Opium, the base from which morphine and heroin are produced, is harvested from poppy flowers. Meanwhile, Myanmar registered growth in cultivation and production from 2021 through 2023, which UNODC ...

(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) BANGKOK – There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived ...

UN Drug Experts Say Opium Production Has Leveled off in Myanmar, but Instability May Trigger a Rise BANGKOK (AP) — There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world ...

The Myanmar Opium Survey 2024 issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that after three consecutive years of growth, the area where opium is cultivated fell by 4% to 45,200 ...

The district became a booming hub of production and trade for opium, heroin and methamphetamines. Credit... Supported by By Azam Ahmed Photographs by Bryan Denton Reporting from Bakwa District ...

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