By John Wojcik • Aug 25, 2021
Uncertainty and turmoil in the Golden Triangle, Southeast Asia's long-time narcotics hub, means syndicates are casting an eye across the Mekong for next steps. With soaring meth seizures, Cambodia is showing signs of becoming central to the region's drug trade

By Pitcha Dangprasith and Lisa Martin/AFP • Feb 17, 2021
Thailand has long been a global gateway for exports of meth, but the coronavirus pandemic's sudden disruption of international transport has seen a surge in cut-price "yaba" tablets in the local market

By Wanpen Pajai • Aug 21, 2020
While opium addiction emerged as a region-wide scourge in the 19th century, abolitionists in the small British colony of the Straits Settlements took on the imperial government and played an instrumental role in bringing about a worldwide ban

By Andrew Haffner • Oct 18, 2019
A Chinese-funded property boom in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville is casting the city’s meth addicts to the margins