Of course, the flower did not act alone: British colonialists and American merchants conspired to wreak havoc alongside it. Still, Ghosh’s impressive history of the opium industry is an attempt ...

After supply chain disruptions that made critical medicines scarce, a federal effort is underway to ensure domestic stocks of ...

It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom Seinfeld. But for some it ...

Phuperp comes from a family of farmers which grows corn, rice, and legumes and pumpkins, but her favourite crop is coffee.

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

Over 16 quintals of illegal opium plants procured from Chhatarpur were destroyed in Damoh on Friday, under the supervision of ...

But this first all-women’s visit to Doi Inthanon is about more than just agriculture. It was designed to give these farmers ...

While US inflation eased to 2.4% in September, core inflation — excluding food and energy — unexpectedly rose to 3.3% ...

WHEN Dr. Henry published the first edition of his “Plant Alkaloids “ten years ago ... as the investigation of the alkaloids of ergot, opium, areca nut, pomegranate bark, belladonna, cinchona ...

98.5 x 81.5 cm. (38.8 x 32.1 in.) ...

As yet this has had surprisingly little impact on global opium and heroin markets. When the Taliban announced their ban on drugs in April 2022, farmers were cultivating around 220,000 hectares of ...

Around 10 kg opium that was being transported from Ratlam to Mumbai was seized and four accused were arrested in connection with the case officials said on Fr ...