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Opium farming takes root in Myanmar's war-wracked landscape
Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...
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The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country ... Analysis of satellite images by Alcis indicates that the “scale” of the reductions in ...
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257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid seized at Dulles Airport
by 7News Staff TOPICS: STERLING, VA. (7News) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at Washington Dulles ...
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Myanmar Opium
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 by conflict. Myanmar is now ...
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Fields of despair: How war is turning Myanmar into world's opium capital
Caught between conflict and survival, Myanmar's displaced communities are turning to poppy farming, fuelling a booming opium ...