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In this Jan 28 photo, Daw Li weeps before the graves of her two oldest sons, both victims of heroin overdoses, at Nampatka village cemetery, northeastern Shan State, Myanmar. In this village, roughly half the population uses heroin and opium. Residents once hoped new political and economic reforms sweeping their country would bring change to the wild hinterlands. Instead, many say their lives have only gotten worse as local authorities’ complicity and neglect have enabled a spiraling drug trade. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

In this Jan 28 photo, Daw Li weeps before the graves of her two oldest sons, both victims of heroin overdoses, at Nampatka village cemetery, northeastern Shan State, Myanmar. In this village, roughly half the population uses heroin and opium. Residents once hoped new political and economic reforms sweeping their country would bring change to the wild hinterlands. Instead, many say their lives have only gotten worse as local authorities’ complicity and neglect have enabled a spiraling drug trade. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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