“That was the gist of Japan’s opium policy, and elucidating that process is the subject of my study.” Mori, 74, decided to take over the publication at the request of Kyuko Shoin, which had ...

We agree with the Journal of Pharmacy that it must be impossible to obtain a .good quality of opium by this process, but we are uninformed whether the proper method obtains opium of good quality ...

The other flows from opium trafficking supported by the Taliban, which use the proceeds to fund attacks on Western troops. Only recently has the Afghan government seemed to take stock of the ...

BANGKOK — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said ...

File photo of man working in a poppy field in Myanmar's Shan state The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising to a nine-year high, according to the UN. It touched nearly 795 ...

The stalks fly in the air, as does the sap from the poppy bulb, releasing the distinctive, pungent smell of opium in its most raw form. Within a matter of minutes, Abdul and a dozen other men raze ...

UN Drug Experts Say Opium Production Has Leveled off in Myanmar, but Instability May Trigger a Rise BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is right to criticize Canada for mishandling the fentanyl crisis. For too long, Canadian ...

India was in a way a sort of staging post for Britain's various connections with China in the process of which India became the largest producer of opium in the world in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Several people were killed in the process. According to Mansfield, the Taliban outwardly demonstrated toughness, but the anti-opium campaign ultimately remained little more than a show.