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 • May 21, 2020
Southeast Asia's booming narcotics industry has only been given a helping hand in recent months as governments turn their attention to combating Covid-19. With prices dropping and potency rising, the drug trade could be set to hit the region harder than ever

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 Torgeir Norling • Jun 11, 2019
From our print archive: a handful of people have made a fortune dealing in illegal drugs. The rest of the population lives in extreme poverty. Southeast Asia Globe visits Myanmar's isolated Wa State