Siem Reap Drug Ring Arrested with 5Kgs of "Meth"

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Yeah, you are right. Thanks for your stunning input, I don't know what we'd do without you. :?
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John Bingham wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 7:12 pm Yeah, you are right. Thanks for your stunning input, I don't know what we'd do without you. :?
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nemo wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:16 am
Well, what can you expect with a handle like that? He has changed it once but still can't spell dunning-kruger despite the fact he is a prime exemplar.
ItWasntMe wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:18 am Considering Yaba is the pill form of methamphetamine it's a bit funny to talk about Yaba as you know it and in the same breathe state there is no such thing as an methamphetamine pill. But then again, not knowing too much about these kind of things might be a good sign :good:
I'm not an expert. But having read all your comments (not only including the ones referenced above), none of them disprove my point that what you were most likely were discussing was MDMA tablets and not meth.

Sure, I could be wrong. I've never lived in Cambodia. I don't try to be an expert at something I don't know. But it certainly seems like, to me, that you are misinformed.
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Laos makes Asia’s biggest drug bust of 55 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth
Police in Laos have carried out Asia's biggest-ever drug bust during which they seized over 55.6 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth in a single raid.
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/sout ... 47579.html
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donner-kruger wrote: Fri Nov 05, 2021 3:26 am
nemo wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:16 am
Well, what can you expect with a handle like that? He has changed it once but still can't spell dunning-kruger despite the fact he is a prime exemplar.
ItWasntMe wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:18 am Considering Yaba is the pill form of methamphetamine it's a bit funny to talk about Yaba as you know it and in the same breathe state there is no such thing as an methamphetamine pill. But then again, not knowing too much about these kind of things might be a good sign :good:
I'm not an expert. But having read all your comments (not only including the ones referenced above), none of them disprove my point that what you were most likely were discussing was MDMA tablets and not meth.

Sure, I could be wrong. I've never lived in Cambodia. I don't try to be an expert at something I don't know. But it certainly seems like, to me, that you are misinformed.
If you’ve never lived in Cambodia why in one of your earlier posts (in reply to AndyKK) do you say “here in Cambodia”?
By your own admission you say “you’re not an expert”, “you could be wrong”, “your not trying to be an expert at something you don’t know”, but when multiple members who’ve been here long enough to know about such things are trying to educate you, you absolutely refuse to accept you might be wrong.
You’ve been a member of CEO for 5 minutes, but you’re already getting confrontational with other members over a subject you appear to know very little about. As for your “I’ve never heard of something, therefore it cannot be” mentality, ffs.
Personally, I thought I knew fuck all about drugs, but I do know that Yaba is some form of meth. I also know a bullshitting troll when I see one.
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donner-kruger wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:29 am
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:11 am
OTHER NAMES:

Madness drug
Horse medicine
Hardworking pill
Button
More: https://reachoutrecovery.com/what-is-yaba/
None of those names are street names for Meth. The drug you're most likely referring to (judging from the pics) is called Ecstasy. Which is similar to Meth. But chemically very different. The actual term is methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA).
AndyKK wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:13 am
Take a look at this article.

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/thailan ... -medicine/
In no part in that article does it support your assertion that "Meth is a drug for the financially better off".
Ecstasy is not similar to meth, they are very different drugs with very different effects ?
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tightenupvolume1 wrote: Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:38 pm
donner-kruger wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:29 am
CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:11 am
OTHER NAMES:

Madness drug
Horse medicine
Hardworking pill
Button
More: https://reachoutrecovery.com/what-is-yaba/
None of those names are street names for Meth. The drug you're most likely referring to (judging from the pics) is called Ecstasy. Which is similar to Meth. But chemically very different. The actual term is methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA).
AndyKK wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:13 am
Take a look at this article.

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/thailan ... -medicine/
In no part in that article does it support your assertion that "Meth is a drug for the financially better off".
Ecstasy is not similar to meth, they are very different drugs with very different effects ?
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