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Asia
2 years after legalization, cannabis to be re-listed as a narcotic in Thailand
Thailand is backtracking on its cannabis legalization policies with a plan to re-list the plant as a narcotic by the end of the year. Key po...
Ryan General
Crime
Singapore executes 1st woman in almost 20 years over 31 grams of heroin
A woman caught with narcotics in Singapore in 2018 was executed on Friday, making her the first woman the city-state has punished with the d...
Bryan Ke
China
Chinese police have trained a squad of squirrels to sniff out drugs
An anti-drug police squad in southwestern China said it has “successfully trained” squirrels to sniff out narcotics. Yin Jin, a police dog h...
Michelle De Pacina
Thai man arrested after promoting crystal meth as skin brightener on TikTok
Udon Parnpinit, a 52-year-old Thai man from the Prang Ku district of Sisaket province, Thailand, was reportedly arrested in his home six ho...
News
Thailand Decriminalized Cocaine and Opium for Science
The government in Thailand has passed a new Public Health Ministry regulation to decriminalize the sale and possession of category II narcot...
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