Ken Carson’s latest video appears to suffer from buffering issues, but that isn’t stopping him from having the time of his ...

Queen Victoria also enjoyed cocaine, legal at the time. Go back just over 150 years, and you find the person at the front and centre of one of the world's biggest drug empires wasn't a cartel or ...

The hills of Manipur may appear beautiful, but behind the blossoms lie hunger, fear, and loss. Many farmers live in extreme poverty. Communities are breaking up under pressure. It is not just another ...

Playboi Carti performing at a concert in 2017. Carti started the Opium record label and music collective in 2019. (7rucify / Wikimedia Commons) For casual listeners, the sound of the rage rap genre of ...

Background: In Iran, there are an estimated 200,000 injecting drug users (IDUs). Injecting drug use is a relatively new phenomenon for this country, where opium smoking was the predominant form of ...

You’d expect the hottest label in rap to rest on their laurels. You know, top the charts, go on tours, drop some shirts…But Playboi Carti’s Opium crew have never been traditionalists or ones to coast ...

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 2022 ...

In this episode of “Stories from the Collection,” Emma from the DEA Museum highlights an opium pipe and explores the history of early opium use and legislation in the United States. The exhibit ...

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