For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...

poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...

Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers ... alleviation in the motivation to continue to grow opium.” “It’s very important for the ...

"Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich ... He says he regrets growing the substance -- the core ingredient in heroin -- but said the income is the only thing separating him from ...