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[Link] For These Buddhist Monks, Sex Ed Starts With Safe Masturbation

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

Sunshine pours in through the monastery classroom window as monks in crimson robes lock their gaze in rapt attention at the chalkboard. Their instructor smiles warmly and asks them what they know about the use of a condom.  

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[Link] Two Dead After 12 Inmates Tried to Get Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Two prison inmates died and ten others were hospitalised in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo after they ingested hand sanitiser to get drunk, prompting a ban on alcohol-based sanitising products in all prisons across the country, according to the Department of Prisons.

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[Link] Police Say They’re ‘Too Busy’ to Assist Abused Children On National Children’s Day

Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com

However, when they arrived at the police station on October 1, the officers present refused to record their complaint.

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