By Martin Abbugao/AFP • Mar 01, 2022
Singapore court was urged to show "mercy" over Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam. He was arrested in 2009 for trafficking heroin into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws

By Samantha McCabe • Dec 19, 2019
Last week, Southeast Asia Globe uncovered the presence of fentanyl in at least one batch of street drugs in Bangkok – potentially the first discovery of its kind in Thailand. With the potent opioid destroying communities across North America, advocates and people who use drugs worry of the potentially devastating effect of fentanyl infiltrating Southeast Asia

By Thim Rachna • Nov 20, 2019
A deluge of cheap pills from the nearby Golden Triangle means many young Cambodians are vulnerable to getting hooked on drugs. But community-based organisations could hold the key to pushing back against addiction

By Carlos Sardiña Galache • May 29, 2014
In Kachin State two battles are raging. While a bloody war with government troops continues, widespread drug addiction is proving just as destructive