U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at ...

Why are poppy pods illegal? Opium poppy plants naturally contain morphine and codeine, which can be used to make narcotic ...

Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.

Imphal: In a operation targeting the drug trade along the Manipur-Myanmar border, security forces comprising Assam Rifles, Manipur police, and forest department officials successfully destroyed ...

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On the United States Anti-Doping Agency website there is a page dedicated to poppy seeds that explains the seeds can be coated with or absorb a small amount of opium that could cause a positive ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a 257 pounds of opium poppy pods sent from Spain and arriving in ...

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Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...