Opium addiction spread, and its victims included Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Around 1000 AD, Persian physician Avicenna developed standard opium doses the size of chickpeas.

When finished, the Trans-Iranian will jog south 865 miles through the middle of the country it serves, joining the Caspian Sea with the Persian Gulf. U. S. and German firms began the line in 1927 ...

Of opium, fire temples, and sarees: A peek into the world of India's dwindling Parsis. Story by Cherylann Mollan ... a Persian king who was the founder of the Achaemenid empire.

De Orta also tells stories, for example about the Persian opium enthusiast he met when serving as a physician at the court of Ahmadnagar: ‘This Khorasani [man from East Persia], though he was well ...

The Opium Poppy Control Act of 1942 tried to prevent Americans from growing poppies altogether, but it was difficult to enforce, and the act was repealed in 1970.

The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

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 banned it but remains a ...

Item 1 of 5 Vessels that contained opium in the 14th century BC, when it was used by Canaanites as an offering for the dead, according to a study by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two years after the Taliban banned opium, Afghan farmers turning to alternative crops are discovering that many no longer grow easily here because of the impact of ...

Arrest made in discovery of poppy field worth $500M 01:26. Opium production rose 33% in Myanmar, the first season after the military's violent takeover of the country, a U.N. report released ...

Of opium, fire temples, and sarees: A peek into the world of India's dwindling Parsis. Cherylann Mollan - BBC News, ... a Persian king who was the founder of the Achaemenid empire.