The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power as the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a new United Nations report.

That prompted opium farming in the country to plummet an estimated 95% in 2023, according to an annual survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Sign up here.

Opium traces have been discovered in Israel in vessels used in burial rituals by the ancient Canaanites, providing one of the world's earliest evidences of use of the drug.

Working with museum collections, I am often reminded that the names we attach to objects can reflect powerful social and political forces. A case in point is the small instrument of ancient Asian ...

The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising to a nine-year high, according to the UN. It touched nearly 795 metric tonnes in 2022, nearly double the production in 2021 - 423 ...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two years after the Taliban banned opium, Afghan farmers turning to alternative crops are discovering that many no longer grow easily here because of the impact of ...

Despite the abundance of evidence for opium use in Crete, Cyprus, Spain, Egypt, and ancient Sumer, scholars have debated whether or not there was much opium trade in the Levant.

UPDATE (06/26): Jordan Brand has officially unveiled its latest Air Ship collab with Opium. In the Instagram post shared by the two entities today, the duo confirmed that the style pays homage to ...

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 ...

Myanmar has become the world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on poppy cultivation, according to a new United Nations report.

Myanmar is now the world’s largest producer of opium, according to a United Nations report published Tuesday, overtaking Afghanistan as political turmoil drives more people to poppy farming amid ...

It started out cultivating opium, graduated to making heroin and now cooks some of the world’s best meth. This pays for an army larger than Sweden’s, which is well stocked with high-tech weaponry.