Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth.

U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations ...

Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that the conditions were in place for its continued expansion ...

UN Drug Experts Say Opium Production Has Leveled off in Myanmar, but Instability May Trigger a Rise BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world ...

Myanmar continues to be a major source of global opium production, with cultivation levels remaining high despite a slight ...

The Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that after three consecutive years of growth, the area where opium is cultivated fell by 4% to 45,200 ...