Inside Myanmar's Soaring Heroin Trade

Poppyland (2016): The heroin trade has long fuelled Myanmar's civil war. For some, opium provides a roaring illicit income; for others, a modest farming job. But even with the war slowing down, the drug trade shows no sign of abating in Myanmar.
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"If I didn't do this work, I would have no other source of income", explains a poppy farmer in a remote village. Myanmar's opium cultivation is now the second largest in the world after Afghanistan, with an abundant local trade. “Most of our village want to make the switch to farming coffee", says Panu, one of the first adopters of a UN backed coffee program.
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Opium money has helped bankroll six decades of civil war in Myanmar. As the country now transitions towards a more peaceful future, its opium trade continues apace and shows little sign of slowing down.
"If I didn't do this work, I would have no other source of income and my family would go hungry", explains Nang Hkam Hrseh, a poppy farmer in a remote village in rural Myanmar. It's in places like this, far away from the prying eyes of tourists, that the vast majority of Myanmar's opium is grown, a yield which is now the second largest in the world after Afghanistan. Most of the heroin produced in Myanmar is exported through China to the rest of the world. But the local trade is also abundant, and has reached epidemic-sized proportions in some areas. "My sons were washed away on a tide of heroin", laments 68-year-old Daw Li. However, some villages are looking for ways to fight back against opium dependency. "I don't want my family to be involved in this business any more", asserts 67-year-old Panu, a resident of the isolated Pang Lyam village. Many of the villagers here have signed on to the UN’s crop replacement program and are making the switch from opium to coffee. With the end of military rule and the election of a new democratic government, there is renewed hope that the opium trade may be on the way out.
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[@Nepo.Potshangbam]

Northeast India, being close to Myanmar, has been heavily affected by the influx of heroin from Myanmar. My region is only about 110 km away from Myanmar, which makes heroin available for as little as $1 per piece. I was an addict, my teenage years and up to my late 20s were severely impacted, and I was completely dependent on the substance. I went to rehab centers many times and relapsed just as often, so many times that I can't even remember. By the grace of a higher power, I am now redeemed. I have been clean and sober for 4 years, 9 months, and 21 days as of today 🙏🏼

[@armandoortega7142]

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[@pearlfeather9326]

❤️❤️

[@tvtvvtvt8017]

Dang bro, good for you! When you get clean, it's always amazing how bright the world can seem. It's like being born again

[@jayanthiramadoss6916]

JESUS Loves You and Saves You My Dear Brother.

[@Nepo.Potshangbam]

Thank you guys. I just had my 7th year clean and sober birthday on the 19th of this September. I never had imagined how beautiful the recovery would be. This is fantastic. I believe I will remain in recovery as far as I have breathing in me.

[@maulamarsi7649]

16 yrs hooked on this clean 1 yr today. Thank god !!!

[@eastwood111]

God bless you in Jesus name!

[@NJgateway]

Congratulations!

[@evanoneill619]

One day at a time bro! Remember when that sounded so cliche? That was until you passed by an old dope spot or heard a song that you used to get high to right? One day at a time..

[@albertovelazquezramirez5109]

blessings 4 u and ur family .

[@pukelius4128]

@@evanoneill619 getting high to song or record is baaad, it can ruin the album when not using 🤔

[@mattgosling2657]

I hardly watch TV these days, KZbin is full of interesting stuff to watch whatever takes your interest, anytime.

[@user-ow6vv3pn3v]

I still end up on the weird side of it sooner or later.

[@jsadecki1]

heroin is good at taking peoples interest

[@Spocklee]

You tube is getting as bad as TV

[@gangstar8652]

It's great ain't it. Whatever takes your fancy and some of what doesn't! Yh, it's dead cool, so glad I'm retired I'd get naff all done otherwise!!

[@gangstar8652]

jsadecki1 Espessially when you get a habit you great proper interested and even do heavy research into the matter.

[@mowglifromthejungle5614]

I am 33 years old from Philadelphia but now live in New England. I have been addicted to heroin since I was 16 with some brief periods of sobriety. Month here or there, not even a year combined. Heroin is a VERY tough drug to manage or get clean from. RIP to all those who didn't make it as long as I did. 🙏🙏🙏

[@karyespino852]

Jesús can give you freedom if you are alive Yet

[@Lootroq]

We're the same age and from the same area. Heroin caught on like a wildfire around that time and I still haven't seen anything that insane since then aside from this pandemic

[@cdnsk12]

!00,000;s of prisoners withdraw from Opium, Heroin, Meths & cocaine while in prison. My brother & nephew are prison officials. As they point out virtually no one dies from drug withdrawal. Most severe symptoms disappear after about a week. That's not to say the craving stops. Most prisoners dry out in prison, but are immediately readdicted upon release.

[@glennbrowning9392]

Hey Mowgli from the jungle I’m an Aussie that had a bad habit on herion for many years but I’ve been clean now for 25 years but it never quite goes away, I still dream about it even after all these years. Hang in there buddy keep trying to get clean one day it will stick- stay alive man 🌴✌️😎

[@abirdthatflew]

@@glennbrowning9392 It's the same with speed, pot and alcohol, the cravings never go away. Even after all these years, every day, I still crave the hit and even dream of it. When I wake up, I regret having gone back, and then realise it was only a dream. As Norman McKinnon says above, the physical side is over quite quickly, but the mental side is very hard, and at 73 years of age, for me it's still one day at a time.

[@KiloByte69]

The war on drugs will never be won.

