Here are five implementable recommendations on how to address the drug problem in Myanmar.

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Addressing drug problems in Myanmar
TNI
28 February 2017

The time has come to embrace a different approach and adopt policies that are based on public health, community safety, human rights and development. Only these policies will deliver on the promise to improve people's lives; only these policies will truly allow Myanmar to reduce the harm caused by problematic drug use, trafficking and production.

This policy briefing is structured around a set of five strategic interventions, each of which comes with concrete recommendations that are adapted to the Myanmar context. It contains reliable, up-to-date information and examples of evidence-based practices from Myanmar and around the world.

We identify the following 5 key strategic interventions:

Increase access to health, harm reduction and voluntary drug treatment for people using drugs
End the criminalisation of drug users and small-scale farmers
Refocus law enforcement efforts on violent organised crime and large-scale drug production and trafficking
Promote development projects in opium growing areas
Include civil society and affected communities in policy reform

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