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Opium cul
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va
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on surges under government control in Burma
Poisoned Hills
by the Palaung Women’s Organiza
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on
Acronyms
ALTSEAN Alternative Asean Network on BurmaINGO International Non-Government OrganizationLIB Light Infantry BattalionMNDAA Myanmar National Democratic Alliance ArmyPSLA Palaung State Liberation ArmyPSLF Palaung State Liberation FrontPWO Palaung Women’s OrganizationSHAN Shan Herald Agency for NewsSPDC State Peace and Development CouncilTSYO Ta’ang Student and Youth OrganizationUNODC United Nations Of
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ce on Drugs and CrimeUWSA United Wa State Armypublished by Palaung Women’s OrganizationJanuary 2010
Table of Contents
Execu
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ve Summary ..............................................................1Introduc
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on ........................................................................4Community assessment method ...........................................5Background .........................................................................6
The War on Drugs in Burma: success or failure? .........................7Recent drug-related developments ..............................................8Regime starting to smear cease
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re groups as drug villains ..........8Regime’s expansion of militia gives green light for continueddrug production ........................................................................9Drug business as usual in Palaung areas ...................................10
Findings ...............................................................................14
Opium cultivation soaring in Mantong and Namkham ..............15Mantong ......................................................................................15Number of villages where opium is grown triples.................15Opium poppy cultivation increases sixfold ...........................16Namkham ...................................................................................17Opium poppy cultivation doubles ..........................................17Extortion of opium farmers by authorities ................................20Majority of poppy
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elds being left intact ..................................22Opium cultivation replacing traditional Palaung tea growing ....26Increasing opium addiction in Palaung villages .........................28Authorities feed off rampant heroin abuse in Namkham ...........31PWO
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ndings and of
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cial UNODC surveys ..............................35
Conclusion and Recommenda
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ons ......................................37Appendices .........................................................................40
Detailed opium cultivation assessment data .....................................40Police reports of poppy
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eld destruction ..........................................51
Sections
« prev | next »- Executve Summary
- Introducton
- Community assessment method
- Background
- The War on Drugs in Burma: success or failure?
- Recent drug-related developments
- Regime starting to smear ceasefire groups as drug villains
- Drug business as usual in Palaung areas
- Findings
- Opium cultvaton soaring in Mantong and Namkham
- Mantong
- Number of villages where opium is grown triples
- Area under opium poppy cultivation increases six fold
- Namkham
- Extorton of opium farmers by authorites
- Increasing opium addicton in Palaung villages
- Authorites feed off rampant heroin abuse in Namkham
- PWO findings and offi cial UNODC surveys
- Conclusion and Recommendatons
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