A version of this story originally appeared on UN News. High in the mountains of Houaphanh province in the north of Laos in an area historically known for opium cultivation, farmers are creating a ...

In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high. His poison is opium, a sap extracted from poppies grown illegally by the poor hill tribes in the Communist state ...

Opium is a stimulant that has a strong effect on the nervous system. It is used in the production of heroin and is banned in Laos. Authorities discourage people from growing the crop because of its ...

The Golden Triangle, spanning Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, has long been infamous for its role in the drug trade. While opium and heroin once dominated the region's economy, substantial ...

Opium is a stimulant that has a strong effect on the nervous system. It is used in the production of heroin and is banned in Laos. The government has made clear its intention to wipe out the ...

Thai soldiers seized thousands of meth pills from suspected drug smugglers along the Thai-Laos border. The border patrol ...

VIENTIANE: Police in Laos' Borikhamxay province last week raided ... 4,800kg of crystal meth, 84.86kg of opium, almost 3,600kg of cannabis, and over 10,000kg of powdered drug mixtures and drug ...

Northeastern Myanmar is part of the infamous “Golden Triangle,” where the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet. The production of opium and heroin historically flourished there ...

Though the 40-odd tribes of Northern Laos are permitted to raise poppies and extract opium from their pods—it is the only cash crop available to them—the export of the drug is illegal.

The Laotian army, such as it is, is divided into three parts: 1) neutralists, under General Kong Le, 2) Communist Pathet Lao, under Red ... the lucrative fees from opium and gambling dens.