India has been named a 'state actor' in fentanyl trafficking by US amid Trump’s tariff threats. But what is fentanyl? Also, ...

What drugs are contributing to the crisis? Opioids, a class of drugs derived from the opium poppy plant, can be divided into two broad categories: legally manufactured medications and illicit ...

There are five types of plants prohibited in Indonesia, including marijuana, which falls under the category of narcotics.

According to the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2019, opium harvesting provided the equivalent of up to 119,000 full-time ...

A new UN report states that illicit drugs like fentanyl and various nitazenes—synthetic opioids several times more potent ...

The opium is valued at $400,000, and was seized because of a violation of the custody rules, which provide that no Chinese shall import the drug. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Pune Police have seized 66 illegally cultivated opium plants from a farm in Alandi Mhatobachi village, Haveli taluka. The ...

Following the seizure, a case was registered at Dharur Police Station under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic ... of any cannabis or opium poppy plant without proper authorisation.

"Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich ... Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...