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, ...

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(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 ...

New York sends it by cable across the Atlantic to London, London through France and under the Mediterranean to Alexandria, Alexandria by the Red Sea and Persian ... of much opium and many almond ...

Additionally, he had agents in the ports of the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Southeast Asia ... often sent his agents to Calicut (Now Kozhikode in Kerala) with cotton and opium, selling these goods at ...

including opium, bullion, cotton, ivory, pepper, and coral. He monopolized the trade of many of these products, employing agents in major commercial hubs across India and overseas, including the ...

"If anyone were in my shoes, they would likely do the same." - Displaced and desperate - Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished ...

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-old ...

CBSA found 14 kilos of opium in his luggage You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. After an Ontario real estate agent returning from a trip to ...

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 ...

A pair of American military vessels responding to a mayday call this week saved the crew of a sinking cargo ship in the Persian Gulf, according to U.S. Central Command. The Navy mine ...