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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:38:45 PM EST
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza, shake hands at a joint press conference about a regional study on the illicit drug trade, presented by Insulza to Santos at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 17, 2013. The $2.2 million study which emphasizes drug abuse as primarily a public health issue, makes no firm recommendations, instead suggesting several possible ways to stem the illicit drug trade, which has fueled violent crime and corruption and even destabilized governments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:38:45 PM EST
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos speaks at a joint press conference with OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza about a regional study on the illicit drug trade, presented by Insulza to Santos at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 17, 2013. The $2.2 million study which emphasizes drug abuse as primarily a public health issue, makes no firm recommendations, instead suggesting several possible ways to stem the illicit drug trade, which has fueled violent crime and corruption and even destabilized governments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:38:45 PM EST
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, speaks at a joint press conference with OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza, right, about a regional study on the illicit drug trade, presented by Insulza to Santos at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 17, 2013. The $2.2 million study which emphasizes drug abuse as primarily a public health issue, makes no firm recommendations, instead suggesting several possible ways to stem the illicit drug trade, which has fueled violent crime and corruption and even destabilized governments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:38:45 PM EST
OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza, right, talks to the media during a joint press conference about a regional study on the illicit drug trade, presented by Insulza to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 17, 2013. The $2.2 million study which emphasizes drug abuse as primarily a public health issue, makes no firm recommendations, instead suggesting several possible ways to stem the illicit drug trade, which has fueled violent crime and corruption and even destabilized governments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 2:38:45 PM EST
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, holds a copy of a regional study the illicit drug trade presented by OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza, right, during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 17, 2013. The $2.2 million study which emphasizes drug abuse as primarily a public health issue, makes no firm recommendations, instead suggesting several possible ways to stem the illicit drug trade, which has fueled violent crime and corruption and even destabilized governments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Posted: 5/2/2013 4:23:22 PM EST
Taylor Hooton Foundation president Don Hooton, center, and the foundation's chairman Neil Romano, second from right, a former director of the White House Office of Drug Abuse Policy, listens as former New York Yankees head athletic trainer Gene Monahan speaks during a press conference announcing the release of a national survey on steroid abuse, Thursday, May 2, 2013 in New York. The 2013 study, co-commissioned by baseball's Hall of Fame and is titled "The Public's Perception of Illegal Steroid Use," finds that American adults rank steroid use among adolescents as less of a problem than alcohol, bullying, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Posted: 3/24/2013 4:58:42 PM EST
In this Feb 25, 2013 photo, 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. 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)
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Posted: 3/24/2013 9:23:35 AM EST
In this Feb 25, 2013 photo, 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. 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)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 11, 2013, freshly dumped hypodermic syringes and a needle litter an abandoned cemetery in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, a heroin addict smokes a cigarette after injecting himself with heroin at an abandoned cemetery in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, a heroin addict injects himself with heroin as another watches at an abandoned cemetery in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, Nlan Shawang, foreground, breaks down in tears as residents sing Christian gospel songs at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, Kun Htoi Shawong, background plays the guitar and sings as residents in tears join hands during a religious healing session at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, camp resident Nlan Shawang reads a Bible at dawn at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, a camp resident wearing pajamas reads a Bible at dawn in Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, camp residents eat breakfast at dawn at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, camp residents stand in a line for breakfast as mentors watch at dawn at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, two young rehab patients carry breakfast for camp residents at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, a heroin addict injects himself with heroin while holding a cigarette at an abandoned cemetery in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Posted: 3/21/2013 3:33:26 AM EST
In this photo taken on Feb 12, 2013, Nlan Shawang, foreground, and other camp residents sing Christian gospel songs at the Kachin Baptist Convention’s rehabilitation camp in Myitkyina, the provincial capital of Kachin state, Myanmar. Myitkyina is known for having one of the highest concentrations of drug addicts in the world. The Kachin Baptist Convention, an evangelical group with over 300 churches in the state, says nearly 80 percent of ethnic Kachin youth are addicts. Their drug of choice is heroin. In the shadow of war, even drug abuse becomes politicized. Gryung Heang, the pastor of the camp church, says the government is willfully turning a blind eye to drug abuse among the Kachin because it wants to decimate young potential fighters. Officials say such views are absurd. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
