The poppy fields must be destroyed ... The ensuing decade-long war between the Soviets and the U.S.-backed mujahideen claimed farm-to-market roads, irrigation canals, silos, and food processing ...

"If our country were at peace and there were industries offering many job opportunities in the region, we wouldn't plant any ...

The country's opiate economy — including the value of domestic consumption as well as exports abroad — is estimated to be ...

In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

Caught between conflict and survival, Myanmar's displaced communities are turning to poppy farming, fuelling a booming opium ...

The Flanders Fields poppy has become an internationally known and recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed in war and the hope that none died in vain. The American Legion called upon Congress to ...

Eating even a small amount of food containing poppy seed can lead to ... up in their thousands on Flanders fields after the fighting had ceased in World War I, but you might not know this was ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...