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Laos Cracks Down on Opium Trade Amid War Effort
Laos faces a shift from opium exporter to importer as war pressures and a U.S. crackdown squeeze the trade. Tycoons hide refineries in Burma, route goods via Thailand, and traders employ concealment while U.S. aid urges mountain tribes to swap opium crops for rice or silkworms. The 1971 antidrug law curbed cultivation and trafficking, though resistance remains among some Meo and other groups.
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Laos
Richard Blystone
Associated Press
Vientiane
U.S
Burma
Thailand
Vietnam
America
Canary Army
Golden Triangle
Asia
Saigon
U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Narcotics
Pathet Lao
Indochina