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Opium
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U.S. Marines Return to Afghanistan’s Opium Heartland
U.S. Marines this week returned to the Helmand province, now the epicenter both of Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency and opium production.…
May 1, 2017
Mexican Cartels Moving Drug Crops into Oaxaca State
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican army general said his forces are increasingly coming under fire from drug…
March 20, 2017
Burmese Dissidents Broach Opium Decriminalization
As Burma’s opium wars continue despite the country’s democratic opening, activists are using the new political space to advocate for…
March 1, 2017
Opium Legalization Initiative Hits India
A candidate for the assembly in India’s northwest state of Punjab is calling for the legalization of opium…
January 24, 2017
Afghan Opium Wars Pit Taliban Against ISIS
In a “worrying reversal” for global anti-drug efforts, the latest annual report from the United Nations Office for Drug and…
November 2, 2016
UN Sees Decline in Afghan Opium: Pyrrhic Victory?
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan decreased 19 percent in 2015, compared to the previous year, according to the…
October 27, 2015
Burma: Will Cease-Fire Wind Down Opium War?
Last week, Burma’s President Thein Sein signed a cease-fire with eight armed rebel groups in a bid to bring the country’s…
October 20, 2015
Southeast Asia Becomes More Tolerant of Medicinal Opium
Laos was once a major opium producer—and now production is growing again after eradication efforts had dramatically slashed…
April 6, 2015
Burma Opium War Spills Into China
After weeks of escalating tensions along the remote mountain border, a Burmese MiG-29 fighter jet carried out an air-strike…
March 23, 2015
Will Burma Opium War Draw in China?
In another grim signal of a widening war in northern Burma’s opium zones, last week saw an outbreak…
February 19, 2015