the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said Wednesday.
"The best estimate for 2013 opium production in Myanmar alone is some 870 tonnes," said Yury Fedotov, UNODC executive director, in its annual update on opium production in the Golden Triangle - the area where the borders of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet.
"This year's Southeast Asia Opium Survey shows that despite eradication efforts, opium poppy cultivation in the region