Opium production in Burma reportedly increases under …
Years: 1989 - 1989
Opium production in Burma reportedly increases under the rule of the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the Burmese junta regime that took power in September 1988.
In 1989, production stands at 2,528 tons, as compared to the drought-related 1979 low of 160 tons.
(Sources: The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade; Opium: A History)
