“At first, many countries at the Vienna conference didn’t agree with our method of using development—His Majesty the King’s principle rather than suppression to solve the problems. Today, they are all convinced. In the early days, the authorities used to destroy opium crops but we never did. What the US does mostly is to take a plane up and spray herbicide to kill the opium 28 plants. But the negative effects far outweigh the positive because it has disastrous results on the ecological system. It also adds toxins to the body bit by bit – slow death by poisoning. We are very much against this. Today the US accepts our principles. Germany, at first, didn’t agree with our methods either, but early this year they signed on as a partner, sending their people to train with us, embed with us, because we had experience, and the knowledge of development which could be used to help other countries in conjunction with fund donors.”