The World from PRX

opium

A poppy farmer stands in front of a poppy plant and talks with a mic in his hand.
Conflict & Justice
Could decriminalization of Mexico’s poppy farms reduce drug-cartel violence?
Arts, Culture & Media
Opium Lit
Confiscated opium in Iran
Conflict
Iran’s drug use doubles in six years
Tin of opium
Conflict
Myanmar’s opium fields grow even as its government calls for complete eradication
Three addicts preparing to smoke heroin under a bridge in Kabul’s Pol-e Sokhta neighborhood.
Health
There’s almost no help for Afghanistan’s 1.6 million drug addicts
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Conflict & Justice
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death is an ominous sign of heroin’s expanding reach
PRI’s ‘The World’: Mexico’s War
Business, Economics and Jobs
Thai Authorities Alarmed By Drug Surge in Golden Triangle
Lifestyle & Belief
FRONTLINE: Opium Brides in Afghanistan
Conflict & Justice
How an Afghan Methadone Clinic is Fighting to Counter HIV
Afghan Opium
Environment
Afghan poppy fields hit by disease
Russia wants NATO to stop heroin influx at its source, Afghanistan
The Marines, Battling in Afghanistan
Analyzing America’s Mission in Afghanistan
Global Politics
The Pentagon turns a blind eye to Afghanistan’s poppy fields
Environment
Afghan farmers and the opium trade
Drug use on the rise in Afghanistan
Global Politics
Afghanistan’s illegal poppy trade
Afghanistan’s war on drugs