pieces & periods
pieces & periods
#9 how a mass shooting killed thailand’s quiet decriminalization of meth
0:00
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -12:13
-12:13

#9 how a mass shooting killed thailand’s quiet decriminalization of meth

how one man’s rampage unraveled years of drug reform and exposed a deeper crisis of guns, borders, and broken systems.

A former cop walks into a daycare in rural Thailand and kills 36 people, most of them children. The country is shaken and the quiet meth reform that had been helping addicts avoid prison?

Scrapped overnight.

In this episode, I break down how one mass shooting triggered the collapse of Thailand’s de facto decriminalization of meth, the role of illegal guns, and how the civil war next door in Myanmar is making things worse.

Discussion about this episode