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After Opium: A New Life For The Hill Tribes Of Northern Thailand

After Opium: A New Life For The Hill Tribes Of Northern Thailand

1 November 1993

Farmers in northern Thailand who previously relied on the cultivation of poppy as a cash crop are now confronting the problems of opium and heroin addiction. The Thai Government and the UN International Drug Control Programme

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Categories
News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Corporate Name
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME - UNDCP
Subject Topical
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
HEROIN
DRUG ABUSE
CROPS
DRUG ABUSE
Geographic Subject
ASIA
THAILAND
MAMS Id
UNA0302
Parent Id
UNA0302

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Farmers in northern Thailand who previously relied on the cultivation of poppy as a cash crop are now confronting the problems of opium and heroin addiction. The Thai Government and the UN International Drug Control Programme

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