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Afghanistan now world's fastest-growing meth manufacturer despite Taliban ban on narcotics
A report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes called Afghanistan’s meth manufacturing a growing threat to national and regional health and security.
How to fight the Mexican and Chinese fentanyl cartels driving biggest money laundering scheme in history
The US government needs to launch an all-out narco-war with the Mexican drug cartels manufacturing and trafficking the drug, along with their Chinese Triad organized-crime-syndicate partners.
Why the only winner of America’s war in Afghanistan is opium
How opium triumphed as the only winner of the US war in Afghanistan, according to an explosive new book.
Biden freezes Afghan currency reserves in bid to cut off Taliban cash: report
The Biden administration has frozen billions of dollars in Afghan currency reserves and other assets held in US bank accounts following the Taliban reconquest.
Polly want a Poppy?: cockatoos ravaging fields of poppy seeds
Poppy-pillaging parrots are the latest scourge of farmers in Tasmania. Flocks of hundreds of cockatoos are ravaging the fields of farmers who grow the plants that produce that bagel and...
How opioids invaded America — and are now tightening their grip
After a breakup in 2008, a cousin gave Ashlee Krichmar, then 20, a Percocet. She’d never much liked them in the past — they made her sick — but that...
Cops seize poppy plants with opium value of $500M
A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County...
Pharma family behind Oxycontin has given over $50K to de Blasio
Mayor de Blasio collected more than $50,000 in donations from two members of the family that owns the pharmaceutical giant behind OxyContin — which he accused this week of “fueling”...
Afghan poppy farmers say new seeds will boost opium output
ZHARI, Afghanistan — It's the cash crop of the Taliban and the scourge of Afghanistan — the country's intractable opium cultivation. This year, many Afghan poppy farmers are expecting a...
Afghan opium crop soars to new high, fueling Taliban forces
Afghanistan's opium crop will hit a new high this year, the United Nations said Wednesday, presenting the new president with a challenge in tackling the trade fueling the Taliban-led insurgency...
Restaurant tried to hook customers with opium noodles
A Chinese restaurant owner has been arrested after allegedly lacing dishes with opium in an effort to keep customers coming back, BBC News reported. The owner of the Yan’an noodle...
Afghanistan's opium production hits record levels: UN
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's opium production surged this year to record levels, despite international efforts over the past decade to wean the country off the narcotics trade, according to a...