| 单词 | opium poppy |
| 例句 | There are yarns from decades ago, when fields of opium poppies colored the hillsides and the heroin trade fueled lawlessness and rogue armies. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Morphine was isolated from the opium poppy way back in 1804, the authors note. The coronavirus reminds us of our deep-rooted need for medicinal plants 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Opioids include naturally occurring drugs that are extracted from the opium poppy plant, like morphine. Deadly new trend: Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids sold as counterfeits 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The island's isolation and its small population were the main reasons the federal government granted an exclusive licence to Tasmania to grow opium poppies for legal commercial production half a century ago. Even in isolated, pristine Tasmania, pressure to allow GMO farming 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Many of the provinces where the Taliban has historically had high levels of support, such as southern Helmand, have a large concentration of opium poppy cultivation. Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95% after Taliban ban - U.N. 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Violence has spiked in Guerrero over the past decade as a growing number of criminal gangs battle for control of the lucrative opium poppy trade, as well as for other smuggling routes. Brazen ambush leaves at least 13 local police dead in Mexico 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The region is also a hotspot for the growing of opium poppies and the production of heroin. Mexico police gunned down in ambush in Guerrero state 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Illegal opium poppy cultivation in the hills has also been a source of friction. Torture, rape, killings: An Indian state's brutal conflict 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The BBC has now travelled in Afghanistan - and used satellite analysis - to examine the effects of the direct action on opium poppy cultivation. Inside the Taliban's war on drugs - opium poppy crops slashed 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The showy opium poppy is valued both as an ornamental flower and as a source of potent opiate compounds. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z There are two main uses for the opium poppy. Positive urine test? Maybe you ate poppy seeds 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Heroin comes from the opium poppy, and methadone is synthetic. Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins. 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But over the past decade crop substitution projects and improving economic opportunities in Myanmar have led to a steady fall in cultivation of the opium poppy. Opium production in Myanmar surges to nine-year high 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Most of the world’s opium poppy had come from just three countries — Afghanistan, Myanmar and Mexico. Inside the daunting hunt for the ingredients of fentanyl and meth Solutions made from the opium poppy have been used in the past to dull the sensation of pain and induces a sense of wellbeing. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z For example, there are genetically engineered opium poppies that produce no morphine or codeine and others that produce no opium latex at all. Positive urine test? Maybe you ate poppy seeds 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The Taliban's pledge to tackle opium poppy cultivation mirrors a policy they introduced with some success when they were last in power more than two decades ago. Afghanistan: What's changed a year after Taliban return 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z “Helmand Province was by far the most volatile area in Afghanistan,” he said about the country’s southern region, a longtime center for opium poppy production and the Taliban insurgency. 'You sent me to war. Now's your turn to fix me.' How a weed brand is helping veterans 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Selling large quantities of drugs no longer required acres of opium poppies or major operations to collect ephedrine-based decongestant pills. Review | When the drugs get stronger, the stories get sadder and the solutions more elusive 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z A crippling drought, financial hardships and unpredictable border closures at the war’s end have sent them scrambling for the security of the region’s most reliable economic engine: growing opium poppy. In Hard Times, Afghan Farmers Are Turning to Opium for Security 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “The 2022 opium harvest will be based on decisions that farmers will make in November 2021, when they are starting to sow opium poppy,” the report, released Monday, added. Afghan opium production rises for a fifth year, UN report says 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z However, Dr David Mansfield, an expert on Afghanistan's drug economy, points out the main opium poppy crop would already have been harvested by the time the ban was imposed. Afghanistan: What's changed a year after Taliban return 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Yet the most widely used analgesics today are essentially folk remedies that have served for centuries: morphine and other opiates derive from the opium poppy, and aspirin comes from willow bark. Toward Better Pain Control 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The fields of cotton and opium poppies in Marjah turned into a nightmare for the foreign troops that fought the elusive Taliban insurgents. In rural Afghanistan, a family welcomes Taliban rule 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z There were projects to reduce opium poppy cultivation, promote women’s rights and hold credible elections. U.S. troops depart a dramatically changed Afghanistan after 2 weeks of chaos and 20 years of war 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Climate change also stands to complicate the Taliban’s ability to fulfill a key promise: the elimination of opium poppy cultivation. A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The Taliban often deny their involvement in the drug industry, and take pride in having banned opium poppy cultivation for a period while in power in 2000. Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The Taliban claims opium poppy cultivation was stopped and the flow of illegal drugs halted when it was last in power in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s a key corridor for drug production and transit, especially heroin from opium poppies. Mexican villages arm children in desperate bid for attention 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Others are focusing on higher-quality strains that fetch a higher price or they continue to grow it, but along with opium poppies, hoping at least one of them will keep them afloat. Growers fret as Mexico moves to legalize marijuana 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Any legalization of opium poppies would present yet another point of friction with U.S. authorities, already stung by Mexico’s decision to withdraw immunity for foreign agents and restrict their activities in Mexico. Mexican president says poppy growing being studied 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z There’s also cooperation with the army, which handles larger-scale operations such as eradicating opium poppies, destroying fentanyl labs and manning checkpoints along drug routes. As Mexico’s security deteriorates, the power of the military grows 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z But in July 2000 the Taliban banned opium poppy farming in areas they controlled. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Fentanyl is extraordinarily profitable to produce: where opium poppies require acres of land and months of care, this highly powerful drug requires only a minimal workforce and infrastructure. Mexico's cartels rule world's vast fentanyl market in race for huge profits 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Kelly, Cienfuegos and other Mexican top brass were present at a July 2017 operation in which the military destroyed five fields of opium poppies, the Mexican defense ministry said. Former Mexican defense chief will return home a free man after U.S. drops drug charges 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The Biden administration is expected to continue backing law enforcement efforts to eradicate coca, cannabis and opium poppy fields in Latin America while targeting cartels. On Latin America, Biden's brand of diplomacy will be a major shift from Trump 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Iran lies on a main smuggling route linking the opium poppy fields of Afghanistan with Europe. Iran detains 2 Swedish nationals over drug smuggling 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Following the Taliban's ban on opium poppy farming, there was a noticeable dip in opium and heroin seizures globally in 2001 and 2002. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The building that previously housed soldiers between missions to eradicate opium poppy crops is now outfitted for up to 100 patients infected with the coronavirus. Despite COVID surge, Mexico avoids overwhelmed hospitals 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Myanmar is the world’s second-largest producer of heroin, the drug derived from opium poppies, after Afghanistan. Raids Reveal Massive Fentanyl Production in Myanmar 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Second, unlike traditional opium poppies, this poppy had no morphine, meaning that the purification process was simpler. How Johnson & Johnson companies used a ‘super poppy’ to make narcotics for America’s most abused opioid pills 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Two brothers and their children sat in the middle of neat fields growing wheat and opium poppy. A glimpse of peace in Afghanistan: With fighting paused, soldiers invite Taliban over for chicken 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Drug seizures and arrests have had minimal impact on the country's opium poppy cultivation, according to Sigar. Afghanistan: How much opium is produced and what's the Taliban's record? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z The country — roughly 12,000 U.S. troops are deployed here — accounts for more than 90% of the world’s opium poppy cultivation. Afghan heroin addicts meet brave woman in 'Mother Camp' rehab 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Hardscrabble Afghan farmers have been growing varieties of the opium poppy — Papaver somniferum — for generations. In confidential documents, U.S. officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Hardscrabble Afghan farmers have been growing varieties of the opium poppy – Papaver somniferum – for generations. In confidential documents, U.S. officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The United States has spent about $9 billion to fight the problem over the past 18 years, but Afghan farmers are cultivating more opium poppies than ever. U.S. officials misled public about the war in Afghanistan, confidential documents reveal 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Ethnic warlords clashed over political spoils, opium poppy production resurged, and subsequent elections were marred by fraud and threats. Perspective | After years in Afghanistan, I’m going home to an America I don’t recognize 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z They died quickly in the fields of opium poppy that surrounded us. A Marine Looks Back at His Battles in Afghanistan 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Humanity's complicated relationship with the opium poppy dates back to our earliest civilizations. The History of Opium, Facing Up to Quantum Mechanics and Other New Science Books 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z “Some groups said, ‘Let’s go in and rip out the opium poppies, let’s spray the opium poppies, let’s treat this as a criminal act,’ ” Patrick Fine, who served as the U.S. In confidential documents, U.S. officials said almost everything they did to end opium farming in Afghanistan backfired 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The rural, largely desert area was home to hundreds of Taliban fighters and fields divided by muddy canals and fields that grow opium poppies in the spring. ‘Maybe this is how Vietnam vets felt’: Americans who fought in Afghanistan wait to see how their war ends 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Some of this is through drugs - Afghanistan is the world's largest opium producer, and most opium poppies - used for heroin - are grown in Taliban-held areas. The Afghan war: The short and long story 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z So the health care conglomerate, better known for baby shampoo and Band-Aids, bought a business that grew and processed opium poppies in faraway Tasmania, off the coast of Australia. Johnson & Johnson’s Brand Falters Over Its Role in the Opioid Crisis 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z They need painkillers, including the powerful kind provided by derivatives of the opium poppy. An onslaught of pills, hundreds of thousands of deaths: Who is accountable? 