KABUL, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have apprehended nine alleged drug smugglers and discovered more than 40 kg of illegal drugs and objects used in manufacturing heroin from their possessions, ...

GRANTS (New Mexico): Never mind that everyone calls him Groovy, or that the company he oversees -- Bright Green -- is preparing to grow cannabis and opium poppies inside greenhouses on the high ...

For lack of better alternatives, most farmers are now growing wheat instead of poppies. The yield per hectare for this crop is many times lower than that of opium. Bjelica, who interviewed farmers ...

So, even faced with the ban, impoverished farmers continue to grow poppies because they have few options for income. For decades now, poppies and the resulting opium have been the biggest cash ...

Chatra: Efforts by the police against poppy cultivation are yielding results in Chatra district as villagers have begun ...