Inside Myanmar's Soaring Heroin Trade
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2016
- 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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Being a neighbor to Myanmar, the Northeast India has been affecting badly by heroin flooding in from Myanmar ofcourse. From my region the Myanmar is only about 110km away. So eventually we do get it as cheap as around only $1 a piece. I was an addict actually, my teenage years and upto my late 20s was badly affected and was completely dependent to the substance. I went to rehab centre so many times and got relapse as many times as i even can't remember. By the grace of higher power, now I'm redeemed. I'm clean and sober for 4years and 9 months and 21days as of today 🙏
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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
JESUS Loves You and Saves You My Dear Brother.
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.
16 yrs hooked on this clean 1 yr today. Thank god !!!
God bless you in Jesus name!
Congratulations!
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..
blessings 4 u and ur family .
@@evanoneill619 getting high to song or record is baaad, it can ruin the album when not using 🤔
I hardly watch TV these days, UA-cam is full of interesting stuff to watch whatever takes your interest, anytime.
I still end up on the weird side of it sooner or later.
heroin is good at taking peoples interest
You tube is getting as bad as TV
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!!
jsadecki1 Espessially when you get a habit you great proper interested and even do heavy research into the matter.
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. 🙏🙏🙏
Jesús can give you freedom if you are alive Yet
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
!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.
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 🌴✌️😎
@@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.
The war on drugs will never be won.
True brother true
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.
if US would find there oil, they would come with "help".
Governments are winning. They have a monopoly on life. We are just leasing our time here.
You guys are winning😊😉
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!
I have tried it two times, thank God I don't like to continue anymore.... I love weeds
i relapsed right after viewing this
@@ro_mei Good for You!!!
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.
😂😆
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".
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.
I really felt sorry for her,she just cried,her tears,
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.
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.
@@BullRadu have some respect, despicable comment lowest of low
@@Broodjemetbeleg I will never have respect for bad parenting and don't tell me it's not parents fault they ended up drug addicts
@@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.
@@AV-uv9kxnow say that without crying
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!
🌹 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.
@@unitedstatesirie7431 I want to grow some! What poppy do you need? I know you have to avoid certain one
@@unitedstatesirie7431 I have had the tea only one time it is delicious.
@@koffinkat666 I will tell you if you first tell me why your UA-cam name has the number 666 in it ?
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.
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.
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!
Thank yourself. You are the one who did it. You are god
That’s awesome Randy, all rage best!
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.
@@abrahamwashington8579 go on methadone and get your finances back together.
How did u get off?
They forget this is for 95% of the world's pain killers so not just heroin
@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.
@Robert Mugabe you just made one of the dumbest comments ever... Actually 100% dumb as shit..
Forgot about Morphin and codein...
MORFINE
@Robert Mugabe and nature knowes the best
@@frankeckhardt3655 semi is sentetick, man made nature is best
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.
An old world is passing away rapidly,
Or not quick enough.
Hmong share the same storu
Wonderful incorporation of “local” people’s life stories.
Same bold face, lying monkeys that Pagan Min had such contempt for in Far Cry 4.
Three years clean... Alhamdulillah Rabbilalameen Thank God, Islam was a HUGE part of my change and my love for my wife and kids 🕋
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.
Yeah whatever dude, your wife and kids weren't enough? WTF?!
Did you force your childeren and wife to become muslims too?
@@RK-cj4oc sure
Please don't be racist
This is one of the best documentary I have seen.. pretty well directed and executed. I am becoming the fan of this journalist.
Let's all thank big brother for taking pain medication from the people who actually need it and boosting the heroin addiction now!
So true!
big pharma trumps mates
By the you mean the big pharmaceuticals . now thats a drug problem no1 is willing to address.
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
@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
What exactly does cold turkey mean? Does that mean that most heroin users are litterally always high for several years in a row?
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?
People are OD and all the time and thanks to Narcan they can just keep Oding and not suffer any consequences
there is much more pure heroin around you than you seem to realize . its now easier than ever to get a prescription from a doctor and its cheaper than a big mac combo
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 .🔥🙏
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....😢😢😢.
Thanks for doing your hard work to bring us this program.this program is highly appreciated.
Thank you for producing
2 years clean. God Bless all who suffer from addiction, poverty and hopelessness. NO SURRENDER NO DEFEAT!!
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
I love this kind of documentary! It's so moving, I didn't get bored actually.
Such a pretty flower though
I am recovering heroin addict.. So I'm still craving while seeing this (beautiful\worst) thing...