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z OxyContin was launched in the mid-nineties as a breakthrough in pain relief, because of its formula for controlled, sustained release of its active ingredient, which is derived from the opium poppy. Five more US states sue Purdue Pharma over its role in opioid crisis 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The Taliban run most of Afghanistan’s drug trade and control vast opium poppy fields. Afghan official: Taliban hit security checkpoints, killing 8 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z In Mexico, that means impoverished farmers may at last stop growing opium poppies. US briefing: Barr testimony, Venezuela uprising and Assange sentenced 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Mexico is the main source of heroin trafficked to the US, with some 75,000 acres of opium poppy production in 2017. Fentanyl use could end the opium era in Mexico: 'The only crop that paid’ 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Heroin, unlike fentanyl, is derived from the seeds of the opium poppy plant. After drug distributor charged, Trump sets speech on opioid fight 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Humans have cultivated the opium poppy for five thousand years. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z With an estimated annual export value of $1.5-$3bn, the opium poppy is big business, supplying the overwhelming majority of illicit heroin worldwide. How does the Taliban make money? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Inexpensive and easy to produce, compared with the opium poppy, fentanyl arrived at the right moment for drug distributors seeking to stretch their inventory for the U.S. market. Falling Out: Inside America’s other opioid epidemic 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Those older drugs are ultimately based on natural compounds found in opium poppies; fentanyl is entirely synthetic, made from precursor chemicals. Opinion | The incredibly unpopular idea that could stem opioid deaths 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z They also said the heroin available in U.S. markets is “primarily sourced from Mexico, where opium poppy cultivation and heroin production have both increased significantly in recent years.” Chapo may be on trial, but his Sinaloa cartel still doing huge U.S. business 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Unlike heroin, which is derived from opium poppies, fentanyl and its analogues can be produced in a lab. How deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl took over Pennsylvania 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z The bloodiest states last year were the central State of Mexico with 3,046 murders, and southern Guerrero state, at the heart of the country’s opium poppy wars, with 2,578. Mexico’s Murder Rate Hits Highest Level in Decades 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Opium paste is the dried paste secreted by the opium poppy plant and contains up to 12 percent morphine, which is frequently used to produce heroin, Enriquez said. Border Patrol agents find opium paste taped 'like implants' to suspected smuggler's buttocks 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Farmers there mostly cultivate opium poppy, and regularly pay taxes to the Taliban. She Married 3 Brothers in Family Torn by War 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Asked about booming opium poppy production in Mexico, which feeds the U.S. heroin market, López Obrador said he wanted to push crop-substitution programs and get poppy farmers in Mexico to switch to growing corn. ‘You can’t appease tyrants and bullies’: Mexican candidates take hard line on Trump 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z It says in a statement officials became aware of a possible opium poppy field in Moss Landing last week. Northern California deputies destroy opium poppy field 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It is home to opium poppy plantations and splintered gangs at war with each other for control of the drug trade and extortion rackets. Mexico: 9 found dead in back of truck in Guerrero state 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The Taliban source of income is opium poppies. Journalists Suffer Deadliest Day in Afghanistan Since at Least 2002 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z It is Afghanistan’s second major center of cultivation of the opium poppy after the neighboring province of Helmand, and a hotbed of activity by Taliban militants. Afghan farmers stick to growing opium in the face of less lucrative... 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z U.S. officials say nearly all of the heroin in the United States originates from opium poppy in Mexico, but Mexican officials have been unable to track the growth of the illegal crop. Analysis | The Daily 202: How James Comey’s battles with the Bush White House prepared him to stand up to Trump 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z They later confirmed the plants were Papaver Somniferum, commonly known as opium poppies. Northern California deputies destroy opium poppy field 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The economy is driven by vast fields of opium poppy plants, and U.S. officials say the Taliban acts like a criminal gang as it processes and smuggles the drug to fund its operations. Inside the Marines’ new mission in Afghanistan: Taking back territory previously won 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Others, however, remain skeptical that Mexican authorities will do much more to curb opium poppy production. U.S. has been quietly helping Mexico with new, high-tech ways to fight opium 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The state is also known for its opium poppy cultivation, and lately, as one of Mexico’s deadliest spots, with 15 separate gangs fighting over the drug trade. Bishop Who Ministers to Mexican Drug Lords: ‘I Don't Come to Judge You’ 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z “After all, heroin is an illegal, dangerous, and highly addictive substance” derived from opium poppies. Kratom is hailed as a natural pain remedy, assailed as an addictive killer. The U.S. wants to treat it like heroin. 