Cooked opium is more pure than raw opium, and can go directly to users or to laboratories for further processing into heroin. Hickory police later find a self-storage unit that Saelee had leased three ...

After years of hard work by drug warriors in Afghanistan, the country no longer produces 87 percent of the world's illicit opium. Now it produces 92 percent, according to the latest suspiciously ...

Madhya Pradesh's opium belt faces scrutiny as illegal possession cases rise, impacting farmers amid police crackdowns and smuggling fears.

KABUL: US forces in Afghanistan are planning an offensive against the next opium crop, predicted to be the country’s biggest ever, after calculating that drugs are now Al Qaeda’s main source of income ...

In this episode of The Ear, reporter Shay Stulman explores the link between Columbia and the opium trade. She explores the profound impact this historical association has had on shaping esteemed ...

CLERMONT — One of the world’s earliest highs is now the latest to emerge on Lake County’s drug scene. Lake County investigators have charged two men with selling and trafficking opium — rarely seen ...

Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves east ...