Myanmar: Opium Farming Takes Root in Myanmar's War-Wracked Landscape

Mar 10, 2025 | Agence France-Presse
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Myanmar's opium production was previously second only to Afghanistan, where poppy farming flourished following the US-led invasion in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. But after the Taliban government launched a crackdown, Myanmar overtook Afghanistan as the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).