Format
News
Original Language

English

Country
Myanmar (Burma)
Keywords
Myanmar
Burma
Golden Triangle
fentanyl
methamphetamine

After Record Drug Bust, Questions of Opioid Crisis Creeping into Asia

VOA reports on the first seizure of fentanyl in Myanmar, raising concerns that a new route is opening up for the powerful synthetic drug. Additionally, the article highlights the production of crystal methamphetamine in the Shan state. Also seized in recent raids were heroin, opium, guns, lab equipment, and 39 different chemicals.