[@bigbilly2585]

True brother true

[@madpatriot7464]

KiloByte war on drugs ? Sounds much like military intelligence in that neither makes any sense. People will always get high, no matter how bad all you want everyone to be just like you, no matter how many laws you make, no matter what. Get a fucking clue.

[@krystiannaja8675]

if US would find there oil, they would come with "help".

[@Davanillaguerrilla]

Governments are winning. They have a monopoly on life. We are just leasing our time here.

[@anthonyferrer5201]

You guys are winning😊😉

[@fterrysmith6753]

A heart-touching upload - the impossibility of their position - the indifference of corrupt regimes - the scope of personal tragedies, all captured in this short documentary. Kudos' to you for your work and my most sincere hopes for their new program.

[@TheMadisonHang]

An old world is passing away rapidly, Or not quick enough. Hmong share the same storu

[@Arctic-fox717]

Wonderful incorporation of “local” people’s life stories.

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Same bold face, lying monkeys that Pagan Min had such contempt for in Far Cry 4.

[@herpinglao]

Heartbreaking to watch especially after knowing that the Military Junta is in complete power again since February of this year. All their hopes are shattered.

[@shamnorhisham71]

😂😆

[@chuckking4188]

It doesn't seem to matter who is in control. But the farmers always seem to be caught up in the fighting. They don't have a clue who comes to collect the "taxes".

[@koffinkat666]

This plant is precious to mankind no matter what you think. This plant is why we don't suffer pain; it is here for a reason!

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

🌹 I really like Opium Poppy seed tea. It is a real good pain reliever ! 🌹 I mix apple cider vinegar, steamed distilled water and Poppy seeds in a blender. I let it sit in fringe for 1 or 2 days. It is NOT illegal to grow Poppy flowers in the USA. Poppy seed tea is much healthier than taking prescription pain pills from doctors.

[@koffinkat666]

@@unitedstatesirie7431 I want to grow some! What poppy do you need? I know you have to avoid certain one

[@koffinkat666]

@@unitedstatesirie7431 I have had the tea only one time it is delicious.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

@@koffinkat666 I will tell you if you first tell me why your KZbin name has the number 666 in it ?

[@TheNLHAZE]

I wish I could get my hands on some good poppy seeds but I really don't trust any of the sellers on the internet to sell me legitimate seeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@andythomason5576]

the old woman who lost 2 sons to heroin, I cant believe I could have so much in common with someone on the other side of the world. My heart goes out to her. Wish I could tell her this personally.

[@BullRadu]

so you live in a country with access to pretty much everything, yet you lost two kids to heroin? what a shit parent you must have been.

[@Broodjemetbeleg]

@@BullRadu have some respect, despicable comment lowest of low

[@BullRadu]

@@Broodjemetbeleg I will never have respect for bad parenting and don't tell me it's not parents fault they ended up drug addicts

[@AV-uv9kx]

@@BullRadu dude f*ck you. After a certian age someone makes their own choices in life. And espically in America a large number of addicts got started from a doctor's prescription. Which has f*ck all to do with parenting. Your a peice of garbage dude.

[@BullRadu]

@@AV-uv9kxnow say that without crying

[@gsppuffer]

They forget this is for 95% of the world's pain killers so not just heroin

[@BigBodyBiggolo]

@Robert Mugabe That is not completely true, oxycodon etc are semi sythetic and morphine and codeine completely natural, they use semi-synthetics because of effectiveness but mostly cause of patents, these semi synthetics can be made from poppy derived alkaloids. Fentanyl and other synthetics do not have the same properties as natural opium and are often worse in side effect and also are not as blissfull as natural opium.

[@frankeckhardt3655]

@Robert Mugabe you just made one of the dumbest comments ever... Actually 100% dumb as shit.. Forgot about Morphin and codein...

[@ariari4133]

MORFINE

[@ariari4133]

@Robert Mugabe and nature knowes the best

[@ariari4133]

@@frankeckhardt3655 semi is sentetick, man made nature is best

[@douglasdishroon1834]

A woman gives up her life & freedom to raise 3 sons and 2 killed themselves with heroin and leave their mother to live a life in sorrow. I am sure she would give her life for them again, if she were given the opportunity. Oh the love of a mother.

[@iduabsura4959]

I really felt sorry for her,she just cried,her tears,

[@digitalcomplexity]

Three years clean... Alhamdulillah Rabbilalameen Thank God, Islam was a HUGE part of my change and my love for my wife and kids 🕋

[@weedhigh2564]

I been religious all my life and i can surely tell you one thing, it did not help at all in getting me clean. No matter who your or mine god is, it is up to you to do the work and up to you to bear the pain and the stigma for your whole life. It is you who has to start owning up on your mistakes, starts taking responsibility for them and needs to make amends for them, not god. It is you who has to make the decision every single day to stay clean, endure the pain and shame, not god. And it is you who needs to rise above and beyond, far beyond you ever did before, to start a new life without addiction, not god, he has nothing to do with it and while i thank my gods for many things in my life, addiction is not one of them. Sure Morana did not take me when i od'd, and im gratefull for that, and sure by not taking me she inspired new life in me and a wish to live it better but ultimately was on me to stop shooting up, get into a program and work it. I am still not entirely better but im well on my way and way better off than before.

[@edwelndiobel1567]

Yeah whatever dude, your wife and kids weren't enough? WTF?!

[@RK-cj4oc]

Did you force your childeren and wife to become muslims too?

[@basharhafizal-asad8853]

@@RK-cj4oc sure

[@ramarahmanda2658]

Please don't be racist

[@Wingedoverphotos]

To all the people who watch this that are now clean from heroin, keep going! I’ve got 25 months clean from heroin! To the people who are still using it, I pray you find a way to get away from it before it’s too late. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do but it’s so worth it!

