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

Shared by Livia - 26 May 2020
Originally posted by Brian Morales - 26 May 2020
VOA - Myanmar police officers inspect seized drugs during a destruction ceremony of seized narcotic drugs on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, June 26, 2017.

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...