[Link] Millions of Pills and Tons of Meth Make Up Asia’s Biggest Ever Drug Seizure

Read: 31/10/2021 www.vice.com

This is what Asia’s single biggest illegal drug bust looked like, after authorities in Laos intercepted a smuggler’s vehicle in the country’s northwestern Bokeo Province on Wednesday night.

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[Link] Medical Marijuana Is Legal in Thailand, but People Are Sticking With the Black Market

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Five years ago, long before medical cannabis became legal in Thailand, Ladda was desperate to ease her son's seizures. The longer the epilepsy episode, the more it damaged Dino’s brain and slowed his mental and physical development, she explained.  Ladda gave her son a one-drop dose.

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