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    134 Search results for "opium"

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Burma’s opium crop plummets but no victory over Asia’s narco-boom: UN

    A “dramatic” drop in opium cultivation in Burma has underscored a regional boom in demand for illegal synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine, which many Asian countries are struggling to combat.

    Lead Story News Obituary

    Obituary: Olive Yang, princess turned opium warlord turned peace broker

    Olive Yang, the crossdressing royal-turned-warlord, died on Thursday. She was 90.

    Farmers struggle to turn away from illicit but lucrative opium video

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Farmers struggle to turn away from illicit but lucrative opium

    At a remote farm about two hours away from Loikaw, capital of Karenni State, farmers scrape out raw opium from the poppies they’ve grown.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Opium production, a scourge of Burma’s north, is spreading to Chin State

    Opium production, long a problem in Kachin and Shan states, is now appearing in parts of Chin State affected by conflict on the Indian border.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Opium eradication begins despite armed threat

    The Kachin State based anti-narcotics vigilante group Pat Ja San began destroying poppy fields in eastern Myitkyina district on Tuesday, with the protection of a security detail.

    Drugs Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Tensions high as vigilantes prepare to slash Kachin opium fields

    Tensions are high in Kachin state as members of anti-drug vigilante group Pat Ja San faced off with local opium farmers on Monday.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Golden Triangle opium revival spreads to India

    Poppy cultivation has rapidly expanded in the Burmese and Laos parts of the Golden Triangle, to feed new demands for heroin, chiefly in China, according to a report released Monday.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Chin rebels supply rice for opium eradicators

    The Chin National Front says that it will provide bags of rice to villagers affected by a drug eradication activity conducted in Tonzang Township and Cikha Sub-township in Chin State.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Opium production up 26 percent in Burma, says UN

    Opium production in Burma increased 26 percent in 2013 to an estimated 870 tonnes, the highest since assessments by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) began cooperating with the Burmese government in 2002.

    News Politics

    Police seize more than 900kg of opium in Shan state

    Police in southern Shan state’s Pinlaung township seized more than 900 kg of raw opium during a raid at a cave in the area after being tipped off that the site was being used to produce narcotics

    News Politics

    Opium production in Burma on the rise: UN

    Opium production in Burma has risen for the sixth consecutive year, despite a government commitment to eradicate cultivation by 2014, according to a new UN report released on Wednesday

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    Opium wars

    [scrollGallery id=19] Reuters accompanied Burmese officials and staff from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to Shan state recently to observe Burma’s proclaimed war on opium. Burmese police and UN[…]

    News Politics

    Shan govt militias ‘aiding opium trade’

    Burmese troops and local paramilitary groups taking bribes from farmers who can earn substantial revenue from the opium trade

    Health News

    China says Burmese opium ‘has doubled’

    Yunnan security chief pours doubt on junta’s claims of success in drugs eradication, as increasing violence is seen in border towns

    News Politics

    Opium production soaring, warns UN drugs tzar

    Opium production in Burma trending ‘relentlessly upward’ as UN warns that Southeast Asia’s drug threat has been overlooked

    News Politics

    Wa opium ‘damages China-Burma relations’

    Intelligence chief warns United Wa State Army about negative bilateral effects of Burma’s opium trade

    Health News Politics

    Opium abuse ‘devastating’ Shan communities

    Jan 26, 2010 (DVB), Palaung communities in northeastern Burma are being "devastated" by opium addiction, with mothers and wives forced to carry the weight of growing abuse among men, a[…]

    News Politics Uncategorized

    Burma opium cultivation up, but yield down

    Dec 14, 2009 (DVB), Opium cultivation in Burma has doubled since 2006, despite production of the narcotic falling, the United Nations drugs office has said. "The trend is going in[…]

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    Burma junta ‘unwilling’ to aid opium eradication

    July 10, 2009 (DVB), Prohibition on poppy cultivation enforced by armed groups in Burma's Shan state has caused a dramatic cut in opium production, although the government has been 'unwilling'[…]

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    Opium poppy cultivation in Burma rises

    June 25, 2009 (DVB), Burma remains the world's second largest source of opium, according to a UN report released yesterday that found a slight rise in opium poppy cultivation across[…]

    Business Environment News

    Food shortages force Chin locals to sell opium

    Mar 20, 2009 (DVB), Chin state locals who suffered food shortages last year due to mass flowering of bamboo have been forced to grow and sell opium to generate income,[…]

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    Burma seizes 40 kilos of opium in November

    Dec 14, 2007 (AFP), Burma, the world’s second-largest opium producer after Afghanistan, seized nearly 40 kilogrammes (88 pounds) of the drug in November, state media said Friday. There were 239[…]

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    Burma opium production levels stable, says UN

    June 26, 2007 (DVB)

    Lead Story News

    Change brewing in Burma’s poppy country?

    There’s been a steady decline in the cultivation of opium poppy in recent years.

    From 2015 to 2017, the production of poppy has decreased from 54,000 hectares to 41,000 hectares, so what’s behind this trend. . .

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    Police seize drugs worth over $1 million in Shan and Karen State

    Drugs worth approximately 1.6 billion kyat ($1.15 million USD) were seized in Shan State over the weekend.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Malaysia makes record bust of crystal meth, shipped from Burma

    Malaysia has made its largest ever seizure of crystal methamphetamine, officials said on Monday, finding nearly 1.2 tonnes of the drug disguised as tea in a shipment from Burma, and arrested six suspected traffickers.

    ASEAN Drugs Lead Story News

    ASEAN looks to tackle organised crime

    ASEAN member states met at the United Nations to set up a framework for border control cooperation as latest statistics showed that illicit trade and organised crime amounts to $100 billion in the region.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Govt says it is drafting new drug control policy

    A new national drug control policy is being drafted and will be implemented by the end of this year, according to Burma’s Ministry of Home Affairs.

    Drugs Features Lead Story News Women's Issues

    In Burma, female drug addicts searching for help have few options

    Most state-run drug rehabilitation centres in Burma accept men only.

    Drugs Lead Story News

    Burma, Thailand incinerate $800 million worth of drugs

    Burma remains one of the world’s largest producers of illicit drugs, including opium, heroin and methamphetamines.

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