Poppy plants are the source of opium and heroin. Afghanistan was the world's biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia before the Taliban takeover. What did the ...

Opium poppy plants can be refined to form the the basis for several highly addictive drugs, including heroin. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, according to the United Nations ...

The poppy plant poses the biggest threat to the fledgling ... and there are claims that many policemen are on drugs. Opium and heroin addiction is eating away at the fabric of Afghan society.

VIENNA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban ...

Unlike synthetic opioids produced using chemicals in a lab, heroin and morphine are ... edicts ordering peasants to harvest ...

Most opium will be refined into heroin, one of the most addictive ... It means they can grow far more poppy - as well as other crops. Many farms now get two harvests a year - some even get three.

A man's deadly and rash decision to throw a pot plant at his elderly mother's head while experiencing heroin withdrawals will lead to him spending a significant time behind bars. David Andrew Mapp ...

Most opium will be refined into heroin, one of the most addictive ... It means they can grow far more poppy - as well as other crops. Many farms now get two harvests a year - some even get three.

Unlike synthetic opioids produced using chemicals in a lab, heroin and morphine are refined from the ... even issued edicts ordering peasants to harvest more poppy, one of the few plants that ...

For decades, Europe has avoided the fentanyl crisis plaguing North America through a pure supply of heroin straight from Afghanistan. But following the Taliban's poppy ban in 2022, there have been ...