Heroin, one of the world’s most notorious narcotics, has a complex history that begins with the opium poppy. For thousands of years, people used the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) for its ...

In Chittorgarh, Begu police seized a Fortuner carrying 395.37 kg of illegal opium poppy powder on Wednesday. The vehicle was ...

Two individuals, one a former militant, were arrested and 39 kg of poppy straw were confiscated in South Kashmir as part of ...

The world has a shared interest in helping Afghan farmers move on from poppy. But time and again, it has abandoned them and the young Afghans killed by the poisonous harvest to their fate.