 despite a Taliban-imposed ban, according to a United Nations report. Cultivation increased by an estimated 19 percent this year, the report ...

The Taliban outlawed the cultivation of narcotics nationwide in April 2022, months after sweeping back to power in Afghanistan, which led to a massive decline in opium poppy production.

70 species of poppy within the genus Papaver (Papaveraceae), two have been responsible for two very different, but equally influential, tasks during the past century. They are P. rhoeas L. (common ...

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 ...

Kurt Bosnell said in a release Thursday. RCMP said they believe the opium in this case was being grown to produce doda, an opiate made by grinding the poppy’s dried seed pod into a fine powder, ...

"Despite the increase in 2024, opium poppy cultivation remains far below 2022, when an estimated 232,000 hectares were cultivated," the UNODC said in a statement. Dry opium prices stabilized ...

At first, it appeared that the April 2022 ban on the opium poppy cultivation by the Taliban would be a success. Satellite images and area reports indicated major reductions in poppy fields ...

The police have arrested four persons in possession of poppy husk and opium. Sriganganagar Superintendent of Police Gaurav Yadav said four persons were arrested, who possessed 190 kg of poppy husk ...

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan spiked by 19 per cent in 2024, covering an estimated 12,800 hectares despite a ban imposed by the Taliban, a report released on Wednesday by the UN Office on Drugs and ...