Afteryearsofplanning,MyanmarfinallyadoptedanewnationalpolicyonWednesdaywhichaimstoendthecrimefocusedapproachtodealingwithdruguse.Thecountryisthesecondlargestopi
With an AK-47 assault rifle slung casually over his shoulder, Allah Mohammad, while slashing an opium bulb with a vicious looking knife and extracting its milky nectar that seeps from the cuts, said that he thanks the chaos and ongoing militancy in Afghanistan as it allows him to grow poppies on his farm in the Ghorak district of the southern Kandahar province.
Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representatives (Lower House) has passed an urgent motion calling on the government to support mass participation in fight against drugs, according to an official report Friday.
The US has spent more than US$7 billion (S$9.8 billion) in the past 14 years to fight the runaway poppy production that has made Afghan opium the world's biggest brand.
The Lao Deputy Prime Minister Asang Laoly called for authorities to redouble their efforts at a national meeting in Luang Prabang to combat illegal opium and cannabis farming in the country, state-run daily Vientiane Times reported Tuesday.
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