The rise and fall of the Golden Triangle

Vörös, Z., Bujdos, D., & Major, D. (2022). The rise and fall of the Golden Triangle. Modern Geográfia, 17(3), 29–43. https://doi.org/10.15170/MG.2022.17.03.03

The paper examines the rise and fall of the Golden Triangle opium-producing region, by focusing on local economic and social conditions, as well as international factors that have affected opium production in Myanmar (formerly Burma), Laos, and Thailand. By 1970,