Shan States is a state that fulfil with natural resources, good weather and nice environment. In addition to that, our land barely faced natural disaster. However, we come through the man-made problems that created by the Burmese Army. The problems and trouble that caused by Burmese Army, send people into poverty. Moreover, the Burmese Army enslave people; confiscate land, farms and paddy fields. Repeatedly, they forced people to work for them. Worse, hundreds of people were persecuted, houses were burned and destroyed.  

The RCSS strongly supports the UN effort of trying to wipe out the drug from the world. For decades, poppy plantations have cultivated in the Golden Triangle, Shan State, Burma. Local people double poppy growing percentage and around 5000 - 6000 tones of opium production per year.