Sprawling poppy fields in Pakistan's Balochistan have overtaken those in Afghanistan, which produced 80% of the world's opium ...

Skopje, Jul 26 (EFE).Skopje, Jul 26 (EFE). — The mere mention of opium poppies can bring to mind an international narcotics trade that moves billions of dollars in laundered narcodollars and condemned ...

Eight fields of opium poppy flower fields were discovered in Moss Landing, Royal Oaks, and Aromas. The plants can be converted into heroin. Eight fields of opium poppy flower fields were discovered in ...

A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid said the only ...

Part 1. Opium in antiquity. The mysterious origins of the opium poppy ; Papyruses and poppies ; A journey around the Mediterranean. Part 2. Opium and the birth of modern medicine. Classic cures, ...

Pakistan is overtaking Afghanistan as the primary source of the world’s opium in a shift that could pour millions of dollars ...

Nine opium poppy flower fields have been found on the Central Coast this spring, including one discovered Tuesday in Watsonville. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies were called to a property on the ...

CLAREMONT, N.C. (AP) - A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy ...

It is believed that mankind has been utilizing opium poppies for recreational and medicinal uses dating as far back as 7,000 B.C., according to a new book, "Opium: How An Ancient Flower Shaped And ...

A North Carolina man was arrested last month when police discovered an acre of opium poppies growing in his yard. The alleged grower, Cody Xiong, faces a rare charge in the United States. Despite a ...