What does opium look like? Legally available opium most often comes in a fine brown powder. Opium for the illegal drug trade frequently comes in a gum that’s sticky and dark, though it also can ...

the box was labeled as "Decoration” and the poppy pods were in brown bags similar to the May shipment. The pods found Tuesday were held in white plastic bags. Opium has been grown since at least ...

Vanda Felbab-Brown is director of the Initiative on Nonstate ... appears to have now suppressed opium poppy cultivation by almost 90%. On the surface, that is a remarkable development.

On exposure to air, the white, pale-yellow or pink latex turns darkish brown and, increasing progressively in viscosity, finally becomes quite hard. The product, called 'raw opium', is brown and ...

In a major operation targeting drug trafficking, Mandsaur Police have seized narcotics valued at Rs 6.29 crore over the past year, including synthetic and natural substances such as doda chura, smack ...

BANGKOK — The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have ...

JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Opium traces have been discovered in Israel in vessels used in burial rituals by the ancient Canaanites, providing one of the world's earliest evidences of use of ...