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Ethnic Lisu children and women in traditional clothing gather outside the Ywar Thar Yar village's school, central Shan state, Myanmar on A vehicle travels down the dusty road leading to an ethnic Lisu village Ywar Thar Yar, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 21, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

A Myanmar army officer patrols close to Mong Pan village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 22, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

Ethnic Lisu villagers, some dressed in traditional clothing, gather in a traditional Lisu house in Thon Min Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

An ethnic Lisu child dressed in traditional clothing attends school in Ywar Thar Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 21, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

Members of the Southern Shan militia group travel in a vehicle close to Mong Pan village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 20, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

Ethnic Pa-O poppy farmer holds a harvested poppy stem with dried-up opium sap in a poppy cultivation in central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 19, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

A Myanmar police officer photographs a harvested poppy field in central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 19, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

Ethnic Lisu men gather for a meeting close to Mong Pan village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 21, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

An ethnic Lisu woman dressed in traditional clothing carries buckets of water in Thon Min Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 20, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

Ethnic Lisu girls and women dressed in traditional clothing walk down a road in Thon Min Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 20, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

Police Col. Myint Thein, right, head of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse and Control which controls the country's drug policy, and police officer Majo Zaw Min Oo sit in an office in Yangon, Myanmar on Feb 25, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

An ethnic Lisu child dressed in traditional clothing stands in a school window at Ywar Thar Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 21, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )

An ethnic Lisu woman and her daughter stand outside their home as their livestock eat a meal at Thon Min Yar village, central Shan state, Myanmar on Feb 20, 2013. Far from Myanmar's postcard-perfect pagodas and colonial relics, the remote mountain villages of southern Shan State do not appear on maps of Myanmar or in any guide books. In obscurity, they have been ground zero for Myanmar's drug trade which has thrived on poverty and corruption. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) ( Myanmar Drugs and Democracy )