One thing about these drug lords is that they have a big and powerful army to protect them. Even if mule or drug caravans get attacked when crossing the border into Thailand, these drug armies inside Myanmar’s sector of the Golden Triangle go untouched. Thai police have linked him to all sorts of celebrities and powerful figures in the Lao government. Families are drug users have been torn apart and lives ruined, needlessly, by these drugs that have made a handful of people rich. This is not to say that we should criminalise every single drug our government has declared illegal.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 11, 2017 18:00 UTC