KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two years after the Taliban banned opium, Afghan farmers turning ... now trying to identify crops that can grow in dry and salty conditions. While saffron and pistachio ...

Recent tests go far to show that the quality of the opium raised in several sections of the country is good. The editor of the American Journal of Pharmacy has made an assay of some laudanum made ...

One product that the British could access in large quantities was opium grown in territories under their colonial control. The British response to address the trade imbalance was to flood the ...

Also Read: Myanmar records highest landmine casualties globally, children most affected Several factors contribute to these fluctuations, including opium prices. The farmgate price of dry opium ...

We are in receipt of inquiries in regard to the cultivation of poppies, and the manufacture of opium ; it having been suggested by certain agricultural journals that there are various parts of the ...

Opium can be stored for up to 10 years without any problems, especially in Afghanistan's dry climate. Heroin doesn't go bad either, the analyst adds. Because the price of opium rose massively ...