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How the Taliban Suppressed Opium in Afghanistan—and Why There's Little to Celebrate
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA Taliban security personnel destroys a poppy plantation in Sher Surkh village of Kandahar province...
Poppy Seed Tea King to Forfeit Mansion After Overdose Death
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Cape Ciradeau County JailWhen a Shorewood,...
Poppies to Pig-Butchering: Inside the Golden Triangle’s Criminal Reboot
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA burning pile of seized illegal drugs is seen during a destruction ceremony to mark the...
China, opium and racial capitalism: Amitav Ghosh on the roots of a deadly business
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 'Smoke and Ashes,' Amitav Ghosh draws comparisons between America's modern opioid crisis and the West's flooding of China with opium in the 18th century.
Tulsa couple faces federal indictment after poppy seeds allegedly kill woman
KFOR articles via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – A Tulsa couple has been federally indicted after selling unprocessed poppy seeds through their business. The problem is their product allegedly ended up killing a woman ...
19 Mind-Boggling Photos That'll Have You Saying "Wait, That's Actually A Thing?"
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 months agoYou learn something new everyday...especially if you regularly peruse r/mildlyinteresting. Here are...
Understanding America's opioid epidemic
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Statue of Liberty. Illustrated | iStock In 2021, the United States reached a grim milestone: More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, the...
Ban Teenagers From Social Media, Vivek Ramaswamy Says, Because Fentanyl
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVivek Ramaswamy at the second GOP presidential debate | Conor Duffy/Sipa USA/Newscom During...
California could legalize the use of hallucinatory drugs like Peyote. Do you agree? | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPeyote is a small, spineless, button-shaped cactus capable of producing hallucinatory effects upon...
Methanol-Tainted Liquor and Xylazine-Tainted Fentanyl Illustrate the Same Prohibitionist Peril
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 10 months agoKhosrow Hassanzadeh | khosrow-hassanzadeh.com When the celebrated Iranian artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh...