Shan acknowledge growing drug scourge in its part of Myanmar

November 7, 2012 3:51 pm    

Myanmar's Shan ethnic group has acknowledged that opium production and sales as well as drug addiction have increased in its areas in past years, making eradication of the narcotics trade a priority in the peace process with the government."These days, there are many more drug addicts and dealers in most townships of Shan state than five years ago. Younger people have become addicted to drugs day by day," the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) said in a statement.

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