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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
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.
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Transforming of ethnic armed groups by Burmese junta (Opinion)
Isn’t the junta's pressure on the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the armed wing of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) to transform it to the regime’s Border Security Force seemingly a harsh violation
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Drugs sound death knell for youth
Like the military junta, drug abuse is the bane of Burma. Both compliment each other, as it has become obvious over the years that the regime is not remotely interested in curbing drug abuse but rather has all
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