[@abdulkhaderfitt6760]

I have tried it two times, thank God I don't like to continue anymore.... I love weeds

[@ro_mei]

i relapsed right after viewing this

[@soldadodecristo2480]

@@ro_mei Good for You!!!

[@sirfartsalot1328]

Let's all thank big brother for taking pain medication from the people who actually need it and boosting the heroin addiction now!

[@jameswells-uk6qu]

So true!

[@duncanyourmate2433]

big pharma trumps mates

[@damiananguiano5295]

By the you mean the big pharmaceuticals . now thats a drug problem no1 is willing to address.

[@avinashgoluchourasia]

This is one of the best documentary I have seen.. pretty well directed and executed. I am becoming the fan of this journalist.

[@Edelweiss-uv5xi]

Australia almost did away with heroin until doctors stopped prescribing pain medications because of US fentanyl abuse levels; they're more worried about a medicare audit than breaching their duty of care. So patients with slabs of paperwork proving they're chronic pain sufferers end up buying drugs on the street. I'd say 99% of all drug users I have encountered who use heroin during charity work are pain sufferers whom the Australian medical system refuses to treat, so they have to go elsewhere if they want to keep working and have a life. Maybe we should consider legalizing opium and heroin if our doctors refuse to treat patients.

[@hamzashaik786]

Being an ex-user , going cold turkey really was tough. The pain suffered made me appreciate a normal state of mind body and soul. I can only imagine how deadly this pure heroin is

[@cucumber623]

@Iconoclast at this point in my life im so desperate to stay off it ive even thought of an excorsism, absolutly anything to never do it again, deleting all the dealers numbers i had wasnt enough this time i told them where to go which might not be the smartest thing but cut the source cut the habbit and mabie my head off

[@daandemeyer1708]

What exactly does cold turkey mean? Does that mean that most heroin users are litterally always high for several years in a row?

[@-.00__I__o8o__I__00.]

@@daandemeyer1708 “Cold turkey” means abruptly stopping whatever addiction you have. Studies have proven it is a failed concept. It’s dangerous, painful, and people relapse more often then if they SLOWLY got off of their addiction

[@daandemeyer1708]

Most addicts have a habit problem, not a physical problem with going “cold turkey”. At least here in Belgium. Heroin, crack, meth,... you guys do a lot of fucked up shit there. Drugs can be fun but you always have to be careful for addiction. The popular drugs in the usa are all extremely addictive, why?

[@rmt6933]

People are OD and all the time and thanks to Narcan they can just keep Oding and not suffer any consequences

[@billiamc1969]

Great video...Americans really need to open our eyes and see what real life is all about. We have it too good!!! I salute these people who are struggling for their daily lives...

[@stylz1]

+BeeFriendlyApiary Very true. I'm a doc fanatic. Done a couple top 10 doc videos, and the most important thing I glean from them is that I was extremely lucky to be born in America.

[@noax962]

nice middle/upper class life you have there wayne....

[@Michael-zj3cn]

I too feel sorry for heroin producers

[@piiiyathedon3486]

americans are living good cause you fucking gov is sucking the hell out of the so called 3rd world. blood fucking money. war on drugs is funded by us

[@Michael-zj3cn]

Piiiya the don your as stupid and useless as a dead iPhone

[@randyglass5456]

Hooked on black tar for 9 years plus meth. Now im clean since December 9th 2019. Thank you lord for the trials in my life it made me the man i am today also thank you for where im at now!! Thank you JESUS!

[@dr88viper]

Thank yourself. You are the one who did it. You are god

[@djquinn11]

That’s awesome Randy, all rage best!

[@abrahamwashington8579]

I love in pa and we got white/brown powder herion. I'm a day sick out of cash. Put of things to sell or steal. Please help me to realize that I CAN do this. I been a user for about 3 years now and I already lost everything. I want to get clean.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

@@abrahamwashington8579 go on methadone and get your finances back together.

[@misguidedangel6550]

How did u get off?

[@yanlon6957]

Liam ur documentary is worth million. Shan or chin people of Myanmar have similiar living lifestyle to us in nagaland India. Most of the opium and drugs are from here till today. Public grievances are same. Without other alternative cultivation they depend on opium. Not just surviving but many insurgents asked for tax multiple times. It is better to born rich not poor to overcome worldly cruelty. Thanks for the coverages .🔥🙏

[@mayzinthu]

For the first time I m seeing the dark side of my country through by this video So sad to see these innocent people May Lord protect and save them

[@zorama7679]

This is so heart touching to see how they suffer and their miserable lives and their loving heart for their family and hopes for their future. But sadly Myanmar is under the military again....😢😢😢.

[@brandonscott5273]

2 years clean. God Bless all who suffer from addiction, poverty and hopelessness. NO SURRENDER NO DEFEAT!!

[@anonymoushpgl3682]

i m from Myanmar.Thank you for this documentary for showing the world the untold stories in Myanmar!

[@royal2.080]

Number plz

[@wizardmoto]

Hope ur doin okay!

[@bushlovesska]

Yes number plz

[@michael374]

Thanks for doing your hard work to bring us this program.this program is highly appreciated.

[@ichisukeryu119]

I love this kind of documentary! It's so moving, I didn't get bored actually.

[@zochhuanawmazote1658]

I am recovering heroin addict.. So I'm still craving while seeing this (beautiful\worst) thing...

[@flachlappen]

Stay strong!!!

