Freshta stared blankly at her children as they lay listlessly on the bed. She picked one of them up, a scrawny shaven-haired boy who is 4 but looks more like 18 months. "I had five boys," she ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its annual drug report, highlighting the manifold destruction caused by a surging cocaine industry. The World Drug Report 2024, published ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit has arrested a Greenville woman for the second time in connection with drug trafficking. The sheriff’s office says ...

As the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, the Biden administration must deal with a troubling new reality: the Taliban, which now controls the country, is deeply dependent on the illegal drug trade, U.N ...

CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A search warrant has led to the arrest of a Craven County homeowner. Angela Wynn was arrested after Craven County deputies raided her home on College Street in Craven ...

Opium is a highly addictive drug. It’s made from juice extracted from the unripe seed pods of opium poppy plants (the scientific name is Papaver somniferum). Opium is used to make a class of drugs ...

In this powerful and occasionally tragic account, journalist Nawa returns to Afghanistan, which she fled at the age of nine to escape the Soviet occupation. She spends several years traveling the ...

CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — A man and woman were arrested in Currituck County after they were allegedly caught with cocaine, drug paraphernalia and pills of hydrocodone during a traffic stop. A ...