Stay strong!!!
Hows it going bro?
Stay strong bro
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was lost in the drug
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
oh gosh. this documentary bring tears to my eyes. thank you Journeyman Pictures for this documentary such an eye opening
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.
Petit White you can, it's legal to grow just not for nefarious reasons
Wooooord!!! I only want 1 acre of land to be the new home for this beautiful plant! I mean look at those red petals...😏
It is hard not to have true heart for this beautiful people.
Bless her! Honest work. 🔥🙏
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...
+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.
nice middle/upper class life you have there wayne....
I too feel sorry for heroin producers
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
Piiiya the don your as stupid and useless as a dead iPhone
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.
Good man Tim Collins
Eating poppiesleads to insomnia nd nervous disorder🌼👽😹
Some people, WHO AREN'T ADDICTS, genuinely need opiate pain meds!! The addicts are the problem. Not the plant!!
Me too, I hardly watch TV, to much interesting things on my phone, wonderful
WELL DONE- Amazing documentary- THANK YOU!
Im so sad for the lady who lost her two sons.😟😟😟
Oddly enough, one can do both
Right when i read this she came on screen
Reddcoin Group why? They have no exuses to live a poor life. They choose too. Not like these poor local people of Myamar
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.
Whatever😏
i m from Myanmar.Thank you for this documentary for showing the world the untold stories in Myanmar!
Number plz
Hope ur doin okay!
Yes number plz
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
Love to you from America🇺🇸
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
Moritz Huber why the probation and where are you now?
a guy smart enough to phrase it as "i only speak *my* truth"
gets a pass in my book
Is it pure or raw. Can't have it both ways.
When is your probation over?
Where dafuq did you get Pure/Raw heroin from??
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 .
liu zhujia
Problem is government or greedy middlemen// grow your
own as needed AS God Willed
Nature to Heal !!
god made drugs , governments illeagalised them
Agree
I'd like to visit someday
@@DavidStirm I almost had an aneurism trying to read this shit.
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.
Shiiiiiiit i wouldn't be the owner of a dirt bike anymore if i was offered 20 kilos.
Lmao
@@wingersdingers Couldn't think of any way to get it back to the US without being arrested.
Wish someone offered 20 kilos of opium for my bike.
🤣🤣🤣
@@remsangachhakchhuak1738 in mizoram whats the price of heroin per gram
What a wonderful documentary!!! Excellent!
The people are so sweet, kind and humble. I love it! ❤
quality doc, thanks for making these.
firmly grasp it put dont the crack pipe son !
21:17 Kitties always bring calmness and serenity to every situation.They stole the moment "< .. >" "< .. >" so cute.
at first glance i thought u typed and drew something else
What a achingly beautiful country and people, I live in northern Thailand, and get glimpses with the hill tribes around here but nothing likeShan...
I want to cry loudly at a high end. Thank you.
That place is so beautiful. Damn. I want to travel.
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
John Doh exactly
Its a form of population control...they will never address these problems
John Doh smoking is good for you is said is on the side of the pack
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!!
Well the opioid arrests screw over poor people the most
What a very touching comment on opium addiction . . THANK's a LOT
☝️🔌💊🍄🍄🔌🔌
Best of Luck and good fortune to the brave peoples of Myanmar...
The war on drugs will be never ending al we can do is spread awareness so that we can teach the people
This drug kills your soul before it kills the body.
Read Keith Richards' autobiography on how and why you get addicted.
The soul is eternal - God
wow really. get off. nobody cares about your horrible world view.
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:/
@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...
This channel is very interestigand I think it has a great potential
Thanks so much Journeyman
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.
not the plants fault either.
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!
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.
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.
lol you would die from their h.. you probably mostly get that shit thats been cut so many times its basically a different drug!
@@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
@@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
owning Opium Poppy seeds in the USA is NOT illegal. Growing Poppy flowers in the USA is NOT illegal. Yummy, yummy! 🌹
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.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING
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 !
Brian Tunzi sorry for your loss Brian I feel for you
Brian Tunzi Brian sorry to hear
May she rest in peace.
Same here, my best friend died because of this
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:/
But damn the way they sail their boats with one feet is so damn cool to watch
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..
@@tarzlegacy9446 i sense sarcasm. Lol ikr.. hahahah
@@tarzlegacy9446 cringe
@@tarzlegacy9446 go touch grass, you've been on the internet too long.
