Myanmar conflict: Kachin residents turn to drugs amid unrest
Instability, conflict since peace talks stalled in Kachin state have impoverished many, and some have turned to drugs.
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In the mountainous region of Myanmar‘s northern-most Kachin state eight years of displacement and conflict has left many civilians distressed and poverty-stricken.
A fragile ceasefire underlies the ongoing instability there while some have turned to drugs because of stress and depression.
Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley reports.
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Published On 23 Sep 2019