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.
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Interview: ‘Crop substitution plans must be considered for poppy farmers’
Dr. Nang Pann Ei Kham heads a network of civil society groups and researchers who advocate reforming Burma’s ineffective drug control laws.
Drug vigilantes questioned over violence
Police in northern Burma’s Kachin State are questioning members of anti-drug vigilante group Pat Jasan concerning a violent brawl between the group and local opium farmers in Waingmaw Township last week.
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Drug vigilantes attacked in Kachin State
Fourteen members of an anti-drug vigilante group were injured when the group was attacked while slashing poppy fields in northern Burma.
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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.
