The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

Opium traces have been discovered in Israel in vessels used in burial rituals by the ancient Canaanites, providing one of the world's earliest evidences of use of the drug.

File photo of man working in a poppy field in Myanmar's Shan state The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising to a nine-year high, according to the UN. It touched nearly 795 ...

A riveting new history of opium, a lucrative and destructive flower Amitav Ghosh’s sweeping, forcefully written ‘Smoke and Ashes’ covers centuries in the life of the plant ...

In the 19th century, opium-based medicines were used to calm teething babies, relax women with menstrual pains, and soothe wounded soldiers on Civil War battlefields. The origin of opium-smoking in ...

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 banned it but remains a ...

Despite the abundance of evidence for opium use in Crete, Cyprus, Spain, Egypt, and ancient Sumer, scholars have debated whether or not there was much opium trade in the Levant.

Myanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on poppy cultivation, according to a new United Nations report.

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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 ...

Why are Afghan opium prices soaring? Explained In 2024, opium prices reached ₹ 65,486 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from ₹ 6,535 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban government banned poppy ...

While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.