As coronavirus hits Thailand’s drug supply lines, meth dealers drop prices to seek new addicts

Cheaper than a coffee but powerful enough to keep him riding Bangkok’s streets without sleep, Soonthorn puts a flame to a methamphetamine tablet wrapped in foil and inhales the intoxicating vapours.Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of the drug, but the coronavirus pandemic’s sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price “yaba” tablets in the local market.The drug keeps Soonthorn alert while he ferries passengers around the capital’s traffic-snarled…

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