KABUL: Farmers in northern Afghanistan have yet to make up for lost income since the Taliban government banned poppy ...

UNODC survey found 85% of families in northern provinces unable to replace poppy income. Production fell 32% to 296 tonnes as ...

The Anti-Narcotics Task Force captured two alleged traffickers and seized 3.5 kg of opium intended for Punjab. The arrests in Bareilly followed a tip-off, leading to the capture of suspects with drugs ...

YANGON: Opium cultivation in Myanmar has reached a record high in 10 years, and opium plantations are also increasing in ...

Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as ...

The price of opium in Afghanistan surged to $750 per kilogram in 2024, a tenfold increase compared to two years prior, according to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday.

A man and a woman accused of importing approximately eight kilograms of opium into the country that was headed for ...

Madhya Pradesh's opium belt faces scrutiny as illegal possession cases rise, impacting farmers amid police crackdowns and smuggling fears.

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan’s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in book ...

Does Egypt’s most famous tomb hide a secret of ancient drug use? For over a hundred years, the alabaster jars in the burial ...

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Men, women and children sit listlessly on the unkempt lawn of a hospital for drug addicts in this northern Afghan city. Inside, the waiting area is packed with women clad ...

Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely have collaborated on a new track called The Acronym, and it was released on December 12, 2025. The track was released via the Opium label, founded by Playboi Carti.