Special Report: Myanmar declares war on opium

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/20/us-myanmar-opium-idUSTRE81J02120120220

Its two-stroke engine spins a metal blade, which is more commonly deployed to tame the suburban gardens of wealthy Westerners. But today, in a remote valley in impoverished Shan State, Myanmar police armed with weed-whackers are advancing through fields of thigh-high poppies, leaving a carpet of stems in their wake.