Hyderabad: Fresh data tabled in the Lok Sabha has thrown up a shocking 1300% jump in patient footfall at Hyderabad's drug ...

New York State law allows adults to cultivate cannabis for personal use at home. Whether you’re growing indoors or outside, ...

Ranchi: Two persons were arrested with 1.7 kg raw opium from Tupudana late on Wednesday night, Ranchi police said on Thursday. Kailash Munda and Sugna.

As beautiful as poppies are, it would be convenient if you could just plant the poppy seeds from your kitchen cabinet - but ...

Heroin, one of the world’s most notorious narcotics, has a complex history that begins with the opium poppy. For thousands of ...

The world drug market has never been so globalised, active and diverse, according to the United Nations – which marks International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on Thursday. RFI ...

This ancient ingredient enhances everything from muffins and pastries to noodles, curries, and salad dressing.How to eat poppy seeds? Let us count the ways! While it's tempting to sideline this ...

What Are Poppy Seeds? Poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (or breadseed poppy), a flowering plant likely indigenous to lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia).

Kangpokpi district reported the largest area under illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur at 17.49 square kilometres (sqkm), or 4,322 acres, in 2023-24, Union Minister for Environment, Forest ...

Despite the Taliban ban, Afghan opium poppy cultivation has surged after a significant decline in 2023, according to the UN.

Poppies, which farmers process to make opium, are being grown in the open and hidden behind property walls.