“What is really needed for the people of Shan is a permanent end to all conflict through the acquisition of a lasting peace.”
“The path to achieving this peace is lined with poppies,” he added.
According to an unpublished 2007 study commissioned by the US Department of Justice, 78 percent of drug traffickers detained for smuggling in Yunnan were born in China, while 21 percent were born in Burma.
The vast majority, 94 percent, had never been arrested before. Only 16 perecnt reported to have ever consumed narcotics themselves.