Poppy cultivation’s rapidly increasing as pandemic border restrictions drop, pushing up the spectre of a flood of cheap, deadly heroin onto GTA streets.
Increased heroin production in the Golden Triangle offers business opportunities to GTA crime groups, experts say. “Economic, security and governance disruptions that followed the military takeover of February 2021 have converged, and farmers in remote often conflict-prone areas in northern Shan and border states have had little option but to move back to opium,” Douglas said.
Farmers are now making more money but also grappling with “soaring inflation, a devalued currency, and increasing costs of fertilizers and fuel,” the report adds.concludes there has been a 33 per cent increase in opium production since the military takeover of the country almost two years ago.
Sawadee
We need a hardcore right government to stop opium boom. Drug dealers should receive mandatory life in solitary confinement and it should not matter how many grams or kilogram dealer is dealing. And junkies should be sent to hard labour camps for at least ten years.
Heroin is back? Hurray Who is daffy enough to jab that shit. New plan Send the dealers to a Afgan prision for a fraction of the cost. Much better incentive for dealers.
i dont think the sackler family were southeast asian.
It’s getting into & across Canada from SE Asia is a long treck without many people involved. Get on it Nat_Div_RCMP rcmpgrcpolice RCMPONT
come on now the Star.
as opposed to canadian grown pharmaceutical dope which is way easier to find and way stronger?