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Heroin's Trade Routes
This map shows the major trade routes for heroin from source countries in Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia and Latin America.

Burma and the Shan State
In Burma the world's largest opium producer, the northeastern Shan state has the highest density of poppy cultivation.

The Growing Lands of Opium
These charts detail the volume of the world's opium production, listed by country, and show the extraordinary heroin production in the countries of Southeast Asia.

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