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Mexico bolstered anti-narcotics collaboration last year as U.S. concern mounted over heroin-related deaths, inviting U.S. officials to inspect the army’s opium poppy eradication efforts. Exclusive: U.S., Mexico explore placing armed U.S. air marshals on fli 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Opium is an extract of the opium poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. The search for the perfect painkiller 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z U.S. authorities have expressed alarm at what they call an explosion of opium poppy in their southern neighbor. U.S. has been quietly helping Mexico with new, high-tech ways to fight opium 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z In the American failure lies a paradox: Washington’s massive military juggernaut has been stopped in its steel tracks by a small pink flower – the opium poppy. How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Between 2013 and 2016, driven by a ravenous U.S. appetite, Mexico more than tripled the amount of opium poppy it produced, according to the U.S. ‘Drug use has exploded’ in Mexico as more narcotics stay within the country 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Mexico bolstered anti-narcotics collaboration last year as U.S. concern mounted over heroin-related deaths, inviting U.S. officials to inspect the army’s opium poppy eradication efforts. Exclusive: U.S., Mexico explore placing armed U.S. air marshals on fli 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Chilapa is a mountain town where two criminal organizations are battling control of opium poppy cultivation. Authorities in southern Mexico find bodies in secret graves 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The sticky sap of the opium poppy has been relieving pain and getting people high for at least five thousand years. ‘The greatest drug fiends in the world’: An American opioid crisis — in 1908 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z During the years of civil strife among the many well-armed warlords the CIA had left primed to fight for power, Afghan farmers raised the only crop that ensured instant profits: the opium poppy. How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Along with the Mexican military leaders, Kelly flew to the opium poppy fields of Guerrero and watched as Mexican soldiers burned crops. Homeland Security chief says administration is just ‘enforcing the law’ on immigration 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Kelly visited one of Mexico’s most restive states and watched troops destroy opium poppy fields. Homeland security head to Mexico: US drug use fuels violence 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Acapulco is the biggest city in Guerrero, one of Mexico’s most lawless states and a center of opium poppy production that has been a major concern to US officials. At least 28 dead after brutal gang fight in Mexico prison 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z As a result, tens of thousands of farmers have returned to the lucrative business of growing opium poppies. Opium use booms in Afghanistan, creating a ‘silent tsunami’ of addicted women 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z As waves of helicopters descended on its outskirts spitting up clouds of dust, hundreds of marines sprinted through fields of sprouting opium poppies toward the village’s mud-walled compounds. How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The western state of Guerrero is the center of this business, producing more than half of Mexico’s opium poppies, the base ingredient for heroin. In Mexico, the price of America’s hunger for heroin 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z The army has increasingly faced civilian resistance to drug-eradication patrols, with women and children trying to block soldiers from cutting down opium poppy fields in recent months in the southern state of Oaxaca. Gunmen kill 4 Mexican soldiers investigating pipeline theft 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The opium poppy is no longer the starting point for many street drugs in the United States, where deaths involving natural and synthetic opiates hit 33,091 in 2015. Top stories: A softer side to computers, fruit for thought, and home is where the mouse is 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The opium poppy is no longer the starting point for many of the opiates on the street. Underground labs in China are devising potent new opiates faster than authorities can respond 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z They were also supposed to encourage farmers to abandon the cultivation of opium poppy, the region’s most lucrative cash crop. The Fighter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Morphine and codeine are natural opioids found in the opium poppy. Opioids Contribute to a Rising Death Toll: 28,647 in 2014 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z The violence-ridden region is a major production zone of the opium poppy, the raw material used to produce heroin smuggled north to the United States. In one small Mexican town, the citizens become armed vigilantes to take on a drug gang 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z It is the foot of the mountains that produce much of Mexico’s opium poppy crop. Mexican drug leader's mother kidnapped by vigilante group 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Meanwhile brainless plants like the opium poppy and the coca bush control a very large number of US. Resettling China’s ‘Ecological Migrants’ 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “No eradication took place in the provinces with high levels of opium poppy cultivation due to the extremely poor security situation in those areas and logistical/financial challenges to organise the eradication teams on time.” Afghanistan's opium production soaring, says UN 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Opioids are chemicals derived from, or designed to mimic, substances found naturally in the opium poppy. Tramadol: The Opioid Crisis for the Rest of the World 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z They knew it would also give the insurgents much greater control over the region’s hugely profitable opium poppy trade. Taliban enters capital of Helmand province after weeks of fighting 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Guerrero state is a key producer of the opium poppy used in production of heroin. It's been two years since 43 Mexican students disappeared, and we still don't know exactly what happened to them 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z It is also at the center of Afghanistan’s opium poppy growing region, a key source of revenue for the Taliban. Taliban launches surprise surge into former southern Afghan stronghold 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The Taliban launched a strong offensive in Helmand last year, winning control of several large northern districts, but they backed off during the opium poppy harvesting season, when many fighters were working in the fields. Taliban pushes toward strategic provincial capital in Afghanistan 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Later on Monday, Ghani travelled to Helmand to assess the security situation in the rich opium poppy field region, which gives the world most of its heroin, controlled by the Taliban. Afghanistan president condemns killing of NPR journalists in ambush 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Opioids encompass a wide range of legal painkillers or “opiates,” originally derived from the opium poppy, as well as illegal narcotics such as heroin. