I morse var det väldigt kallt ute. Dagen har varit väldigt fin men inte särskilt varm.
I Pattaya har de haft +29,6 grader och 79% luftfuktighet. En vän berättar att det regnade kraftigt i går och vid Royal Garden var det en halv meter på gatan. Det kom 25,8 mm på eftermiddagen.
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Norrman greps med narkotika
En 44 årig norrman greps med 3 yabatabletter. Norrmannen som levt i Thailand i mer än 10 år talar thai och greps senast i januari för narkotikabrott. Norrmannen hade försökt att sätta eld på sitt rum vid Viking Guesthouse på Jomtien Beach. När polis anlände hade norrmannen hallucinationer.
Har flera ggr läst att polisen gripit personer för innehav av yabatabletter. Vad är yabatabletter för något egentligen? Förstår ju att det är klassat som narkotika, men vet du vad det är???
SvaraRaderamethamphetamine och caffeine.
SvaraRadera"Yaba (ÂÒºéÒ; also Ya Ba, Yaa baa, Ya baa or Yah Bah; "crazy medicine" in Thai) are tablets containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine, typically brightly colored in orange or green and carrying logos such as "R" or "WY". They are sometimes called Bhul Bhuliya in India.
Quality varies according to source, most are manufactured for oral administration or 'chasing' on foil; there is a brand preferred for injecting from Laos. This illegal drug combination is especially popular in Thailand, where it is imported from neighboring Burma. In recent years it has also been used by immigrant populations in the United States, and occasionally as a club drug replacing ecstasy.
Yaba tablets were outlawed by the Thai government in 1970; at the time they were sold at gas stations and used by Thai truckers to keep awake. After many horrific long distance bus accidents, and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's campaign from 2003 onwards to eliminate drug trafficking, use of the drug for bus drivers is not as widespread as it was. Retail prices have risen from 100 - 150 Baht ($3-4) to 250-450 Baht per pill as a result of the crackdown, though it remains a popular party drug.
In 2006, Yaba consumption became fashionable for the well-to-do in Bangladesh. A series of highly publicized drug raids in 2007 by authorities implicated some well-known business people there. When the owner of Hotel Purbani and his girlfriend were arrested for allegedly smuggling Yaba, it generated large media coverage."