[@v4gab0ndINNIT]

Hows it going bro?

[@sunnygahlawatssm4230]

Stay strong bro

[@adeberry444]

Practice with simple breathing exercises, your brain will begin to get more oxygen giving you a natural high, simple exercise is the next step and with your breathing techniques you start to discover how wonderful your body really is and what it can do!

[@williamkirk7781]

I'm clean 2 yrs after 24 yrs of use. It crosses my mind but to me it was a prison and free now and I do what I want instead of what the drug wants.

[@charlespartrick528]

My father was stationed in northern Thailand in the early 1970s and I visited the Golden Triangle there with a group from the UN and they were working with the hill tribes to grow other crops. What they found and were successful with was growing the crops for the seeds not the crop itself and selling the seeds to the farmers in the agricultural areas. I was offered 20 kilos of opium for my dirt bike because it would faster to transport the opium than by mule.

[@wingersdingers]

Shiiiiiiit i wouldn't be the owner of a dirt bike anymore if i was offered 20 kilos. Lmao

[@charlespartrick528]

@@wingersdingers Couldn't think of any way to get it back to the US without being arrested.

[@remsangachhakchhuak1738]

Wish someone offered 20 kilos of opium for my bike.

[@red2775]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ro_mei]

@@remsangachhakchhuak1738 in mizoram whats the price of heroin per gram

[@petitwhite6366]

Poppy flowers are beautiful. Wish people stop abusing it so we can plant it in our backyards and enjoy the beauty of this beautiful plant.

[@gunsmokegaloreyt6840]

Petit White you can, it's legal to grow just not for nefarious reasons

[@vladimator1842]

Wooooord!!! I only want 1 acre of land to be the new home for this beautiful plant! I mean look at those red petals...😏

[@kelvinloo2737]

oh gosh. this documentary bring tears to my eyes. thank you Journeyman Pictures for this documentary such an eye opening

[@roggiedale]

It is hard not to have true heart for this beautiful people.

[@johnkidd797]

Last year after a horrific industrial accident I was on morphine for 7 months. Morphine is one molecule away from heroin and I pity anyone who has become addicted to any opiate. I absolutely hated the drug and it's soporific effect on my mind,the physical side effects are just awful. I weaned myself of morphine by myself because I hated it,if you enjoyed the feeling then I think you would be lost to the drug. Coming off morphine was not a nice experience at all but after a week I was feeling clear and sleeping a bit better. I have honestly never once craved the drug as I hated it so much. It must be terrible for these poor people living in poverty with no future and heroin is their escape from despair.

[@peacelove728]

Opiates are great if your pain is incurable and nothing else helps, though. There's a huge lack of legal opiates, mostly in poor countries, so growing poppies is not an issue by itself.

[@botulismcasserole9832]

Dude that’s not even remotely the same thing. I’m not discounting your pain but you hardly scratched the surface in terms of opioid use/abuse.

[@botulismcasserole9832]

Using as directed for a number of months as a pain management tool and then having to wean back off deff sucks but it is no comparison to this type of life and if you though that little week was bad for seven months of morphine use you should check out legit detox wards and what years of HEROIN look like.

[@undrwatropium3724]

I was lost in the drug

[@prodima3]

You didn’t even scratch the surface, im addicted fentanyl to equivalent to maybe 1000mg of morphine, I take enough to kill about 6-7 people everyday from a fentanyl overdose

[@timcollins1131]

Great doco mate, keep up the good work it was the late King Bhumibol, Rama 9 who stopped the growing in Thailand and encouraged farmers to replace poppies with Arabica. Doi Chaang in Chiang Rai province used to be all about poppies. I was glad to play a small part in the transformation to coffee.

[@benhughes5245]

Good man Tim Collins

[@lakshmimiriyala609]

Eating poppiesleads to insomnia nd nervous disorder🌼👽😹

[@ertyderty7]

Such a pretty flower though

[@jessecastro3551]

Me too, I hardly watch TV, to much interesting things on my phone, wonderful

[@MdRony-lk2el]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@user-zd1th9it3h]

Love to you from America🇺🇸

[@stefanx8344]

Im so sad for the lady who lost her two sons.😟😟😟

[@johndoh4064]

Oddly enough, one can do both

[@2ndNatureHairSolutions]

Right when i read this she came on screen

[@2ndNatureHairSolutions]

Reddcoin Group why? They have no exuses to live a poor life. They choose too. Not like these poor local people of Myamar

[@kidjetrecon7153]

RAJA Esain when you happy for someone else's death no matter what the reason you will pay dearly I believe there are those that are severely wrong in what they do but anyone rejoicing over someone else's loss I believe is very miserable. Praying you loose your hard heart. Before u say my opinion doesn't matter remember this I've lost sons to hard hearted fools that's exactly where it starts. Did I hate those that killed for a very long time but all it did was poison my heart. Praying yours is healed.

[@yes-pr3rb]

Whatever😏

[@josephlemm7059]

The war on drugs will be never ending al we can do is spread awareness so that we can teach the people

[@brookebenton8192]

Some people, WHO AREN'T ADDICTS, genuinely need opiate pain meds!! The addicts are the problem. Not the plant!!

[@bobsiddoway]

Bless her! Honest work. 🔥🙏

[@globalcetzen5271]

21:17 Kitties always bring calmness and serenity to every situation.They stole the moment "< .. >" "< .. >" so cute.

