A field of poppy plants that could be used to make opium was discovered in North Carolina and had an estimated value of $500 million, a sheriff says. Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid said the only ...

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WEBVTT I’M ERIN CLARK. DAN GREEN IS OFF TONIGHT. WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH AN ILLEGAL POPPY GROW IN MONTEREY COUNTY. DEPUTIES WITH THE SHERIFFS OFFICE DESTROYED AN ENTIRE FIELD OF POPPIES OVER THE ...

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

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 ...

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office seized an entire field of poppy plants Tuesday, the 2,000 plants have an estimated value of $500 million. Authorities admit that’s a rough estimate on the value, ...

PELLA (AP) - In an area known for its tulips, a rural Pella family has been charged with growing 22,000 opium poppy plants. "We had never run across an opium grow before, and we really didn't know ...

Myanmar's opium poppy cultivation has risen to its highest level in a decade from 45,200 hectares to 53,100 hectares - an ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday the government is studying what to do about growers of opium poppies who have been hit by competition from synthetic opioids, suggesting that ...

Authorities in Monterey County discovered eight opium poppy fields in Monterey County in May, leading to the largest known opium poppy bust in California history. Monterey County Sheriff's Office In ...

Scientists have determined the DNA code of the opium poppy genome, uncovering key steps in how the plant evolved to produce the pharmaceutical compounds used to make vital medicines. The discovery may ...