Though a new policy signals a shift to a more comprehensive approach to the problem, the true test will be in its implementation.

Though the record seizure deserves mention, focus on such developments also obscures the massive scale of the problem.

Though recent successes deserve mention, they also pale in comparison to both the magnitude and multidimensionality of the overall problem.

The illegal drug trade is sabotaging peace in Afghanistan and Myanmar alike.

The answer is much more complicated than a surface glance might suggest.

Yet governments are looking the other way.

Cambodia is slowly coming to terms with a serious drug problem.

Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency is concerned Iranian drug syndicates are using asylum seekers as smugglers.

A new UN report shows the production and use of synthetic drugs like amphetamines is soaring in Asia.

A new casino complex is supposed to transform poor Ton Pheung into a ‘Macau on the Mekong’. But some locals are already nervous.

One of Asia’s main opium producing areas, the Golden Triangle, is back in business—with a helping hand from Iran.