[@cucumber623]

at first glance i thought u typed and drew something else

[@moritzhuber5672]

This reporter only reports the negative aspects of people's views on heroin. The people who died probably had poor health to begin, until I see an autopsy I cannot believe that anyone died there from heroin. I used pure raw heroin for 10 years, and I thank god every day for it. it saved my life. cured my depression, helped with anxiety, and PTSD. Also it helped with my back pain each and every day that I used and I probably would not be alive today if It were not for heroin. I probably would have took my own life because of how much pain I was in. Ive said it before and ill say it again. THANK GOD FOR HEROIN, it is a gift and a blessing. at least for me it was. id still use it if I wasn't on probation. and if your a hater and you want to hate on my words than your probably not hating from experience, I only speak from experience therefor I only speak my truth. thank you all, be blessed

[@mikecoffin9236]

Moritz Huber why the probation and where are you now?

[@flappy7373]

a guy smart enough to phrase it as "i only speak *my* truth" gets a pass in my book

[@rickbell1313]

Is it pure or raw. Can't have it both ways.

[@milehighpodcast4486]

When is your probation over?

[@frannydarko2698]

Where dafuq did you get Pure/Raw heroin from??

[@rizzorizzo2311]

Saw a lot of poppy farms in Afghanistan and we would see the entire family out there scraping the pods. As long as they weren’t farmers we paid to not grow poppy we couldn’t do shit about it but watch. We used to patrol the fields and throw the poppy pods at each other. It was actually really beautiful in the spring because the valley would be checkered with different color poppy flowers as far as you could see. It was super cool. We also used to put marijuana leaves in our helmets for camouflage.

[@shahadathossen4455]

From Bangladesh.. Myanmar is our neighbour country.. But our relationship is not good.We wish for Myanmar and Myanmar people to recover their heroin Problem .

[@22centurymusic]

I am from Myitkyina which is the North part of myanmar imagine that your every neighbor everywhere is using drugs or drug dealer . when you a the kids or if you have a kid , teenager . They always have a mind to try or test everything . Once you do that , you don't mind to try it again . first time .......... you just try . is not addictive yet because of you know is will not addictive right the way . second time ........because of family issue ....try but still not addictive yet third time ......... unhappy .keep using if you feel 4 to 5 day unhappy if you feel depression . .... it will be forever . on the other hand student , if they cannot catch up the study however they face bully at school . family or teachers abuse the kinds . they will be trying to think different way . .however in that environment human who is using the drug they never soft hand .they admitted Imagine everywhere is crime , rob , stolen . This is human mind sense This everything is step by step .

[@davidporowski9512]

liu zhujia Problem is government or greedy middlemen// grow your own as needed AS God Willed Nature to Heal !!

[@duncanyourmate2433]

god made drugs , governments illeagalised them

[@burmesebasicboi]

Agree

[@mylanmattox1873]

I'd like to visit someday

[@tomascali1817]

@@DavidStirm I almost had an aneurism trying to read this shit.

[@johndoh4064]

Annual death stats here in the US; aprox. 88,000+ deaths due to alcoholism.....480,000 deaths due to smoking..... 40,000 due to opioid use but yeah, let's focus on the opioid "crisis" while completely ignoring the other two

[@zoesdada8923]

John Doh exactly

[@amodernalchemist432]

Its a form of population control...they will never address these problems

[@turnfootsherlock]

John Doh smoking is good for you is said is on the side of the pack

[@SpaghettiKillah]

2 WRONGS doesn't make a right you bloody fool. Have you seen the multi-BILLION $ lawsuits that the tabacco companies lost? Best we can do at this moment is legalize and TAX the hell out of the drugs and let people ruin and kill themselves off of it if they want to, like they do with alcohol. More $ for the people who want to live a healthy life!!

[@thesoubretteoftheopera7313]

Well the opioid arrests screw over poor people the most

[@raider7829]

What a wonderful documentary!!! Excellent! The people are so sweet, kind and humble. I love it! ❤

[@jeffsaltzman7909]

It’s amazing that something so destructive can in its natural environment be quite beautiful!

[@armancakir5563]

This drug kills your soul before it kills the body.

[@StevenCarinci]

Read Keith Richards' autobiography on how and why you get addicted.

[@Mom_sBasement]

The soul is eternal - God

[@brandongahm6208]

wow really. get off. nobody cares about your horrible world view.

[@TheZacdes]

What a crock of shit. All heroin will do is bring out the REAL you! If your an asshole, it will really bring that to light, same with any personality traits, it will magnify the bad in you big time. If your an honest, decent person Heroin will NOT make you run about willing to do anything to score! So many blame the drug when its THEM personally thats the problem:/

[@curtiswalker6938]

@Rage Against The Dem-Machine very true. The problem with most people is that they run their mouths, without ever living that in the drug world, so they really have NO clue what it is like. I fought to get my life back. Hard lesson to learn...

[@imlilee-dejavu]

But damn the way they sail their boats with one feet is so damn cool to watch

[@tarzlegacy9446]

OMG, that's the greatest scene in the history of cinema! This footage should be shown in every hospital infant ward, the first thing a child should see, even before his or her parents..

[@famousbowl9926]

@@tarzlegacy9446 i sense sarcasm. Lol ikr.. hahahah

[@otter4206]

@@tarzlegacy9446 cringe

[@mehmeh1999]

@@tarzlegacy9446 go touch grass, you've been on the internet too long.

[@johnmanohar7669]

I want to cry loudly at a high end. Thank you.

[@sainawkham6511]

It makes me in tear, to see my country like this.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

we all make choices. Why feel sorry for people's free will ?

