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Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have been affected as collateral damage from the civil war in neighboring Myanmar.
Drug usage rates in northern Thailand have tripled in five years due to increased drug smuggling from Myanmar's Shan state.
The poorest and most vulnerable, including about 300,000 Lahu hill tribe members living mostly in Myanmar's Shan state and some in Thailand, are hardest hit.
Opium production has more than doubled since the Myanmar coup, with poppy cultivation reaching its largest area since 2015, contributing to rising drug trafficking into Thailand.

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Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have become collateral damage from the civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, turning to drugs as supply through the area rockets on the back of the conflict.

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