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Zia’s 15-day journey to find his father took him deep into Taliban territory, in the opium poppy belt in the south. Found Alive, Soldiers Are Told: You Owe Us for Burials 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Both are important agricultural zones and major sources of opium poppy, and Musa Qala is a center of opium refining and heroin production. Afghan General Plants Flowers in Helmand, but Taliban Lurk 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Christian antidrug vigilantes are asking Ms. Suu Kyi’s party, set to take power in a week, to intervene in a clash with villagers who don’t want to see their undulating hillsides of opium poppies destroyed. Myanmar’s New Opium War: Vigilantes, Villagers Clash Over Drug Trade 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Governor Héctor Astudillo even mused recently about organizing a legal opium poppy harvest, in an effort to weaken the grip criminals hold over impoverished indigenous villages. Nestora Salgado, community leader battling Mexican cartels, freed from jail 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z During the years of vicious civil strife that followed, Afghan farmers raised the only crop that ensured instant profits, the opium poppy. How opium defeated America in Afghanistan 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z These powerful pain-killing drugs are crucial in medicine, but they come solely from opium poppy crops that can have unpredictable yields. 365 days: Nature’s 10 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Narcotics, including the cultivation of opium poppies, were also banned. Why Taliban special forces are fighting Islamic State - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Myint Htoo, who heads the police force here in Kachin state, said authorities have been trying to crack down on opium poppy but “nothing has changed or been reduced.” Myanmar’s New Opium War: Vigilantes, Villagers Clash Over Drug Trade 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The mountainous area is dominated by drug gangs, and local farmers frequently grow opium poppies. World Digest: Dec. 15, 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Control of Helmand is as much an economic prize as a strategic one because the province accounts for nearly half the opium poppy cultivation in the country, according to United Nations surveys. Afghan Soldiers, Besieged by Taliban, Say They Are Outgunned 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z But in many countries — notably Russia and Eastern Europe, and across swaths of Asia where the opium poppy flourishes, the greatest H.I.V. risk is injected heroin. Drug Enforcement vs. Treatment Issue Hits U.N. 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Its opium poppies are grown mostly in Kachin and Shan states, where the government has long fought rebel groups seeking more autonomy for their respective ethnic groups. Myanmar anti-drug crusaders uncover $500K ledger of payoffs 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z That dwarfs Burma’s famous opium poppies, estimated by the United Nations at $340 million last year. Burma Jade Rush Muddies Promise of Change, Fuels Conflict 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z That dwarfs Myanmar's famous opium poppies, estimated by the United Nations at $340 million last year. Myanmar jade rush muddies promise of change, fuels conflict as new report uncovers $30B trade 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Hundreds of insurgents began arriving from the south, claiming to be migrant laborers for the opium poppy harvest, according to some officials. A Taliban Prize, Won in a Few Hours After Years of Strategy 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z As it stands, there is nothing easy about cultivating opium poppies in this unforgiving stretch of the country, stationed above the clouds at more than 10,000 feet. Mexican Opium Production Rises to Meet Heroin Demand in U.S. 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The circles on the left represent the organisms that contributed genes to the bioengineered yeast: California poppy, rat, goldthread, bacteria, and opium poppy. Yeast can now make opiates 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z El Chapo’s entire family was involved: a small army devoted to the cultivation of opium poppies, from dawn to dusk. El Chapo's Rise to Power And His First Prison Break 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z The United Nations forecasts another record harvest of opium poppies in Afghanistan - the raw material for heroin - with Helmand again providing most of the crop. Afghanistan: Helmand's drug abuse problem - BBC News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The United Nations forecasts another record harvest of opium poppies in Afghanistan - the raw material for heroin, with Helmand again providing most of the crop. Helmand: Life after UK troop pullout - BBC News 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The York team had seen previous work by other researchers that showed that giving an opium poppy a particular RNA molecule led a dramatic boost in S-reticuline. Final step in sugar-to-morphine conversion deciphered 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The town is best known for the intricately lacquered boxes produced by local craftsmen – and for the opium poppies grown in the surrounding hills. Mexican woman jailed for combatting cartels: 'It is a sacrifice that had to be made' 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The United Nations estimates that opium poppy cultivation has nearly tripled over the last six years. Profits From Illicit Drug Trade at Root of Myanmar’s Boom 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z There are also reports of hundreds of insurgents traveling from the south, claiming at checkpoints to be migrant laborers following the opium poppy harvest, to reinforce the Taliban’s northern offensive. As Taliban Advance, Afghanistan Reluctantly Recruits Militias 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Most relatives fear the worst; others cling to the hope that their missing relative is still alive, perhaps forced to work in the opium poppy fields that pepper the mountainous region beyond Chilapa. Armed vigilantes took over a Mexican town – and at least 13 men disappeared 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Instead, they must be extracted from plants like the opium poppy. It May Soon Be Possible to Easily 'Brew' Narcotics 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z The enzyme that opium poppies use for this step has not yet been identified. Engineered yeast paves way for home-brew heroin 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z But their molecular structure is so complex, they are isolated or manufactured from compounds in plants, such as opium poppies. 