The entire international community must concern itself far more with control of opium production everywhere in the world.
But he said the government's strategy to combat opium production would start to show results in the next three years.
According to the latest annual report, opium production is now double what it was two years ago.
The country accounted for 92% of the world's illegal opium production, up from 52% a decade earlier and 70% in 2000.
It suggests that he may have been using narcotics since the area is well known for opium production.
From 2002 to 2007, she researches opium production in Afghanistan for her book.
Now, by all accounts, opium production in Myanmar is out of control.
Last year, the trade brought in $2.3 billion; this year, opium production is expected to increase 50 to 100 percent.
There is a tiny museum (10B) giving some information about hill tribes and opium production.
Legal opium production in India is much more traditional.