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A waste bin especially for used syringes in a university toilet demonstrates how normal heroin use is on the campus

A waste bin especially for used syringes in a university toilet demonstrates how normal heroin use is on the campus

Addicts inject themselves, draw blood into the syringe, let the blood mix directly with the heroin, and then inject it back into their veins.

Addicts inject themselves, draw blood into the syringe, let the blood mix directly with the heroin, and then inject it back into their veins.

Heroin Epidemic in Hpakant

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Once prided as the academic centre of northern Burma’s Kachin State, Myitkyina University has now become notorious for soaring levels of drug addiction among its students

Once prided as the academic centre of northern Burma’s Kachin State, Myitkyina University has now become notorious for soaring levels of drug addiction among its students

Heroin Epidemic in Hpakant in Kachin State, northern Burma

Concerned community members have tried to campaign to close down the drug camps but have failed due to lack of action from the authorities.

Concerned community members have tried to campaign to close down the drug camps but have failed due to lack of action from the authorities.

Kachin students spray-paint demand for Suu Kyi’s release in Kachin State, Northern Burma