'Home-brew' morphine from brewer's yeast now possible: study 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Second, illegally cultivated opium poppies in countries such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Laos and Mexico are processed into heroin and distributed by criminal networks that sell them at street prices several dozen times the production costs8. Drugs: Regulate 'home-brew' opiates 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z But so far engineering opium poppies to produce new compounds has proven difficult. Researchers closer to engineering yeast that can ferment morphine 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z All over the world, the heavy heads of opium poppies are nodding gracefully in the wind — long stalks dressed in orange or white petals topped by a fright wig of stamens. A Way to Brew Morphine Raises Concerns Over Regulation 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Because there is no whole sequencedgenome for the opium poppy, identifying the enzymes that catalyse the synthesis reactions has been difficult. Engineered yeast paves way for home-brew heroin 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Cultivation of the opium poppy had been suppressed by the Taliban, but it grew rapidly as coalition forces pushed into Afghanistan a decade ago. Overdose epidemic surges in suburbia 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The principal causes of this epidemic, officials say, are rampant unemployment, the return of addicted workers from wartime exile in Iran or Pakistan, and bumper harvests of opium poppies. Heroin addiction spreads with alarming speed across Afghanistan 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The opium poppy may soon meet its match. Researchers closer to engineering yeast that can ferment morphine 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Today, valley after valley in these mist-shrouded mountains is covered with resplendent opium poppies, tended by farmers who perch on steep hillsides to harvest the plant’s sticky, intoxicating sap. Myanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z They also found a previously unknown enzyme from opium poppies that converts dopamine into the next morphine precursor, norcoclaurine. Engineered yeast paves way for home-brew heroin 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The Afghan coin, for instance, is embossed with opium poppies and a sniper. Gifts of cheer — from mugs to microbe toys — from your friends at the FBI, CIA and NIH 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The control of territory also allows lucrative businesses, such as the growing of opium poppies in Afghanistan, to flourish. How extremist groups raise money 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Mexico is now the world's second biggest producer of heroin, and the mountains of Guerrero, where the disappearances took place, provide the ideal conditions for opium poppy production. Missing-student fury rocks president 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Growing opium poppies is illegal in Myanmar, but farmers in this remote and desperately poor region say they have few viable options. Myanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Adding more enzymes, including one from a soil bacterium and one that the team discovered in the opium poppy, completed the first half of the opiate assembly line. Engineered yeast paves way for home-brew heroin 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Their bodies were found early Thursday near the city of Chilapa, an area that is known for gang violence and plantations of opium poppies. Leader Says 'Mexico Must Change' as 11 Burned Bodies Found 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Historically that has checked consumption, since Mexico has long been a relatively small producer of opium poppies. The great American relapse 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Most of the opium poppies are grown in the south and west of Afghanistan, including its most insecure provinces, such as Helmand. Afghan opium levels hit record high 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Guerreros Unidos specializes in kidnapping, extortion and growing and preparing opium poppies to be refined into heroin for the American drug market. Investigators in Mexico Detain Mayor and His Wife 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Much of this is being used to grow opium poppies. US $7bn fails to stop opium growth 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z An artistic British spy, and chum of Bagehot’s, was given the task of designing a propaganda poster, depicting an opium poppy, to be pasted around southern Afghanistan. The remnants of a foreign policy 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z All are derived from opium poppies, and tens to hundreds of thousands of tons are needed to meet global needs. Yeast Coaxed To Make Morphine 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Authorities are particularly worried about Musa Qala, a traditional Taliban stronghold and a source of revenue from the lucrative opium poppy trade. Afghans Say Taliban Are Nearing Control of Key District 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Among them was a failed attempt to curb opium poppy cultivation to deprive the Taliban of a vital source of income. U.S. aid to Afghanistan exceeds Marshall Plan in costs, not results 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The heavy fighting earlier this summer in northern Helmand Province, long a Taliban stronghold and a center of opium poppy production, was mostly expected. Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z The drug companies are pushing for regulatory approval to cultivate opium poppies for export on the Australian mainland near Melbourne. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z The scientists inserted into yeast cells a handful of genes isolated from the opium poppy. Yeast Coaxed To Make Morphine 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z From 2002 through March of this year, the U.S. had provided more than $7 billion for counter-narcotics efforts and agriculture stabilization programs, an important component of the U.S. strategy to curb opium poppy production. Afghan poppy crop threatening reconstruction 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The group agreed to sever all ties with the narcotics trade and help implement crop substitution programs in areas where coca and opium poppies are a mainstay. Colombia peace accords hinge on June 15 presidential runoff In contrast, the UK's counter-narcotics strategy had failed, with opium poppy cultivation in Helmand province soaring to record levels as the troops prepared to leave. Set up Afghanistan war inquiry - MPs 2014-05-12T23:46:41Z He recounted how a friend planted almost 300 acres of opium poppies last year, only to lose the entire crop when a heavy rain left his fields so soggy that the plants’ roots died. