Take a look at the new opium report released today. Opium production is up for the sixth year in a row. A nice U-shaped curve is on Page 7 in this report: https://www.unodc.org/documents/eastasiaandpacific//2012/10/ops-2012/OPS_2012_low.pdf

Meanwhile, Jason Eligh has tweeted that he had a two hour discussion with Suu Kyi and he quotes her, directly or indirectly, as saying: Methamphetamine is a much bigger problem today for our young people than is heroin. We need to do something about it."  https://twitter.com/JasonEligh

The [him] moderator does not know where Suu Kyi gets her drug information from. Perhaps among young urban Burmans methamphetamine is a bigger problem. It would be interesting to see if there is any data or evidence for this assertion. But for nonBurmans, especially those in Kachin and Shan, heroin continues to be a big problem.

[him] moderator

++++++++++++++++++