World Drug Report 2006 - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

<strong>World</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2006</strong> Volume 2. Statistics
Average opium poppy prices in the Shan State at harvest time (US$/kg)
Region 2004 2005
Non growing
villages
Growing
villages
Non growing
villages
Growing
villages
East Shan 175 124 236 139
North Shan 175 165 239 187
South Shan 152 130 195 178
S.R. 2 (Wa) N/a 177 N/a 192
Weighted National Average US$ 153 US$ 187
Average household income for opium poppy growing and non-growing villages in Shan State (US$), 2005
Source of Income
In non-opium poppy
growing villages
Average Household Income
In opium poppy
growing villages
Salaries 53 34
Rice 77 35
Remittances 37 5
Other agricultural crops 54 24
Livestock and poultry 56 28
Opium 0 152
Handicraft and trading 9 1
Forest product 11 0
Other 67 14
Total 364 293
Regional distribution of opium addiction in the Shan State, as reported by village headmen, 2005
% of total addicts in
Shan State
North
Shan
South
Shan
East
Shan
S. R. 2
(Wa)
Total Shan
State
17% 30% 42% 11% 100%
Gender distribution of opium addiction in the Shan State, as reported by village headmen, 2005
North
Shan
South
Shan
East
Shan
S. R. 2
(Wa)
Total Shan
State
% male addicts 93% 97% 80% 77% 87%
% female addicts 7% 3% 20% 23% 13%
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