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Laos Struggles With Opium Trade Amid War Crackdown
Laos once a top illicit opium producer shows signs of relief from the trade as war and a new narcotics agency tighten controls. U.S. officials report opium production down to about 20 tons, with heroin precursors scarce and seizures up. Refuges and Meo tribes shift to camps, while smugglers move to Burma and Thailand. The anti opium program, backed by aid and law, faces risk if politics and profits shift, with November’s planting season looming.
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Richard Blystone
Associated Press
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