After the Kachin Independence Army ( KIA ) came into the area before negotiating a cease - fire agreement with Burma 's military government in the early 1990s .
Heroin is no longer openly on sale on the streets of Hpakant .
Since after the Kachin Independence Army ( KIA ) came into the area before negotiating a cease - fire agreement with Burma 's military government in the early 1990s , heroin is no longer openly on sale on the streets of Hpakant .