opium poppies
The Taliban Said It Banned Opium. But Business Is Still Booming.
VICE World News discovered a still-flourishing poppy trade in the fields and markets of southern Afghanistan. But amid warnings from Taliban fighters, farmers are worried about their future.
Mexico's Heroin Farmers: The Trail of Destruction Starts in the Poppy Fields
From the farmers barely earning a living from cultivating the poppies, via the entire communities forced from their homes by warring gunmen, to the growing number of addicts in the US — there are few winners along the route of Mexican heroin.
The Golden Age of Drug Trafficking: How Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin Move Around the World
Just as globalization has changed the way the world does business, it's also changed the way the world manufactures, transports, and obtains illegal drugs. As a result, more people are getting high today than ever before.
Mexico's President Is Skipping the Big UN Drug Meeting That Mexico Demanded
Mexico was one of three nations that asked the UN to call a special session to discuss drug policy at a time when many believe criminalization is fueling the country's brutal drug wars.
The Opium and Heroin Business Is Booming in Southeast Asia's 'Golden Triangle'
A new UN report says opium poppy production in parts of Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand has tripled since 2006, and addiction to heroin and other drugs is also on the rise.
