Since ancient times, poppies have been used for a variety of purposes and given a variety of symbolic meanings. Red and white ...

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

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 ...

Reported wages for those weeding opium poppy fields are comparable to other types of farm labor at roughly $4 a day. But lancing could bring in $6 a day. Opium poppy cultivation and production is ...

In 2024, opium prices reached ₹65,486 per kilogram ... In May 2024, clashes between farmers and police attempting to destroy poppy fields resulted in several fatalities.

YANGON: Myanmar's police have destroyed 563 acres of opium fields in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Tuesday (Jan 7). The fields were located in Panglong ...

Instead the blooms are a symptom: It is all opium poppy in these fields, and Myanmar again ranks as the world’s biggest exporter of the raw material to make heroin and other opiates. And that ...

YANGON: Myanmar police have destroyed 960 acres of opium fields in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily Myanma Alinn reported on Wednesday (Dec 18). Police in Loilem district of Shan ...

Authorities also burned five temporary huts found in the opium fields and are actively pursuing those involved in the illegal cultivation. There is growing concern that funds from the opium trade ...

Opium poppies at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State, Myanmar, 20 December 2015. EFE-EPA FILE/HEIN HTET Amid the conflict and the humanitarian crisis exacerbated since the 2021 ...