Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a ...

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17% in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the ...

Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that the conditions were in place for its continued expansion. Myanmar remained the world’s top producer of opium in 2024 despite a ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has jumped to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 percent over the past year due to the country’s conflict and the attendant economic hardship, the United ...

Opium is a highly addictive drug. It’s made from juice extracted from the unripe seed pods of opium poppy plants (the scientific name is Papaver somniferum). Opium is used to make a class of drugs ...

There were signs that heroin from Myanmar is reaching markets in Europe previously supplied by Afghanistan, with several seizures over the past year that involved passengers travelling from Southeast ...