[@otter4206]

I'd be proud

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

@@otter4206 GOD gave Adam and Eve free will also. They chose poorly by eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

@StonkSlayd you mean the free will of the African chiefs that sold many of their own African people into slavery to the evil Freemason politicians of the United States ? "If you do not know who is in control then you will be remote controlled."

[@aaa-gt8by]

​@@otter4206 with the right government, the country would flourish under the trade of opium

[@kamyarchristopher228]

These workers do not have any sins. Opium is used in a variety of medications. If someone misuses drugs, that person is guilty, not a miserable worker.

[@teadragon9661]

not the plants fault either.

[@5688gamble]

What are they guilty of exactly? I am an ex-opiate addict, nobody wants to be an addict, it sneaks up on you, the whole thing just shows the absurdity of the war on drugs/ THe farmers are poor, they have little option, the addicts are troubled, they wish to escape much as someone who drinks, it is society that creates the conditions of inequality, poverty and overwork that lead to the physical and mental pain people are trying to escape, it is society that then pursues a war on those who fall into the trap of addiction, and the only ones benefiting are the cartels and criminals who are given an unregulated market to exploit. Society loses to the crime and disease spread by this market and then pays to pursue a futile effort to erradicate it and lock people away. They then destroy poppy fields as fentanyl floods in to replace it- great strategy!

[@creedstat]

Thank you for producing

[@stevestewart-sturges2159]

What a achingly beautiful country and people, I live in northern Thailand, and get glimpses with the hill tribes around here but nothing likeShan...

[@johnfisher256]

Best of Luck and good fortune to the brave peoples of Myanmar...

[@vasileioslambrosflorostson2976]

Very interesting documentary. My conviction is that it isn't the drugs that afflict those harmful effects on society but prohibition. Legalization will eventually bring the equilibrium that prohibition disrupts.

[@MrStacey1983]

Vasileios Lambros Floros Tsonis too much money is being made for it to be legalized.

[@harryvlahos7982]

Vasileios Lambros Floros Tsonis ella re astes tis malakias.they will never legalise.

[@errorloading6716]

Portugal avoided a drug crisis by legalising them. Now drug users are low and the country is doing well.

[@davidporowski9512]

Vasileios Lambros Floros Tsonis AMEN, blame this on greedy Governments that would control their populations by force; and drug lords that seek big profits from their enslaved people's.

[@jesuspena3951]

That place is so beautiful. Damn. I want to travel.

[@montanalivin8248]

Opium is awesome in moderation... We used to harvest small amounts in Montana, where it grew wild in our small town...

[@montanalivin8248]

Depends on variety...I harvested 7 or 8 for a gram.

[@jpmcpinning4255]

After we had lost our hvac company, our home and all money and self respect I prayed Jesus please help us get clean whatever it takes! My husband looked at me with wide eyes and asked what have you done? The next day we were busted and our family torn apart. We slowly went one day at a time and brought our family back together and are now 12 years clean and our kids seniors in high school! Evil drug but our addiction started with prescriptions and our first drug dealers were doctors so it sneaks into your life in many ways!

[@stalkerlohh]

quality doc, thanks for making these.

[@stalkerlohh]

firmly grasp it put dont the crack pipe son !

[@Diana-qr5od]

My heart breaks for the mother who lost 2 of her sons.. i hope the coffee grows there. It would give them a different way of life .

[@khaankhaan2714]

By watching this documentary,the world should not blame only Afghanistan for the heroine.

[@ladychennai722]

My grandma country Burma I love Myanmar ☺☺☺ I will come soon poppy garden Insha allah🤲🤲 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@samaro5647]

I have been living with pain and suffering while working and now the government has decided that i can’t have enough pain medication to get me through the day. I am tempted to go find some heroine so I can manage my pain and work it’s a shame that they have to make a criminal out of honest people

[@xPayana]

You're just a crackhead mate

[@jasonjones4036]

I hope you're not dead by now

[@ILykToDoDuhDrifting]

It's all-natural, organic, it's mother Earth's gift to people. Let's be thankful.

[@DEEN133]

Well documented filming across Shan state investigating the burning issue of democratic Myanmar's heroin trade.💂

[@robinccc]

In India, poppy farming is legal as long as you get a license from the government. It's a special license that only a handful of farmers are allotted. They are grown not for the sap but for the seeds. For those who don't know the seeds of a poppy plant have absolutely zero psychotropic properties. These are used mainly in cooking for flavour.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

unwashed Poppy seeds have Opium on them. Many people get good pain relief drinking Poppy seed tea. Yummy ! .....the great taste of no pain. 🌹

[@Sniperboy5551]

Poppy seeds absolutely do have a psychoactive effect, they contain traces of opium on the outside. All you have to do is get a kilo or so of the seeds, soak them in water and then strain the seeds out. It makes a very bitter tea that contains opium.

[@PTQ4Q4Q4Q4]

Going threw withdrawal with no medical help is grueling, those addicts are very strong willed to stay the course.

[@snowrider48]

Often times it’s easier to just stay on heroin cause the withdrawls are so bad. Most heroin addicts get to a point where they just use so they don’t withdrawl.

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

we all make choices. Choose wisely.

[@wingersdingers]

I did it in jail, with zero help from correctional medical staff..... Tge literally told me to my face they didn't give a fuck if i died in their jail because their only job as correctional facility staff is to make sure i dont escape/try to escape.

[@champoulunggngmei3425]

I tried like them for a few time and I'll never forget that unbearable pain but somehow I overcome it.

[@nathangarland9453]

Ive done it a few times and its so bad.i was really ill for 4 days on the 5th day i felt better and by the 6th day i was fine and could eat drink and move around no worries.i think the weed helps once your off the smack.