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z The bad news: They are now filling their fields with opium poppies and driving a surge of cheap heroin. Snapchat Settles with the FTC and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-05-08T21:03:30Z He said there already are signs that elements within the Afghan security forces are making arrangements with rural populations to permit opium poppy growing as a way to build local patronage networks. Afghan poppy crop threatening reconstruction 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z “They conclude that they can make $500 a year if they grow wheat, but they can make $2,000 a year if they grow opium poppy, so they grow opium poppies.” Ending Afghanistan’s Drug Addiction Is Looking Like ‘Mission Implausible’ 2014-05-01T22:41:32Z At the same time, the annual attempt to destroy the opium poppy crop is under way. Leaving Helmand to uncertain future 2014-04-02T20:30:22Z Now is the sowing season for opium poppies in the Australian state of Tasmania. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z The opiate class includes drugs that mimic the effect of the opium poppy, such as morphine, oxycodone and heroin. FDA chief defends Zohydro as criticism intensifies 2014-03-14T02:10:35Z It also said Afghanistan's response to record levels of land being used to produce opium poppies was lacking. UN hits at US cannabis legalisation 2014-03-04T14:39:24Z Cultivation of opium poppies, which are processed to make heroin, reached a record high of 516,450 acres last year, according to the United Nations. With Afghan drawdown ongoing, U.S. to set up center in Bahrain to continue anti-drug efforts 2014-01-16T01:13:14Z Helmand province, in the country's south, was once a major focus of American troops, an area thick with insurgents and the opium poppies that finance them. Afghan Forces Score Gains as U.S. Starts to Pull Back 2014-01-03T03:30:43Z Tasmania also accounts for a quarter of the world’s morphine and codeine, two older painkillers from opium poppies that are still widely used, particularly outside North America. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z However, the mission in Afghanistan expanded to the fight against drugs and the attempt to eradicate the opium poppy harvest, which is now more productive than ever. What has the UK done in Afghanistan? 2013-12-16T20:58:13Z And there is the continued failure to eradicate the opium poppy. Last major Helmand handover like no other 2013-10-10T01:21:07Z The ancient Egyptians and Greeks used extracts of the opium poppy and the hemp plant. Insomnia: Chasing the dream 2013-05-22T17:21:47.147Z “The intersections between poverty, drugs and peace will be explored in a side event sponsored by Myanmar on the opium poppy situation in Shan State,” he said. Obstacles Ahead in Burma's Opium War 2013-03-19T05:20:22Z But the global pharmaceutical industry is increasingly worried that it is hooked on the island’s opium poppy supplies. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Mangal was deeply unpopular with insurgents in Helmand for his efforts to eradicate opium poppy cultivation, a lucrative business that helps finance the Taliban and other entrenched interests. For Afghan Officials, Prospect of Death Comes With Territory 2012-12-08T16:43:43Z The area was designated as a food zone, and the government undertook an aggressive opium poppy eradication program at the same time that it provided farmers with high -quality seeds for wheat and other crops. Afghan Opium Cultivation Rose in 2012, U.N. Says 2012-11-20T21:14:21Z The rights and wrongs of growing opium poppies may not be the usual stuff of radio station phone-ins, but Radio Tamadoun is different. Tuning the Afghans into radio 2012-10-27T00:03:15Z The governor of the Zhare district in southern Afghanistan wanted to express a few helpful ideas for how to tackle Afghanistan’s opium poppy problem. At War Blog: A Maze of Complication in the Afghan Poppy Fields 2012-05-29T18:51:07Z The bulk of the opium poppy extract produced in Tasmania is shipped to pharmaceutical factories in the Northeastern United States. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z And, with the exception of Afghanistan’s opium poppy production, the two locales grow nearly all the same crops. Duplicating Afghanistan From the Ground Up 2012-04-14T17:56:04Z Reducing Afghan farmers’ dependence on opium has been an uphill battle, not least because growing opium poppy is far more lucrative than almost any other crop and because it thrives even in relatively poor soil. Afghan Opium Cultivation Rose in 2012, U.N. Says 2012-11-20T21:14:21Z “You can’t name a critical issue today where we don’t have an impact,” he says; that includes work in places like Afghanistan, where the United States is promoting crops to replace opium poppies. Letter From Europe: America's Economic Bright Spot: Farming 2012-02-12T16:50:06Z The rising number of violent clashes in Afghanistan worked against any effort to persuade farmers to grow legal crops instead of opium poppies, Ivanov said. Afghan heroin traffic thrives in war: Russia 2011-11-17T22:44:45Z As the breeding program developed, drug researchers in Europe and the United States figured out that morphine was not the only alkaloid narcotic of value in opium poppies. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Instead, the United States would emphasize building roads and fostering market-based alternatives to opium poppies, like exporting raisins and pomegranate juice. Duplicating Afghanistan From the Ground Up 2012-04-14T17:56:04Z The medicine combines buprenorphine, a painkiller derived from the opium poppy that shares some of its properties, with naloxone, a chemical that blunts withdrawal symptoms. Reckitt Benckiser Kicks Heroin Tablet Habit With Film: Retail 2011-10-23T23:25:34Z Melo, 69, who was working as property manager for a timber company, was slain after stumbling onto an illegal opium poppy garden Bassler was tending to in a wooded area near Fort Bragg, authorities said. Fugitive murder suspect eludes capture in California 2011-09-30T22:06:17Z The goal is to offer farmers a viable alternative to the opium poppy that fuels the insurgency. At War: A Poppy Harvest in Helmand, Undeterred 2011-06-02T11:00:53Z France and Spain are looking at ways to expand the tiny, heavily regulated production of state-affiliated companies that run their modest opium poppy fields. