Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium, harvesting 1,080 tons. While opium poppies have long flourished in ...

Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a 257 pounds of opium poppy pods sent from Spain and arriving in ...

Why are poppy pods illegal? Opium poppy plants naturally contain morphine and codeine, which can be used to make narcotic ...