The single white poppy, or rather the poppy, with white seeds, is generally considered the true opium plant. When the capsules are about half grown, or three or four days after the flower has ...

He acknowledges that the poppy field is his. "My father taught me how to grow poppies ten years ago," he says. "Until this year, I was able to produce 60 pounds of opium from my farmland." ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod ... but the hardy poppy promised "just enough for a livelihood". "Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get ...

CHANDIGARH: Authorities in Haryana have uncovered illegal poppy cultivation on university campuses, with 400 poppy plants ...

The spike follows the Taliban government’s ban on poppy cultivation in 2022 and destruction of crops. This led to a significant reduction in opium production, the report released on Wednesday said.

Iran where much of the illegal poppy plants supplying the opium are grown. With the Iranians focusing on the supply, the western agents are focusing on the trafficking. Out of an unfortunate ...

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 growing, the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs and ...

The plants had distinct white flowers and green, pimpled leaves with rounded pods, indicative of fully developed opium poppy. During the raid, authorities uprooted the illicit crop, which was ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote ... When he resettled, his usual crops were no longer profitable, but the hardy poppy promised "just enough for a livelihood". "Everyone thinks ...

Show more Show less Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium ... the hardy poppy promised "just enough for a livelihood". "Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod ... but the hardy poppy promised "just enough for a livelihood". "Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get ...