Tue 12 December 2023: Myanmar has become the world’s top producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan in 2023, according to a new United Nations report. The 95 percent decline in opium cultivation in Afghanistan after a drug ban by the Taliban in 2022 has seen global supply shift to Myanmar, where political, social and economic instability brought about … Continue reading MYANMAR OVERTAKES AFGHANISTAN AS WORLD’S TOP OPIUM PRODUCER: UN