The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court upheld a bail order for Ghulam Nabi Mir. He was arrested for cultivating opium ...

The list also highlighted countries like Afghanistan and Myanmar for their inadequate drug control measures ...

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a petition filed by the Union Territory challenging the bail ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban banned it ...

MUSA QALA, Afghanistan – In the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan, poppy fields spread as far as the eye can see. Three weeks after the Taliban announced a ban on the cultivation of opium ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is at record levels, according to a new report ...

The US clarified that inclusion does not reflect a government’s efforts against drugs, saying countries were listed due to geographic, commercial and economic factors.

President Trump welcomed Prime Minister Modi's efforts to curb opium poppy cultivation in India. Washington designated India ...

But in Myanmar, at least, the black gold has returned. The country is again the world’s main known source of illicit opium, ...

After 15 years of war in Afghanistan, the government there and its allies from the US and elsewhere have had little success staunching the flow of opium and heroin out of the South Asian country.