Myanmar Opium

FILE - Flourishing poppy fields spread through hills at Nampatka village, Northern Shan State, Myanmar on Jan. 27, 2014. The production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military's seizure of power, with the cultivation of poppies up by a third in the past year as eradication efforts have dropped off and the faltering economy has led more people toward the drug trade, according to a United Nations report released Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)