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Drug prices in April
Drug prices in April: Heroin Up, Opium Down
The price of heroin has risen while opium, its market invaded by new harvests, has taken a plunge, reported a S.H.A.N. correspondent from Chiangmai.
According to the price list, heroin is up to B. 310,000 per block (700 grams) from B. 281,000 in March in Nakawngmu, the biggest drug market in Monghsat District, eastern Shan State. Opium, meanwhile, has gone down from B. 30,000 per viss to B. 25,000. This was because of the new harvest that flooded the market.
Methamphetamine, on the other hand, is down to 10 baht per pill.
Monghsat boasted at least 5 drug markets, all under Wa and Lahu groups that pay kickbacks to the local Burmese authorities, said sources.
N.B. Attached is the price list provided by S.H.A.N.'s correspondent
| Name of Place | Township | Heroin | Methamphetamine | Opium |
| Nakawngmu (Lahu) | Mongton | B. 310,000 | B. 10 | B. 25,000 |
| Hoparng-Hoyawd (Wa) | Mongton | B. 305,000 | B. 9 | B. 23,000 |
| Nawngpayen (Chinese) | Mongton | B. 306,000 | B. 8 | B. 23,500 |
| Wanhoong (Wa) | Monghsat | B. 308,000 | B. 9-10 | B. 24,000 |
| Mongtaw-Monghta | Mongton | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
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