Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium, Lucy Inglis, Pegasus Books, February 2019, 464 pages. Opioid drugs—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioids—were responsible for nearly 50,000 ...
Despite a slight decrease in opium production, the UNODC warned that the conditions were in place for its continued expansion. Myanmar remained the world’s top producer of opium in 2024 despite a ...
India's government continues to supply medicinal opium to six states. This controlled substance is distributed annually to registered opium addicts. The Central Bureau of Narcotics allocates quotas to ...