Boom time for Myanmar opium farmers amid coup chaos | Drugs News
In a remote corner of Myanmar, a line of farmers moves through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to…
Amitav Ghosh dives deep into opium history in ‘Smoke and Ashes’
On the Shelf 'Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories' By Amitav GhoshFarrar, Straus and Giroux: 416 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our…
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer: UN | Drugs News
Violent political turmoil in Myanmar in years since 2021 coup has contributed to production increase, new report says. Myanmar has become the world’s top producer…