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My grandma country Burma
I love Myanmar ☺☺☺
I will come soon poppy garden
Insha allah🤲🤲 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Poppy farmers got to eat too!
bloody oath
looks like the garden of eden, dont it
yup, the place to go before entering eternity
The biblical E-DIN ( Paradise 4 cattolic beliver) waz just there, read Z. Sitchin and Mauro Biglino books !!
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 .
It’s amazing that something so destructive can in its natural environment be quite beautiful!
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?
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!
Awesome. I want to move there.
My wife just said the same thing. I’d go.
Well documented filming across Shan state investigating the burning issue of democratic Myanmar's heroin trade.💂
Growing my own this year. Gonna be an exciting experiment.
Nice. Will you share?
natural selection at work
How's that going for you lol I like sample when you're done 😂
They all died 😭
@@jessarhodes6196 damnnn... Call the plug instead fuck it 😂
All the people seem nice in old Burma
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
Opium is awesome in moderation... We used to harvest small amounts in Montana, where it grew wild in our small town...
Depends on variety...I harvested 7 or 8 for a gram.
600 sq kilometers, thats a big area.
grow hemp
@@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:/
Going threw withdrawal with no medical help is grueling, those addicts are very strong willed to stay the course.
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.
we all make choices. Choose wisely.
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.
I tried like them for a few time and I'll never forget that unbearable pain but somehow I overcome it.
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.
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.
Yeah sure.
Beautiful made.. thank you..
It makes me in tear, to see my country like this.
we all make choices. Why feel sorry for people's free will ?
I'd be proud
@@otter4206 GOD gave Adam and Eve free will also. They chose poorly by eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
@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."
@@otter4206 with the right government, the country would flourish under the trade of opium
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
You're just a crackhead mate
I hope you're not dead by now
Amazing and thank you for the video Chesutinbader Mingalarbya.
well done guys. great doc.
Drug not the main to harm people, only people to choose drug to harm them-self...
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?
Mein Name
Yeah YOU pull the trigger, guns don’t shoot on their own.
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.
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.
I got two years clean my friend it's always possible
Me 2
Have you looked into IBOGAINE!? It’s helped a lot of people get off heroine!
I have been on a medication called ADDNOK, it has helped me for a few months now.
That music is great for my ADD
Good video
It's all-natural, organic, it's mother Earth's gift to people. Let's be thankful.
Empty out the prisons, let the addicts run a farm and get high without having to commit crimes.
Stfu
How things are dealt with currently isn't working, but this I feel is also not a good plan
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.
@@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.
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.
Nice documentary
Nice video,.congratulations,.
The opium does not fuel the conflict! They want freedom and the prohibition on drugs is simply what makes it profitable. Make it legal and you make it safer for the end user as well as removing the hugh profit margins for the organized crime groups. But why would the govt's want to do a thing like that.
after decades of failed miserable failures WHY is it so hard for governments to understand that prohibition only fuels organized crime, petty crime, deaths from overdoses and corruption of government officials & police! Even the UN has studied the problem & concluded legalize .
totally agree
thats partly true but im not sure it works that way in the small villages shown, as they said in the local communities they are dirt poor and are still able to supply themselves with heroin... basically its dirt cheap there and I dont think legalizing it would make it any cheaper, atleast not at the local level. The amount of money that heroin costs really has more to do with what the local economy can bear, its actually dirt cheap to make.
I disagreed when the presenter said that opium was the source of the conflict, but i agree that it is what fuels it, atleast to a large degree, as would any sufficient source of finances.
Lastly even if it was legalized the drug traffickers would still make huge amounts of money, because their markets arnt local or even within the country mostly, the markets are in other countries that have bigger economies(and thus can afford to pay more for something they are severely addicted to). The only way legalization works is if first world countries legalize it and put all the money they save from enforcement and incarceration into addiction research and treatment. I believe fully there will come a day when we understand the human body well enough that we could eradicate addiction, even if we took what was normally addictive substances. I think its likely it could happen in our lifetime.
