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Articles for Opium Poppy

Opium cultivation plummets in Afghanistan's Helmand, shows satellite imagery
1 year, 6 months ago

Opium cultivation plummets in Afghanistan's Helmand, shows satellite imagery

India Today  

Satellite imagery has shown a staggering 99% reduction in opium cultivation in Afghanistan's Helmand. In a press release, Alcis Holding Ltd. suggested that in 2023, the Taliban had successfully reduced poppy cultivation by more than 99% in Helmand Province, which previously produced more than 50% of the country's opium. After the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the …

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Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’
1 year, 10 months ago

Q&A: The opium surge in Southeast Asia’s ‘Golden Triangle’

Al Jazeera  

Bangkok, Thailand – The Golden Triangle – a region where the jungle borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet – has long been notorious as the centre of an illegal drug trade operated, controlled and protected by warlord-like military leaders allied with regional organised crime figures. To understand the forces at play in the Golden Triangle drug trade, Al Jazeera …

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Myanmar opium farming booming after coup: UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Myanmar opium farming booming after coup: UN

The Hindu  

Opium poppy production in Myanmar ramped up dramatically following the 2021 military coup, the UN's drugs office said Thursday, as political and economic turmoil drove farmers to cultivate the crop. The area of land used for opium poppy cultivation expanded by a third to just over 40,000 hectares in 2021-22 — the first full growing season since the coup — …

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Opium cultivation surges since Myanmar military seized power: UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Opium cultivation surges since Myanmar military seized power: UN

Al Jazeera  

Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021. A perfect storm of “economic, security and governance disruptions” following the military’s takeover in Myanmar have converged to create the current conditions in which opium cultivation is growing, UNODC regional representative, Jeremy Douglas, said. “A continued resurgence of opium poppy …

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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- NDPS Act
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2022- NDPS Act

Live Law  

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 - Appeal against HC judgment upholding conviction of appellant under NDPS Act - Dismissed. Budhiyarin Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh, 2022 LiveLaw 667 Section 37 - Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985; Section 37 - Appeal against High Court order that granted anticipatory bail on the …

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Legalising Opium Cultivation Will Boost Farmers' Income, Dilute Menace of Synthetic Drugs in Punjab
1 year, 11 months ago

Legalising Opium Cultivation Will Boost Farmers' Income, Dilute Menace of Synthetic Drugs in Punjab

News 18  

As Punjab tries to wriggle out of the grip of the rampant drug menace, the farmers as well as policy-makers have been pushing for legalising opium poppy cultivation, arguing it will increase farmers’ income and help fight against fatal synthetic drugs. Different studies reveal that around 67% of people Punjab are addicted to synthetic drugs like heroin so the state …

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If Seized Contraband Is Found To Contain 'Morphine' & 'Meconic Acid', It Is Sufficient To Establish That It Is 'Opium Poppy' : Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

If Seized Contraband Is Found To Contain 'Morphine' & 'Meconic Acid', It Is Sufficient To Establish That It Is 'Opium Poppy' : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court observed that if the seized contraband is found to contain 'morphine' and 'meconic acid', it is sufficient to established that it is a 'opium poppy" as defined in Section 2 of the NDPS Act. It has been held that once it is found that the seized material contain 'morphine' and 'meconic acid' it is sufficient to establish …

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Taliban chief orders ‘strict’ ban on opium poppy cultivation
2 years, 8 months ago

Taliban chief orders ‘strict’ ban on opium poppy cultivation

Al Jazeera  

The ban comes as the Taliban tries to assuage international concerns regarding drug control in the impoverished South Asian country. The Taliban has issued a decree banning the cultivation of opium poppy, as the group tries to assuage international concerns regarding drug control in the impoverished South Asian country. Poppy cultivation is a key revenue source for many impoverished farmers …

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