[@briantunzi2462]

They Took our pain killers away ,Now People die from Heroin ! & I know this to be a fact 2 my best friend are now dead ! 1 was my X wife X you may say ? we where best friends 2 the end and the End is here !

[@humbleone6405]

Brian Tunzi sorry for your loss Brian I feel for you

[@kazemroudsari8131]

Brian Tunzi Brian sorry to hear

[@COINSINPOCKET]

May she rest in peace.

[@ocauto22]

Same here, my best friend died because of this

[@TheZacdes]

Sorry man, but she died from STUPIDITY! Blame the idiotic users, not the drug:/ Pure H is non toxic. If your brainless enough to overdose thats not the drugs fault. Then there is the issue of its ILLEGALITY and it being controlled by unscrupulous criminals who cut it with all sorts of nasty shit. Deaths because of this are not down to Heroin, but the LAWS against it:/ If you want to play Russian roulette with street shit in America and Canada be prepared to pay the price:/

[@mrmemyselfandi9609]

This woman at 24:42 is so beautiful. The way she speaks and the longing of her soul is incredibly moving. I LOVE people like this....whom understand the pain that life can bring and in the face of adversity believe for a better and brighter future. Amazing. The woman who lost her two sons was stunning as well. Amazing work. Thank you.

[@giacomobosso7832]

All my 3 brothers died from Heroin, we live near the sattahip military base in Thailand. Its a big port and the white stuff comes cheap, at least in the 90's.

[@larryteager6971]

Poppy farmers got to eat too!

[@duncanyourmate2433]

bloody oath

[@user-yg3pf3jf8x]

Drug not the main to harm people, only people to choose drug to harm them-self...

[@meinname5788]

Frankenstein Ng so... It's me killing you, not The gun I am holding and The bullet that Is hitting You?? Ever heard of ADDICTION?

[@nawafj1741]

Mein Name Yeah YOU pull the trigger, guns don’t shoot on their own.

[@user-pd9ju5dk5s]

Your Chinese Communist government is using ethnic Chinese Wa State Army and Shan druglords to flex their muscle at Myanmar government, you idiot. Lo Hsing Han, Tse Chi Lop, Khun Sa - ALL Chinese druglords. Fuck you Chinese. You started this mess.

[@timgutierrez2211]

I am sure there are many things to consider but I often wonder why we haven;t vurned down every poppy field in this country and Afghanistan and began growing our own for medicinal uses. We throw so much money at wars and ungrateful nations that hate us, just pay them off . It is destroying western society and our cultures.

[@kenball1980]

Empty out the prisons, let the addicts run a farm and get high without having to commit crimes.

[@Xavier-jc7jf]

Stfu

[@1986fritzthecat]

How things are dealt with currently isn't working, but this I feel is also not a good plan

[@PMMagro]

Addicts do a big majority off all crimes. The addiction is the problem and it does not go away by itself... If soemone grew high qulity drugs for sure addicts or other crminals will steal it.

[@conceptuallysplashin]

@@PMMagro armed organizations like militaries, gangs and cartels do a significantly larger amount of crime, multinational corporations or cartels also fund a lot of crime, finance many wars often supplying both sides of the conflict with the same or similar product, most significant crime therefore comes down to the hoarding and allocation of ressources or the universal symbol of ressource acquirement, money. Junkies tend to be petty thieves, not murders. In the US the majority of violent crimes not associated with financially motivated organizations are committed by jealous insecure (and mostly stupid) boyfriends and husbands.

[@conceptuallysplashin]

But I do agree that if the poppies were grown for profit some addicts would steal it, but even a co-op or Woof style method would be unpractical for obvious reasons, if poppies matured in a day maybe it would be feasible but because addiction doesn't pause for the several months it takes poppies to mature its becomes a pretty superfluous idea in about 12-24 hours.

[@Seabrook57]

WELL DONE- Amazing documentary- THANK YOU!

[@jacoblalchhanhimakhawlhrin2374]

Heroin has made my life a living hell, please stay away from it. It doesn't last. In the beginning it feels good, but I've lost everything because of it.

[@braddavis8655]

I got two years clean my friend it's always possible

[@firstandlastswagman269]

Me 2

[@italian1ist]

Have you looked into IBOGAINE!? It’s helped a lot of people get off heroine!

[@jacoblalchhanhimakhawlhrin2374]

I have been on a medication called ADDNOK, it has helped me for a few months now.

[@thomasdidymus3577]

I'm an brachial plexus patient for seventeen years surviving by pain killer due to server pain.What can I do?

[@mark6302]

"I'm a heroin addict, I need to be around women who have saved lives" - Mitch Hedburg

[@ouagadougou62]

I traveled to the Golden Triangle, and unfortunately for most of these people there are few viable options to make a living. They need to earn a living and opium is their best option. They also get no help from their govt. I suspect that most users do it because they see no future and want an escape. Unfortunately, opium, heroin are some of the most addicting drugs, so once they start it's very hard to stop. Good to see that they are trying new crops, it has been tried many times before, maybe coffee can be a viable crop. I read that saffron has been tried in Afghanistan, it's even more valuable than opium. I wonder if they could try it there?

[@billyburne522]

I have not touched smack since 1998, but give me opiumn any day.is there any around I would love to buy.contact me pls!

