But what did China look like before this? From traditional braids to smoking opium, photos reveal a look into Chinese culture during the Qing Dynasty, and the rise of communism in 1949.

Food and drinks containing unwashed poppyseeds can make people test positive for opioids—and can in some cases be fatal ...

File photo of man working in a poppy field in Myanmar's Shan state The production of opium increased sharply in Myanmar, rising to a nine-year high, according to the UN. It touched nearly 795 ...

The other flows from opium trafficking supported by the Taliban, which use the proceeds to fund attacks on Western troops. Only recently has the Afghan government seemed to take stock of the ...

The stalks fly in the air, as does the sap from the poppy bulb, releasing the distinctive, pungent smell of opium in its most raw form. Within a matter of minutes, Abdul and a dozen other men raze ...

PROF. ZHENG YANGWEN:That the Chinese were buying a little bit of opium every time, and that number was increasing. PRESENTER:'The key to the opium trade was British control of India, 'where the ...

The patriarch of a powerful family, his Tata Group put an indelible stamp on Indian life while acquiring British brand names ...

The relatively unknown story of wartime Japan ’ s ties with the opium trade in China is now in the public domain, courtesy of a manga series that has already sold more than 1.8 million copies in ...

Opium's use, the museum tells us ... The rooms contain a series of two-dimensional panels showing maps, photos, illustrations and explanatory text in Thai. The first presents Khun Sa's biography.

As yet this has had surprisingly little impact on global opium and heroin markets. When the Taliban announced their ban on drugs in April 2022, farmers were cultivating around 220,000 hectares of ...

In a significant drug bust, HSR Layout Police arrested two men based on tip-offs of two men working as delivery boys on ...

A TikTok star approached the former City Girls rapper as she left her friend Saucy Santana’s birthday bash at Opium nightclub in Atlanta last Friday night.