Yama Bariz and Mamoon Durrani from the BBC's Afghan service discuss the effectiveness of the Taliban's poppy eradication ...

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Do not mess with Topher Grace — and not just because he was once (the super weird choice to play) Venom. “Kevin pulled from his own real-life upbringing in N.C.,” a spokesperson for the show ...

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1880s opium trail infected city-folk and pioneers alike, across states and the Dakota Territory From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium ...

According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time jobs to local and migrant workers hired by farmers.

In 2024, opium prices reached ₹65,486 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from ₹6,535 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban government banned poppy growing ...

Join me on a journey through history as we explore the shadowy legacy of the Opium Wars in the heart of Hong Kong. From intriguing sites to untold stories, witness how the past echoes through the ...

Opium and opium-based products had an ambiguous status throughout the 19th century. , for instance, was a mixture of opium, alcohol and spices and was available as medicine for pain relief and coughs.

Lyall, the deputy opium agent of the Patna Opium Agency, was killed on July 3, 1857, in Patna, a significant part of the Revolt of 1857. Lal’s paintings are unlike those of his English counterparts.

According to the survey findings, the geographic centre of opium cultivation has also shifted, from the south-western provinces – long the heart of Afghanistan’s opium cultivation up to and including ...

In his new history, Amitav Ghosh shows how the world’s first international drug cartels were run by the Dutch and British governments through their monopoly East India companies.