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Morphine and heroin may be the most cost effective drugs . That’s probably why they are illegal . The drug companies prefer expensive synthetic poisons . Check the DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE

[@supersmileyclub544]

I lost my brother to Heroin, it destroyed his life, eventually killing him. It also blighted my families life, my poor mother, she did everything imaginable to help him, he could never shake it off. Terrible waste of a life :(

[@queenmamabear5812]

Same he was only 29 happened 3yrs 9mos ago... He was my only brother & my baby brother. It damn near killed me losing him. He was such a bright FUNNY AMAZING BEAUTIFUL boy.... I am so sorry, Prayers hunny. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬💙💜💙💜💙💜💙💜💙💜💙💜💙💜💙💜makes me si angry and sad..... HUGS

[@painlesss13]

I went through this part of Burma about 20 years ago. From Thailand through Keng Tung up to China. Very pretty country. It was actually fairly safe , Shan state Army had the place under control. Opium poppy was everywhere. If you told me thrn that in 20 years we would not have reformed drug laws to decriminalise illicit drugs and there would be the same problem in 2020 as in 1980 or 2000 I would not have believed you. We are so slow to learn when it comes to drug reform in Australia. Quickest solution is to use government money to buy opium from the farmers cheap then destroy it . Do that for 10 years while you organise growing coffee or whatever else.

[@peacelove728]

Destroy? LOL You do know that there's a huge shortage of legal opioids around the world, right? Maybe you just didn't have any pain that doesn't respond to anything else.

[@timcampbell1540]

@@peacelove728 ok then buy it and give it to a third world country to take criminality out of the puzzle . In Australia we grow more than enough opium for medical reasons.

[@metalboy00]

Australia, The UK, USA, Canada, and Switzerland all buy opium from legal poppy farms around the world. It is not about fighting opiates as much as it is about fighting "their" opiates. The powers that be are fine with poppy production so long as it is to their benefit and not their enemies.

[@Sniperboy5551]

I’m pretty sure Aus and NZ also grow some of their own opium.

[@bobhope5259]

600 sq kilometers, thats a big area. grow hemp

[@TheZacdes]

@@langlang87 Obviously you dont know shit:/ The limestone soils are shitful. Poppies grow well in crappy soil, not much else does. They do grow enough vegetables for their own use for part of the year by intensive fertilization of small veggie plots, A small rice paddy. They still need money for education, tools, clothes, medicine, all sorts of things idiot:/

[@jessarhodes6196]

Growing my own this year. Gonna be an exciting experiment.

[@tonysmith172]

Nice. Will you share?

[@Fuzz1994tps]

natural selection at work

[@bigbeanzzz]

How's that going for you lol I like sample when you're done 😂

[@jessarhodes6196]

They all died 😭

[@bigbeanzzz]

@@jessarhodes6196 damnnn... Call the plug instead fuck it 😂

[@texastoast2961]

Pain killers/opiates are absolutely outstanding, excellent drugs for pain and other maladies. It’s unfortunate they are so addicting. There are several people to blame for that.

[@vegass04]

Holly shit, smack on the streets of Burma must be incredible. I could plan my next holiday down there. Everything is dirt cheap, country is still not westernized and their anti drug policy is not so strickt (yet). Burma here I come.

[@Antimarx999]

I can get some pretty strong heroin right down the street and the cops never bother. USA. Good enough to make me sick with withdrawal for a week from one 15$ bag. That's why I stay away.

[@MatthewHensley8304]

lol you would die from their h.. you probably mostly get that shit thats been cut so many times its basically a different drug!

[@cucumber623]

@@MatthewHensley8304 thats like here in scotland, a few times ive shot up half a gram into my groin and hardly a dingle, dkw im so sick coming off it, must be some real sweet cutting agent

[@MatthewHensley8304]

@@cucumber623 probably that chinese fentanyl that shit is ruff coming off of!!, if you ever want to get off that shit go get on suboxone it can help you get right

[@unitedstatesirie7431]

owning Opium Poppy seeds in the USA is NOT illegal. Growing Poppy flowers in the USA is NOT illegal. Yummy, yummy! 🌹

[@peaceofmind5515]

Sad for the Mother who lost her sons because of drugs

[@brianostwald802]

Mike Lyons I do

[@litocunanan434]

i love myanmar..

[@peacelove728]

Good documentary, but it fails to mention that there's a huge shortage of legal opiates around the world for pain that doesn't respond to anything else. While they are/were overprescribed in the US, in most of the world even dying cancer patients cannot get anything stronger than paracetamol or aspiring because opioids are not available.

[@Sniperboy5551]

They were, but they haven’t been overprescribed in the US since the crackdown around 2013.

[@rontomsethman4366]

looks like the garden of eden, dont it

[@ringoballs808]

yup, the place to go before entering eternity

[@enzoviglione5371]

The biblical E-DIN ( Paradise 4 cattolic beliver) waz just there, read Z. Sitchin and Mauro Biglino books !!

[@sooksonchandashoto5864]

I LOVE POPPY FLOWERS.

[@donaldpina9901]

This channel is very interestigand I think it has a great potential

[@mwa1254]

Very emotive documentary. The ending bit where the mother who lost two sons to Heroin, who believes she will most definitely see them again in Heaven made me well up.

[@TheJudgeofLevelstm]

Yeah sure.

[@obadiahscave]

Greed takes many forms.. but, the outcome is always the same.... ( evil...)

[@madefromscratch9871]

Everyone looks so relaxed i wonder why.

[@jellocrusader6761]

YOGA kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipLCiJiGapxqg8k

[@bizzz.R]

felt the pain in mothers voice

[@torbenhellborn3175]

What a very touching comment on opium addiction . . THANK's a LOT

[@buyfrommyco_finoninstagram371]

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