The response is a tangled tale that moves from opium’s use as a sex drug and the varieties of poppy in India to a discussion of the Greek and Arabic etymology of its name. De Orta also tells stories, ...

(Among Sephardim, the Purim pastry tradition was fried strips of dough called orejas de Haman (“Haman’s ears”) – they were absent from Persian ... positive for opium use on a blood test ...

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. The 35-year ...

You may follow him at Twitter @FidelRahmati The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported a significant rise in the price of opium, reaching $750 per kilogram in 2024, ten times ...

Opium prices in Afghanistan have skyrocketed, nearing record highs and primarily benefiting large traffickers and organised crime networks. A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and ...

An Afghan farmer collects raw opium as he works in a poppy field in Nangarhar province on April 29. Poppy cultivation reached a record high this year despite Western efforts to reduce it. The United ...

Myanmar is now the world’s largest opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan in 2024 with a staggering 1,080 tons harvested. With conflict tearing communities apart, the illicit trade has flourished. For ...

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