Opium

Farmers tend to opium fields in Myanmar. Photo: BSS
South Asia

Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape

Four years on, the United Nations has said Myanmar is mired in a "polycrisis" of mutually compounding conflict, poverty and environmental damage

An Afghan man walks through a poppy field in the Gereshk district of Helmand province, Afghanistan April 8, 2016. REUTERS/Abdul Malik/File Photo
South Asia

Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban

A man harvests opium as he works in an opium field outside Loikaw, Kayah state, Myanmar, November 30, 2016. Picture taken on November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
World+Biz

Myanmar opium cultivation surging under military rule - UN report

Even before the Taliban broke through, opium poppy cultivation was surging. Reuters/Alamy
World+Biz

Ukraine war could boost illegal drug production: UN

An Afghan man works on a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 17, 2014. Reuters.
Middle East

Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium

The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 29, 2019/Reuters
USA

Six US states do not join $26 billion opioid settlements with distributors, J&J

Even before the Taliban broke through, opium poppy cultivation was surging. Reuters/Alamy
South Asia

Afghanistan: What the conflict means for the global heroin trade