There are five types of plants prohibited in Indonesia, including marijuana, which falls under the category of narcotics.

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in ...

The economic crisis and war have pushed farmers and displaced people to turn to opium poppy cultivation, despite the meagre earnings. The flow of money finances both the military junta and ethnic ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict.

Sonepat police have arrested a gardener from the World University of Design in Rai after discovering over 400 poppy plants ...

About 140 opium plants were discovered hidden among ornamental flowerbeds at Dada Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts in Rohtak, Haryana. The police and the horticulture ...

Before the coup, which ended a brief experiment with democracy, Aung Naing was a reformed opium farmer. But wartime hardship forced him back to the crop. "There is more poppy cultivation because of ...

Fresh opium was generally sold by Myanmar farmers ... offering many job opportunities in the region, we wouldn't plant any poppy fields even if we were asked to," says farmer Shwe Khine, 43.