California poppies are one of the state's natural treasures, and any visitor should make it a point to see them in full bloom ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s Kermanshah province is witnessing an increase in opium poppy cultivation, driven by water shortages, limited employment opportunities for farmers, and growing ...

If started indoors, plant in a cool location in peat pots or other ... Another type of poppy treated as an annual in Missouri is derived from the opium poppy but is legal to grow in our state.

Following a ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan imposed by the de facto authorities, the Taliban, in April 2022, opium production plunged by an estimated 95 percent by 2023 from 6,200 tons in ...

Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment ...

In parts of the southern provinces, however, they have managed to get a few footholds, due to infiltration from Pakistan and the cooperation of "narco barons" in the areas where opium poppies are ...

In contrast, meth is synthesised indoors, in weather-impervious laboratories ... ties between these regions enable the persistence of illicit poppy cultivation. In Arunachal Pradesh, opium cultivation ...

Bhopal/Jabalpur: In a significant decision, Madhya Pradesh high court said that small and commercial quantities in respect of the cultivation of opium poppy have not been specified under the NDPS Act.

For decades, farmers in southern Afghanistan relied on opium poppies to make a living in their parched desert landscape. Even as prolonged drought dried out rivers and turned fields so salty that ...

Opium is a strong narcotic that is produced from the poppy plant. In Myanmar ... “Meth is synthesized indoors, in labs impervious to weather, by small teams of chemists. You get far more value for far ...

The sap from opium poppies is the raw ingredient of heroin ... "Meth is synthesized indoors, in labs impervious to weather, by small teams of chemists. You get far more value for far less labor." ...