In Myanmar’s fields of fear, farmers sow opium poppies for survival
For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-racked landscape
For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...
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Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, but heroin flows to Europe continue unabated
poppy cultivation has practically come to a standstill. For the first time in decades, Myanmar has replaced Afghanistan as the world's largest opium and heroin producer. It would be natural to ...
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U.N. drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise
Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers ... alleviation in the motivation to continue to grow opium.” “It’s very important for the ...
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As heroin in Afghanistan dries up, Europe could face an overdose crisis like the U.S.
Unlike synthetic opioids produced using chemicals in a lab, heroin and morphine are ... edicts ordering peasants to harvest more poppy, one of the few plants that flourished in the dry, dusty ...
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‘We feel unsafe’: Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-wracked landscape
“Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by,” he told AFP in rural Pekon ...