What is golden triangle?

It’s not a brand of cigarettes, it’s the name of a place.

The core area of ??the Golden Triangle is the junction of Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos. However, due to the Thai government’s powerful anti-drug offensive, most of the drug production areas have been transferred to Myanmar. The Golden Triangle region is the world's largest producer of opium and heroin-like drugs, with a planting area of ??more than 1 million acres, an annual output of 2,650 tons to 2,800 tons of opium, and an annual output of about 200 tons of heroin. A relatively accepted statement is that the Golden Triangle is the source of 20% of the world's opium supply, while the heroin trafficked through the Golden Triangle region accounts for 60%-70% of the world's total every year, and the annual production capacity of heroin in the region can satisfy the world's heroin demand. annual consumption. Extended information

The good climatic conditions for crop production, coupled with the particularity and complexity of the topography, landforms and geographical climate, have given rise to many problems for the survival and reproduction of many ethnic groups in this region, as well as various separatist forces, Regional forces or ethnic armed forces have created an excellent place for survival and maneuver;

What is even more unimaginable is that this backward and small blind corner continues to exude energy that corrodes civilized society, and stubbornly moves toward The world announces its existence. The complex geography, diverse ethnic groups, and abnormal power have created an excellent stage for the various mysterious stories staged here.

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