HomeTo match Special Report MYANMAR/OPIUM
To match Special Report MYANMAR/OPIUM
ATTENTION EDITORS THIS IS 6 OF 35 PICTURES FROM MYANMAR'S OPIUM WAR BY REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER DAMIR SAGOLJ Soldiers use sticks to destroy poppy fields above the village of Ho Hwayt, in the mountains of Shan State January 26, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy eradication efforts since September 2011, threatening the livelihoods of impoverished farmers who depend upon opium as a cash crop to buy food. With new ceasefires ending years of conflict between the government and ethnic insurgents, Myanmar police and United Nations officials are travelling through opium-rich Shan State to ask farmers what assistance they need. Picture taken January 26, 2012. To match Special Report MYANMAR/OPIUM
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (MYANMAR - Tags: DRUGS SOCIETY)
