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TheseFacts

HaveBeen Kept from the

Public!

by

Thurston Leon Sexton

We disclose here how the world's drug problems really began–

and why! You will be shocked.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

t

ST NOVEM–

BE R

con–

cerned law

enforcement of–

ficials from all

over the world

gathered

1n

Chiang Mai,

Thailand.

the various drug–

smuggling routes,

known as " connec–

tions," on their way

to factories of greed

in the mass popula–

tion centers of the

world.

lnternationa1 drug

suppression forces are

being marshaled to

~

counter thi s un–

:

wanted addition toan

~

already insurmount–

~

able worldwide prob–

g

lem. An official

T

United Nations re–

~

port, released in early

~

February this year,

j

concluded that the

lt

was a momen–

tous meeting. Dele–

gates from 1nterpol

to Thailand's Office

of Narcotics Con–

trol Board were

a larmed by the omi–

nous projections

that this year-

1981 - wou1d see

bumper harvests of

opium from South–

HARVESTING OPIUM POPPIES- Western Asia, as we/1 as East Asia 's

Golden Triangle, is major source for legal (medica!) and illegal markets in

derivatives of the opium poppy. Scene here is in Turkey.

worldwíde drug prob–

lem "has never been

more serious or com–

plex."

east Asia's infamous Golden

Triangle.

.. . and the Bumper Harvests

Carne

Theír concern was well-founded.

Favorable weather conditíons and

t he cultívation of much larger

crop areas this year have more

than compensated for poor yields

of the previous two years. More

August.1981

than 300 tons of raw opium have

already been harvested by the

ethnic hill tribes who live in these

rugged mountain fastlands 1 see

out of my window as 1 write.

That's where the colorful red and

white poppíes are grown.

Massive quantities of opium–

and their more refined forms of

morphine and heroin- are even

now threading their way a long

Drug enforcement

officials, especially those of the

affiuent nations, are especially con–

cerned that this year's bumper har–

vest will lead to a rejuvenation of

dormant connectíons. They also

fear the development of new con–

nections that may lead to the rees–

tablishment of the Golden Triangle

as the major source of heroín for the

world markets.

Before World War 11 , opium

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