Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade as the nation enduring a long conflict remains ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has surged to a ten-year high, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, underscoring how ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, long the world's dominant supplier of the raw material for heroin, has risen by a fifth in the second full year since the Taliban banned it ...

Bangkok (Thailand), 3 December 2025 – Myanmar’s opium poppy cultivation is at a ten-year peak, the United Nations Office on ...

Myanmar opium cultivation hits decade high in 2025, reports UNODC. Rising prices & conflict drive growth. Discover the latest ...

What happens in Myanmar 'will shape drug markets in the region and far beyond, and requires urgent action,' says UNODC ...

The price of opium in Afghanistan surged to $750 per kilogram in 2024, a tenfold increase compared to two years prior, according to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday.

According to the UNODC, poppy cultivation areas have increased by 17% in one year, especially in Shan State. Cannabis ...

Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 per cent in the past year ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan grew to an all-time high in 2013 despite America spending more than $7 billion to fight it over the past decade, a U.S. report showed ...

The country’s conflict is also having a countervailing impact on average poppy yields, which “sharply decreased” in 2025.

There were signs that heroin from Myanmar is reaching markets in Europe previously supplied by Afghanistan, with several ...