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War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
1 year ago

War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of the world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country’s opium output has topped that of Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban imposed a ban on its production, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in …

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Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Afghan opium poppy cultivation plunges by 95 percent under Taliban: UN

Al Jazeera  

The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and laborers. Poppy cultivation and opium production have plunged more than 90 percent in Afghanistan since Taliban authorities banned the crop last April, according to a UN report published on Sunday. Poppy cultivation has dropped by around 95 percent – from 233,000 hectares at …

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World Drug Day: June 26, this year’s theme is ‘People first: Stop stigma and discrimination’
1 year, 5 months ago

World Drug Day: June 26, this year’s theme is ‘People first: Stop stigma and discrimination’

Live Mint  

The World Drug Day or International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on June 26 every year to strengthen action and cooperation in achieving a world free of drug abuse. This year World Drug Day’s theme is “People first: Stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention”. The aim of this year’s World Drug Day campaign is to raise …

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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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Colombia’s coca crops grew to ‘historic levels’ last year: UN
2 years, 2 months ago

Colombia’s coca crops grew to ‘historic levels’ last year: UN

Al Jazeera  

Cultivation of the plant from which cocaine is made threatens Colombia’s ‘cultural potential, biodiversity’, UN agency says. Colombian lands planted with coca, the plant from which cocaine is made, reached their highest levels in two decades last year, a United Nations agency has said in an annual report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday that the …

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Will Afghanistan's poppy empire blossom under the Taliban rule?
3 years, 4 months ago

Will Afghanistan's poppy empire blossom under the Taliban rule?

Firstpost  

In 2020, the area under opium cultivation expanded to 2,24,000 hectares from 1,63,000 hectares - overwhelmingly in areas under the group’s control The United States, it is reported, spent more than $8 billion over 15 years to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan’s opium and heroin trade. Soaring numbers of opium production Illicit narcotics are “the country’s largest …

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