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Shan Drug WatchNewsletter June 2012 issue 5

Political settlement:A win-win solution for all

Shan Herald Agency for News

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Foreword ........................................................................................................................ 3

Political settlement: A win-win solution for all ............................................................ 4

2011-12 opium season: More output ............................................................................ 6

More poppy destroyed, more grown ..........................................................................14

Mekong godfather run down .......................................................................................15

Burma Army makes record seizure but owner gets away ........................................16

Chemists displaced by war moving east....................................................................17

Drug use unstoppable in Shan State North ..............................................................18

SSA: Cooperation from Burma Army essential against drugs .................................18

Drug production and abuse come together ..............................................................20

Book Review: The Hunt for Khun Sa .........................................................................22

Contents

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Foreword

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H

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Political settlement: A win-win

solution for all

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N

N

The real kings

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2011-12 opium season: More output

Phase One (1999-2004) in Shan State

North

(13)

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East (1)

South

(6)

Total 20 2 18

Phase Two (2004-2009) in Shan State

North

(4)

East (7)

South

(3)

Total 14 4 10

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Untargeted townships in Shan State

Poppy cultivation outside Shan State

Phase Three (2009-2014) in Shan State

South

(5)

Total 5 - 5

North

(6)

South

(6)

East

(3)

Total 15 15

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N

N

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N

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Total 8 19

Did the British bring poppy cultivation to Burma?

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Well known militia forces and chiefs

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States and Divisions where poppy cultivation

was reported during 2011-2012 season

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Now its time to draw our

pay from the hills.

The Army

gets taxes

, the Lion

gets votes.

More poppy destroyed, more grown

Dont

worry. We wont be touch-

ing any high yield fields. If

one of them is destroyed,

we'll return your money.

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Mekong godfather run down

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Burma Army makes record seizure

but owner gets away

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Chemists displaced by war moving

east

Heroin

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SSA: Cooperation from Burma Army

essential against drugs

Drug use unstoppable in Shan State

North

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You have been

loyal to us as our eyes and

ears. Ceasefire groupsare merely enemies who

have taken a break in the

fighting against us.

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Drug production and abuse come

together

Poppy acreage

Villages

Households

Population

Drug users

Poppy acreage

Households

Population

Drug users

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Opium

Khakhu

Yaba

Yaba

Heroin

Heroin

Yaba

Yaba

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Book Review: The Hunt for Khun Sa

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20 April 2012 Thailand puts a price on three well

known Burmese:

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N

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