There are five types of plants prohibited in Indonesia, including marijuana, which falls under the category of narcotics. Find out more here.

Large-scale cultivation of the Papaver somniferum was difficult and resource-intensive ... which push global dependency on fossil fuels. The opium poppy, he argues, is a ‘historical force in its own ...

They commonly used opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) extracts, which patients ingested or applied as poultices to soothe pain. They also relied on henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) and its psychoactive ...

VIENNA: Opium prices in Afghanistan are soaring and handing “massive profits” to criminal groups following a poppy cultivation ban imposed by the Taliban authorities, the United Nations ...

The economic crisis and war have pushed farmers and displaced people to turn to opium poppy cultivation, despite the meagre earnings. The flow of money finances both the military junta and ethnic ...

STERLING, VA. (7News) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at Washington Dulles International Airport last week.

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...