Despite the U.S. spending approximately $8.97 billion over the past two decades trying to eradicate Afghanistan’s illegal drug trade, it remains the world’s biggest supplier of illicit opium and the ...

Fields of opium poppies once bloomed where the Zurich Opera House underground garage now stands. Through a new analysis of archaeological seeds, researchers have been able to bolster the hypothesis ...

India's government continues to supply medicinal opium to six states. This controlled substance is distributed annually to registered opium addicts. The Central Bureau of Narcotics allocates quotas to ...