The Myanmar authorities exposed 199 drug-related cases, punishing 274 people including 63 women, in October this year, according to the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control Thursday. During the month, the authorities seized 62.84 kilograms (kg) opium, 27.7 kg of heroine, 2.5 kg of morphine, 16.82 kg of marijuana, over 640,000 stimulant tablets and 6 kg of ephedrine, the report said. Meanwhile, during this year's poppy cultivation season, a total of 4,138 hectares of poppy plantations in the country have so far been destroyed. These poppy plantations were wiped out in a number of areas in Shan state such as Lashio, Hsenwi, Mongyan, Namtu, Mongton, Namhkam, Kutkai, Phekhon, Loilem and Pinlaung and Pekhon. In October, Myanmar burned drugs worth of over 20 million U.S. dollars which were seized within a two-month short period from Aug. 11 to Oct. 24 after an incident took place in Laukkai, capital of Myanmar's Kokang region in Shan State (North) Special Region-1. The seizure included 11.9 million ATS tablets, 7.96 million ephedrine tablets, 0.13 kilograms heroin, nearly 1 kg opium, 0.44 kg ICE, 246 kg ephedrine, 45 kg caffeine and other precursor chemicals. As some newly developed drugs such as ATS tablets, Ketamine, ICE, Ectasy have come into existence, momentum of Myanamr's anti- drug efforts are being raised, the authorities said. Moreover, three more rehabilitation centers for young drug users have been added in Yangon as part of the country's anti-drug measures. Myanmar has been implementing a 15-year plan (1999-2014) to totally eradicate poppy in three phases, each running for five years, and it has now entered into the final five-year phase of the plan (2009-2014). 