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Miles of white opium poppies are grown in the fields about the town, and the black fort—the Kara-Hissar—is a huge solitary rock rising up out of the town as out of a sea. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z But the police appear fearless as they move from compound to compound, through the fields of wheat and the opium poppies. Emerging from chaos 2011-03-22T18:16:23Z Afghanistan produces 90% of the world's opium, the main ingredient in heroin The growing of opium poppies in the Afghan provinces of Helmand and Kandahar is predicted to be down for the second year running. Afghan opium farming 'to spread' 2011-01-31T19:14:58Z India grows opium poppies, and produces opium for the international pharmaceutical market. In agony 2011-01-06T00:19:12Z After months of debate, the state Parliament in Victoria voted in March to authorize commercial growing of opium poppies. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z While farming projects that promote pomegranates over opium poppies appeal to international funders, they bring little long-term stability if they are not accompanied by access to markets. How We Should Honor Afghanistan's Slain Aid Workers 2010-10-16T18:45:00Z A large part of this insurgent electricity network is used for irrigation, Helmand officials say, boosting the area's main crop—opium poppies. U.S. Rebuilds Plant, Taliban Reap Windfall 2010-07-13T00:32:00Z The plan drafted by Moscow envisages eradication of no less than 25 percent all those areas growing opium poppies, from which heroin is derived, up from last year's 3 percent. Russia calls for crusade on Afghan drugs, U.S. tepid 2010-06-09T15:44:00Z Street heroin contains papaverine, a remnant of the opium poppy that can be detected in the urine. Prescription heroin helps addicts off street drugs 2010-05-28T09:18:00Z Agronomists have already mapped much of the opium poppy’s genome. Tasmania, Big Supplier to Drug Companies, Faces Changes 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Disease strikes Afghan poppies, U.N. says: An unknown disease is blighting Afghan opium poppy fields, threatening efforts to reduce the illicit drug's economic grip on the country by ramping up its price, the U.N. Foreign Digest: Protests in south Kyrgyzstan target government 2010-05-14T04:00:00Z In addition to paved roads, schools, a hospital and cold-storage facilities to preserve local tomatoes, some villagers complained about Afghan plans to halt the cultivation of opium poppies. Top U.S. military officer gets earful from Afghans 2010-03-30T13:27:00Z But some Western counter-narcotics officials in Afghanistan would like to do precisely that, offering the Marjah farmers payment for the loss of their opium poppy crop. Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah 2010-03-06T05:00:00Z Marja’s farmers, most of whom farm opium poppy, are keenly aware of that. Afghanistan?s Leaders Start a Dialogue in Marja 2010-03-01T23:17:00Z The town measures roughly six miles by 12 miles, most of it thinly inhabited compounds and farm fields, sprouting with alfalfa, opium poppy and other crops. Civilian Trust Elusive in Marjah 2010-02-22T09:40:00Z Marjah has since become a breeding ground for both opium poppy cultivation and insurgents. 2010-02-08T08:13:00Z A major goal, he said, was to show farmers that legitimate, high-value crops like pomegranates and grapes could ultimately be more profitable than growing opium poppies, whose proceeds fuel the insurgency. 2010-02-03T21:10:00Z These counter-narcotics officials point out that other swathes of eastern Afghanistan have been cleared of opium poppy without igniting revolt. Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah 2010-03-06T05:00:00Z “If the international community provides livelihood for the people of Marja, I am sure they will stop farming opium poppy, but not now,” said Muhammad Nabi, 52, an elder in Marja. Afghanistan?s Leaders Start a Dialogue in Marja 2010-03-01T23:17:00Z In fact, to stop growing the opium poppy has meant in some cases a decrease of 75 per cent, in the profit and value of the land. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions In eight months not even Sherlock Holmes could have found a live opium poppy on the face of the earth. Revenge In the meantime, the United States is seeking to pull away farmers from growing opium poppies and switch to wheat or higher-value products like pomegranates and table grapes. 2010-02-03T21:10:00Z Local farmers are just a month away from harvesting the area's primary crop, opium poppy. Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah 2010-03-06T05:00:00Z Afghanistan was by far the largest producer of opium poppies in 2000, and narcotics trafficking is a major source of revenue. The 2001 CIA World Factbook The earnestness of the people has been strikingly illustrated in the great financial sacrifices made by farmers and landowners in sections where the opium poppy was formerly grown. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions In short, Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy itself. Revenge From the latex of the opium poppy the opium of commerce is extracted. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses And nearly all of the Taliban's drug profits came from Helmand province, and from Marjah in particular, an area experts say is probably the world's biggest illegal producer of opium poppies. Afghan Drug Trade Complicates U.S. Task in Marjah 2010-03-06T05:00:00Z The opium poppy is extensively grown in India, and every year large quantities were exported to China. Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Some varieties of the opium poppy have large black patches at the basal end of the petals, while in others this pattern is entirely white. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation It was a matter of six months, and well over eighty tries, but finally I came up with a virus that killed the opium poppy like smallpox wiped out the Sioux. Revenge He may not have been aware that the opium poppy has so brilliant a flower that it can be seen at a distance from which all other flowers are invisible. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne In Congo, in Sierra Leone, in Chechnya, in Kashmir - wars are as much about diamonds, oil and opium poppies as about national aspirations. After the Rain : how the West lost the East Afghanistan was by far the largest producer of opium poppies in 1999, and narcotics trafficking is a major source of revenue. The 2000 CIA World Factbook For the study of this third hybrid generation we will now take another example, the opium poppies. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation |
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