BURMA'S ILLICIT DRUGS PRODUCTION[CI

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Subject: BURMA'S ILLICIT DRUGS PRODUCTION[CIA DATA1999]

BURMA'SILLICIT DRUGS PRODUCTION
SOURCE:Central Intelligence Agency[1999]

Illicit drugs: world's largest producer of illicit opium (cultivation in
1998?130,300 hectares, a 16% decline
from 1997; potential production?1,750 metric tons, down 26% due to drought
and the first eradication
effort since the current government took power in 1987) and a minor producer
of cannabis for the
international drug trade; surrender of drug warlord KHUN SA's Mong Tai Army
in January 1996 was hailed
by Rangoon as a major counternarcotics success, but lack of serious
government commitment and resources
continues to hinder the overall antidrug effort; growing role in the
production of methamphetamines for regional consumption .