Tag: The Golden Triangle
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Jim Morrison Meets “China White”
Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, succumbed to a heroin overdose in 1971, linked to “China White” from the Golden Triangle.
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The Golden Triangle 2023: Opium Surges
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has just published their December, 2023 survey of opium production in the Golden Triangle: Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2023: Cultivation, Production and Implications. Bottom line: Opium and the consequent production of heroin are surging in The Golden Triangle. For most careful observers of this region, the…
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The Golden Triangle Part 1: An Opium History
A long-form post about the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia.