Warnings have been issued by a west London council and nightclubs after two people died in suspected drug overdoses from ...

An opioid is a substance derived from a poppy plant and can be synthetic or semi-synthetic, meaning certain ingredients can be chemically-made in a lab. Police say painkillers brought 39-year-old ...

America’s shocking toll of drug-related deaths far exceeds Europe’s. It’s no accident.

As Tasmania's poppy industry celebrates 50 years, a worldwide shortage of weight-loss drugs is driving up demand for Tasmanian-made opioid pharmaceutical ingredients. Changes to prescription ...

Nearly 300 pounds of opium were seized in Philadelphia after arriving from Spain throughout May. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the nearly 300 pounds of dried ...

Iran’s Kermanshah province is witnessing an increase in opium poppy cultivation, driven by water shortages, limited employment opportunities for farmers, and growing demand.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia have seized nearly 300 pounds of dried opium poppy pods from Spain.

and poppy straw - in any form - are a Schedule II controlled substance. Morphine and codeine are naturally occurring opiates derived from opium poppies, according to Philadelphia CBP. According to ...

For nearly a decade the poppy processor has struggled with a global oversupply of narcotic material for painkillers, because of a crackdown on opioid prescriptions and cuts to elective surgeries ...

The geographic location of Sri Lanka has invariably positioned the country as a pivotal conduit in the international drug supply chain, linking the East to the West. ..

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab police are planning to introduce GPS-enabled anklets for drug smugglers out on bail to track their movements, taking a cue from their cou ...

Now, instead of seeing the migrant crisis as the result of the drug war, “migration and the illicit drug trade are conflated ...