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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust

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22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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The group, returning home after a vacation in Thailand, had Kush — a potent strain of cannabis — hidden in their luggage, officials said.
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  • spork@pawb.social
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    What is powerful cannabis and how does it differ from powerless cannabis?

  • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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    People are aware cannabis isn’t a narcotic right!?

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      People are. But governments are too busy taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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      Depends on the location. Some places send you emails for discount days, other countries execute you.

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      legally classified as a narcotic under strict drug control laws, such as the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

      • Malyca@lemmy.zip
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        Ah I see, thanks

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    Alternative to CBS.

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    in 2026 NO 21+ ADULT should get a second look for possessing cannabis.

    Come at me.

    • moonshadow@slrpnk.net
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      I like food and sex.

      Come at me.

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        On*

      • LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
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        But not combined right…

        • moonshadow@slrpnk.net
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          I eat those groceries like ass

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        That will $8

      • leoj@piefed.social
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        But do people like sex with you?

        • LittleBorat3@lemmy.world
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          No they come for the food and get molested by him

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            …way to make it weird dude

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              It’s just candy, bro

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          Signs point to ‘yes’

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            has sign that says “people enjoy sex with me”

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              Billboards, flyers, and retroreflective navigational aids all guiding weary travelers to deez nuts

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      Don’t think you’ll meet much resistance on this website…

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        Either way I’m glad I said it.

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      This is a different country with different cultural values

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        Their cultural values are wrong.

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          By what measure?

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            By measure of making someones life worse for a victimless crime.

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          Chapell Roan fan?

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        Cultural values that strip people of their freedom for something as harmless as cannabis possession don’t deserve respect.

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          On what basis?

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            Violating human rights is more harmful than cannabis usage/distribution/transport?

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              Which human rights were violated?

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                If you don’t think involuntary incarceration is in and of itself a violation of human rights there’s nothing to discuss here.

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                The right to do whatever the fuck I want with my body.

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        Nobody expects the kush-toting meth monks!

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        From a quick check, their anti-cannabis laws seems to be not really that old as far as culture goes (and might be related to British colonization, also tied at the hip with opium)

        Also:

        For recreational usage cannabis is not legal. However, cannabis plays a major role in the traditional culture of the island, with the specific Sinhalese or Sanskrit names virapati (“hero-leaved”), capta (“light-hearted”), ananda (“bliss”), trilok kamaya (“desired in three worlds”) and harshini (“the rejoicers”) indicating its various properties, such as inducing euphoria and heightening sexual energy.

        That said, the amount here in this specific case (along with related monk-drug headlines) seems excessive* to the point where I wonder if it was a trade/running/money thing.

        If it were legal and solely for their own use it would be much better for them to grow and process their own plants (and consume without combustion).

        * unless maybe it was actually for way more than 22 monks, I don’t know how long (properly stored) it could last but maybe over many years (and accounting for bulk losses) prohibition could actually make the numbers make sense

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          In the 80s, 90s they had a huge addiction problem in SEA and Thailand, being part of the golden triangle. They are understandably kinda anti-drugs since then.

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          Thailand was very famously not colonised

          It was Sri Lanka, oops

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            They were arrested in Sri Lanka though.

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    The monks were mostly young students from temples across Sri Lanka and had been on a holiday sponsored by a businessman

    Maybe put a travel flag on that business man…

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    You can’t spell “enlightenment” without weed.

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    This is cultural erasure!

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    “242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said.”

    Lmfao Asian countries are so crazy with the reefer madness mindset. Go after all the meth that runs rampant and maybe if you let people smoke pot and controlled it you wouldn’t have so many people on meth.

    But nah, keep going after that super scary powerful cannabis that’s never killed anyone because it isn’t lethal.

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      Idk, most Asian meth use oral, which isn’t all that different than almost everyone I know being on Adderall.

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        Its not as likely as meth to cause psychosis and neurotoxicity if taken in prescribed amounts but yes I do feel that it is very similar.

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    La di da

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