Poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (or breadseed poppy), a flowering plant likely indigenous to lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia). These kidney-shaped, speck-sized dried seeds have no narcotic ...
Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.
Jharkhand officials, including Home Secretary Vandana Dadel and DGP Anurag Gupta, are intensifying efforts against poppy cultivation. They have directed district officials to eradicate poppy plants ...