An Australian flower farmer was shocked this week when her bed of pretty pink poppies resulted in a visit from the local drug task force. Kate Dixon lives in Tasmania, Australia, and has been growing ...

A woman in Yunnan Province, southwest China, was given a six-month suspended sentence and fined 1,000 yuan (163.5 U.S. dollars) for growing opium poppies, which she claimed were for medicinal use, the ...

Afghanistan used to produce more than 80% of the world's opium until the Taliban imposed a ban in 2022 [Getty Images] Opium farming in Afghanistan has dropped significantly following a ban imposed by ...

Opium poppy buds at an illegal field in Hopong, a town in Myanmar's Shan State, in 2019 [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP] Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan efforts to stamp out opium poppy cultivation are failing because of high prices for the illicit crop, pushing farmers to grow 18 percent more in 2012 than last year, ...

Opium production rose 33% in Myanmar, the first season after the military's violent takeover of the country, a U.N. report released Thursday. This jump signifies enhanced sophistication in farming ...

Last year, Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium, harvesting 1,080 tons. While opium poppies have long flourished in rural Myanmar, production soared following the 2021 military coup ...

TALBOZANG, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Fifty-year-old Abdul Wadud walked for two hours across Afghanistan's remote northern mountains to hear a police commander give yet more promises of aid for those who ...

PELLA, Iowa (AP) -- In an area known for its tulips, a rural Pella family has been charged with growing 22,000 opium poppy plants. ``We had never run across an opium grow before, and we really didn't ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has hit a 10-year peak, with the crop area increasing in all growing regions in the war-scarred country, the United Nations says. In its latest Myanmar opium survey, ...