Posted on 11/14/2015 5:51:14 PM PST by MtnClimber
MYITKYINA, Myanmar — Methamphetamine has become Asia's drug of choice. From Bangkok to Manila, these little pink pills are destroying countless lives across the region. Most of it is produced here, in the lawless borderlands of Myanmar. GlobalPost traveled to the heart of the meth trade, Myanmar's northern frontier, where narco-militias crank out speed pills with impunity. Our investigation there uncovered a startling truth: The government of Myanmar, recently emerging from decades of global isolation, supports and profits from this billion-dollar business. In the borderlands, meth is so cheap and pervasive that the region suffers from one of the highest addiction rates in the world. The situation is so bleak that churchgoers fight a vigilante war their government won't. Even anti-drug units in neighboring Thailand, armed and trained by the United States, struggle to fend off Myanmar's narco-armies.
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A terrible situation. Tyrannies trying to destabilize their neighbors.
Once upon a time, there were head hunters in this part of the world...
I think there were cannibals. Jack London wrote of it in “South Sea Tales”.
Myanmar = Burma. The way I learned it.
Hey, how are you doing? Yes, Burma is the same country. Don’t know why they changed their name.
Hey, I am well. How is your mountain top?
We are getting regular snow. Got lots of fire wood cut. Got a new German Shepherd puppy earlier this year. He is about 9 months old.
That GS puppy sounds interesting. My neighbor has two, good looking animals that he is breeding. My two little pups like to go up to the fence and bark at them (say hello) and run back to safety and beg to be let in the house.
Good to hear you got plenty of fire wood.
Hey, how are you doing? Yes, Burma is the same country. Don’t know why they changed their name.
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Because of all those Burma Shave signs.
Just you try finding a rhyme with the word Myanmar in it!
Also in India.
My dad served in the China-Burma-India Campaign and knew about them.
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