Most of the heroin in Australia comes from the poppy fields in Myanmar.
The flowers cover over 600 square kilometres of Shan state.
What will it take to stop the opium trade?
Opium production has doubled over the past 10 years duringcivil unrest in Northern Myanmar.
The United Nations estimates around 200,000 households are involved in poppy cultivation.
The farmers harvest the sap of the flowering poppy bud by scraping it into old soft drink cans.
Each can is worth around $US50 and workers can make up to $US1,000 each year.
This is the main source of income for these Shan villagers.
Locals say this is the only crop that generates enough money to feed families and send kids to school.
It is estimated illicit drug trafficking generates over $2 billion every year in Myanmar.
There has been civil war in Shan state between the Burmese military and ethnic groups for more than 60 years.
Profits from the drug trade have financed both sides in this conflict.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is working with poppy farmers to introduce coffee as an alternative.
It is an ambitious program but the UN hopes to break Myanmar's economic dependency on opium.
