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A revival of opium production in the Golden Triangle comes on top of a booming synthetic drug industry. A Myanmar government soldier displays opium poppies during the destruction of an opium field ...
The Golden Triangle, a place once synonymous with the lawless cultivation of opium poppies, straddles the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar at the confluence of the Mekong and Ruak rivers. One ...