Instead of jade, Myanmar's gem scavengers find heroin and destitution

YANGON (Reuters) - Unsuccessful jade scavengers in Myanmar seeking to assuage their despair are swelling a tide of drug abuse in Kachin state that presents a challenge for the untested government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi after its landslide election win.

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