BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations ...

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Sunday the Taliban's ban on drugs in Afghanistan has resulted in a 95% drop in Afghan cultivation of opium poppies, used to make morphine and heroin.

The Taliban banned the cultivation of narcotics in 2022, causing a drop in opium production last year. However, this year it ...

Potential opium production decreased by 29 percent to 6,400 tons from an estimated 9,000 tons in 2017. ... UN: Afghan Opium Cultivation Down 20 Percent November 19, 2018 8:09 AM ...

Myanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on poppy cultivation, according to a new United Nations report.

UN: World Opium Production Growing. June 25, 2004 / 12:13 PM EDT / AP Worldwide opium production is increasing, driven by a sharp rise in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the ...

With Afghan opium production on the rise, the UN’s top representative in Afghanistan says it will take up to 10 years to destroy the country’s narcotics industry. The dire prediction ...

BANGKOK (AP) — 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 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations ...

UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise. In this undated photo made available Thursday, Dec. 12, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations ...

BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations ...