Opium

PATNA: Police on Sunday arrested two persons and recovered over 29 kg of opium (doda) powder from their possession. Senior SP (SSP) Alok Kumar said that acting on a tip-off that opium powder was being grinded at a flour mill owned by one Ramji ...  

a trend in which families marry off their daughters to settle debts originating from the opium trade. "Opium brides," they called them. Nawa, an Afghan-American journalist, spoke on January 10 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on the ...  

women working in mining or stone crushing units often give opium to their infants to keep them quiet while they are working. "Many women bring their infants to the work site if they have no other childcare arrangement. It is not uncommon for ...  

ROHTAK: Police have nabbed two drug peddlers who were carrying opium in a car with a red beacon and flying an INLD flag near Jatola village in Sonipat district on Monday evening. They were allegedly taking the opium to their agents. Police have ...  

A United Nations survey launched today points to “significant” increases in opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar and Laos, and calls for greater investment to support alternative livelihoods. The 2011 South-East Asia Opium Survey, released today in ...  

Dr Nagesh Simha, president of Indian Association of Palliative Care, however, feels that increasing the number of manufacturers may help ensure wider availability of morphine. "It is not fair to always assume that once private players come in, prices have ...  

By the time she was 22, Shukofar had suffered nine miscarriages. She carried the babies until about six months, before losing them all. Poor, uneducated and lacking access to proper medical care, she turned to the fix-all panacea in rural Afghanistan: opium. Smoking the drug, she was told, would keep her calm, stop any bleeding and allow her to carry to full term. Related StoriesPolice officers die in Afghanistan blastSaudi women in drive ban...  

Matthew Berkowitz of South Boston is scheduled for arraignment today in South Boston District Court on a charge of trafficking in a Class B substance, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports: Boston Police posed as delivery agents after receiving information that the package contained a large amount of raw opium poppy and had been sent from overseas. The Herald reports the package contained some four pounds of the stuff and that...  

Oh to be in Afghanistan again, when the poppies are in bloom! by Jim Hightower Oh to be in Afghanistan again, when the poppies are in bloom! For a symbol of how America's decade-long war is going in this faraway land, look at the beautiful fields of poppies flowering so bountifully there.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

Rising Opium Production in Helmand Farmers shift to growing poppy in areas where official counter-narcotics programme doesn’t reach. By Gol Ahmad Ehsan- Afghanistan Farmers in Afghanistan's Helmand province say they are determined to grow as much opium poppy as they can this season, if necessary planting the crop in secluded semi-desert areas if their own fields are being watched by the authorities.   Some blame official efforts to encourage...  

Surprising anecdote here from Jane Addams from her time at Rockford College during the 1870s: At one time five of us tried to understand De Quincey's marvelous "Dreams" more sympathetically, by drugging ourselves with opium. We solemnly consumed small white...  

Police and border authorities have intercepted two shipments of drugs routed through Calgary International Airport. The seizures involved two different travellers passing through Calgary last week: one smuggling opium, while the other was carrying khat ...  

The youths, who were residing in a rented accommodation in Sector 15, Panchkula, have been identified as Harvinder Singh, Praveen Kumar and Jora Singh, all from Ferozpur, Punjab. "Following a tip-off we came to know that three youths in a black ...  

Lektor kalder Afghanistan for en "rendyrket narkostat". Arealet med opiumsmarker øges markant. Sikkerheden i Afghanistan er stærkt afhængig af, at produktionen af opium begrænses, men det går den gale vej. Særligt i det distrikt, som danske soldater har ansvaret for, skriver Politiken søndag.  

Burma’s political reforms and new ceasefire agreements with ethnic armed groups are raising hopes that the country will also be able to reduce illicit opium cultivation. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok. This week Burma’s government signed another peace ...