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Malaysian held on kratom charge

Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 21.02
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SONGKHLA - A Malaysian woman was arrested at the southern border and charged with smuggling 98 kilogrammes of kratom leaves into Thailand.

Customs authorities arrested Adila binte Tioma after she refused to stop her Thailand-bound car for a full check at the border in Sadao district, and sped off from the checkpoint. Authorities chased the Proton with the registration plate, PDU 382, until the driver lost control and hit a tree about seven kilometres from the Thai-Malaysian border.

Customs authorities searches Adila bin Tioma's car and find kratom leaves after the Malaysian woman escaped a border check in Sadao district, Songkhla, on Wendesday. (Photo by Wichayant Boonchote)

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tamsin
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Discussion 2 : 21 Mar 2013 at 10.452
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This ban on Kratom is frankly ridiculous and yet another over reaction to the governmen'ts anti drug policy. I've never tried it, but researched it after I'd read in my local paper that several large and very old Kratom trees had been hacked down in my town. These leaves, which can be made into a tea, apparently have no worse effect than expresso coffee with a bit of valium mixed in, and far less dangerous nor 'addictive' than the ubiquitous Lao Kao.

And hey! If it does darken the skin, the Thais could make a fortune out of it by processing it and selling it to the West!
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Discussion 1 : 21 Mar 2013 at 09.201
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In my village they just chew the raw leaves, there is a regular distribution run every morning. But this is only with the middle aged and older, the teenagers prefer harder stuff. One think I find entertaining is that a side effect of kratom use is a darkening of the skin, particularly on the face.
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