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.
Voice of America4d
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields ... but the hardy poppy promised "just enough for a ...
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Opium Farming Takes Root In Myanmar's War-Torn Landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...
KHQ6d
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote ... "Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by," he told AFP in rural Pekon township ...
The Straits Times4d
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-wracked landscape
PEKON, Myanmar – Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar ... “Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to get by,” he said in rural Pekon ...
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Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Pekon (Myanmar) (AFP) – Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren ...
257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid seized at Dulles Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at Washington Dulles International Airport.