For the study, 25 patients undergoing general anesthesia for surgeries lasting at least 2 hours received fentanyl administered gradually over a 4-minute period in doses of 2 μg/kg of ideal body ...

Item 1 of 5 Vessels that contained opium in the 14th century BC, when it was used by Canaanites as an offering for the dead, according to a study by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv ...

The cultivation of opium had been trending downward in recent years before the military took control of the government in 2021. Production estimates hit a bottom of 400 metric tons (440 tons) in 2020.

In this episode of “Stories from the Collection,” Emma from the DEA Museum highlights an opium pipe and explores the history of early opium use and legislation in the United States. The ...

Arrest made in discovery of poppy field worth $500M 01:26. Opium production rose 33% in Myanmar, the first season after the military's violent takeover of the country, a U.N. report released ...

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 but remains a ...