Kawal Deep Kour's Ghazipur, The Opium Mint: From 1820 to the Present unearths a fascinating history that intertwines colonial ...

Opium cultivation and production in Myanmar decreased slightly ... 43. Aung Hla agreed. With the war, he said, "we don't have ...

When US trade connections faltered after the War of Independence, China offered a lifeline. Chinese porcelain and fabric, as well as tea, were traded but what fuelled the market was opium. The ...

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

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 ...