Burma / Myanmar Drug Market

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Burma / Myanmar

Market Overview

According to the United Nations, the total potential production of the opium market in Burma / Myanmar is valued at $120 million.¹

3 drug products listed.

Market Value:
$120 Million

Source: United Nations, "Fact Sheet-South East Asia Opium Surveys 2007," October 10, 2007, http://www.unodc.org/pdf/research/
icmp/fact_sheet_SEA_2007.pdf (accessed: October 11, 2007).

Drug Prices in Burma / Myanmar (in US Dollars)

Product	Wholesale Price (in kilograms unless noted)	Retail Street Price (in grams unless noted)	Users Percentage (of age 15-64 unless noted)
Heroin No.4	NA	56.2	0.6
Marijuana	120.0	0.1	0.9
Methamphetamine	NA	0.9	0.2
Source: UN, 2007 World Drug Report

Sources:

Drug Prices: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, "2007 World Drug Report," June 2007, pg. 223-240, http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html .

1. United Nations, "2006 World Drug Report," Office on Drugs and Crime, June 2006, pg. 209, http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/world_drug_report.html (last accessed: September 18, 2006).