Agreed, the global focus should be on harm reduction and fair profitability rather than punishment and exploitation. The war on drugs has inevitably failed and it's high time for a different tack, these people could benefit enormously and have a better quality of life if it was regulated properly and efforts were made to make the trade safe. The black market for drugs will never fully disappear but drugs is the crux of it and it holds up other terrible things such as shady arms dealing and human trafficking, money works its way up the chain until it's paying for really awful things. The profits made from legal drugs could be used to improve healthcare services and provide rehab centres for addicts in many countries, I know the UK would benefit enormously from legalisation and decriminalisation. In Switzerland they have clinics where addicts can get pure heroin, clean needles, a bed, a shower and social support. Because of all of this they have more time and opportunity to focus on moving on from addiction and standing on their own two feet again, instead of drifting about day by day scraping together money through prostitution and theft to buy more. Their drug abuse rate is incredibly low and it's mostly attributed to their attitude towards drugs and addiction, over there they see it as a treatable disease rather than a social cancer. Legalising drugs would have many knock-on effects both positive and negative, at first the rates of use could shoot up as it becomes available but the treatment that appears alongside it would be far more effective. Psychologists know very well that negative reinforcement, ie. punishment, humiliation, derision, etc. Is almost completely benign compared to positive reinforcement like encouragement and support. Duterte is using his policies as an excuse to discretely wipe out groups of people he considers unfavorable in civilised society but at the same time he's alienating a huge portion of the population who are forced to become involved in drugs through poverty. As the saying goes, you get more with sugar than you do salt.
Opiate Kitten truly drugs are the scourge of the Earth I was once a healthy young man with a quarter million dollar year business now just 56 I'm living on welfare but I guess that's just what we do in Louisiana and I like the OC tab
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 .
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.
Learning more thanks ¡
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.
Vasileios Lambros Floros Tsonis too much money is being made for it to be legalized.
Vasileios Lambros Floros Tsonis ella re astes tis malakias.they will never legalise.
Portugal avoided a drug crisis by legalising them. Now drug users are low and the country is doing well.
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.
A Heroin junkie said Dope isn’t the problem not Having his Dope that was the problem.
James Creek Yea that’s why there’s methadone and suboxone, so you don’t withdrawal when you come off opiates, people get addicted after just two weeks of rx painkillers, and what is methadone or suboxone, a different opiate that’s stronger than heroin but taken once a day for steady leaves not 4x a day like heroin, and last time I checked Heroin( trademark for diacetylmorphine) was the first synthetic painkiller
@@blueeyesxp I'm a long time user of methadone and all that I can say is - I wish I was still on heroin. It's practically impossible to get of methadone cause it takes over 6 months of pain, shivers, cramps, diarrhea, insomnia and complete inability to function as a normal person. Heroin is bad but if you shut yourself in a room for 5 days you'll exit that room completely normal, although weak. Since I'm a functioning member of society, - I have a small business to run and a family, I can'r disappear for 6 months or more to come back clean. Methadone is great for the criminal element of drug addiction where it removes addicts from the street and gives them an opportunity to live normal life. But if somebody wants to get clean I advise them to stay away from the methadone cause it produces an incredibly long term withdrawal symptoms.
Mark Brisec congrats, i wish i could use methadone, I was a functioning addict until I tried coming off on suboxone, and I kept relapsing until I graduated, my mom let me use cause I was taking psych anatomy and chemistry and couldn’t study or eat on suboxone, went from being 215 to 233 with a six pack on dope, but ever since I graduated I was on suboxone and just feel like I traded happiness for money, sometimes dream wishing I od’ed high cause I got so depressed i couldn’t leave my couch for months, not even enough motivation to respond to txts, wish I could just tamper down 10% a week but when I did that I went from 20 bags to 2 bags a day in three months but something got in the way , was in such withdrawal before an anatomy 2 and microbio final I had to take more just to pass the final, tolerance went back up and couldn’t afford a tamper anymore so was forced to do suboxone, I wish there was a program here like in Canada where I could just get two doses a day and feel happy again
@@blueeyesxp Here in Croatia there was a push for a while for everybody to transfer from methadone to Subutex but it went bad.. The whitdrawl is even worse than from methadone and people rejected it massively. 10 years ago when I was taking my methadone for the first time doctors gave you incredible amounts, up to 40 pills a day. Nowadays there's no heroin on streets but everybody sells the extra methadone they have and shoot up with cocaine from the money earned through selling methadone.. Its a sick world..
vegass04 I know subutex is horrible, on heroin I graduated and kept working 30 hours a week, when I graduated I promised I’d go to a suboxone clinic and always had horrible precipitated withdrawals and cannot eat, I was a 230 lb bodybuilder and on suboxone i came down too 200 lb and feel like I’m 90, I would do methadone but world make it hard for me to get my sleep and anxiety meds and zero tolerance in methadone clinics mean I can’t take them or smoke pot, a year sober but still no appetite or energy and using 24 (3 strips) a day
Mmmmmm I’ve always wanted to try opium. I bet drinking a tea would be really tasty. For pain. Good work. Love this video.
Excellent documnentary.