Drug addiction and slavery in Shan State, Myanmar | SLAVES TO THE POPPY | Coconuts TV

Shan State, Myanmar is home to the world’s longest running civil war. Decades of violence have given rise to a culture of drug addiction, domestic abuse and even slavery. Coconuts TV’s Arglit Boonyai travels to a small village near Lashio, where parents are selling their children to fund opium and methamphetamine addictions.

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