Opium use was legal in California for much of the 1800s and was present in several immigrant communities in San Diego.

Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world's heroin, broke all records in 2006, reaching a historic high despite ongoing U.S.-sponsored eradication efforts, the ...

The Taliban claims opium poppy cultivation was stopped and the flow of illegal drugs halted when it was last in power in Afghanistan. But although there was a sharp drop in 2001 - when it was last in ...

WEBVTT DETAILS. FELIX: MANY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, -- FOR MANY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY’RE ENCOUNTERING POPPY FIELDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING OPIATES, IT’S A NEW PROBLEM THE SHERIFF ...

Opium production has soared to "frightening record levels" in Afghanistan, which now has more land producing drugs than Columbia, Bolivia and Peru combined, the UN said on Monday. The area of Afghan ...

Part 1 of a two-part story. Here's part 2. On the second day of 1826, an elegant gentleman with a full head of white hair sits down behind a desk -- perhaps at his stately Boston townhouse, or maybe ...

The Taliban claims opium poppy cultivation was stopped and the flow of illegal drugs halted when it was last in power in Afghanistan. But although there was a sharp drop in 2001 - when it was last in ...