Where does opium come from? The opium poppy grows best in warm, dry climates. Most opium is grown in a long, narrow stretch of mountains in central Asia, an area that starts in Turkey and moves ...

a front for a “hop hung,” or opium den. Inside the shack’s front door was an empty room, and a curtain hiding the entrance to the “heart of the joint,” where Poon sat at a small table ...

The “Opium Department” took control of the details ... Winner of the International Booker Prize: “Heart Lamp" is a collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles ...

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 ...