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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Alastair McCready

‘Cheaper than beer’: Laos meth prices plummet as Myanmar chaos fuels trade

An anti-narcotics poster at customs at the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in north-west Laos [Alastair McCready/Al Jazeera]

Vientiane, Laos – Keo remembers the day he consumed so much yaba that he “lost his mind.”

The 37-year-old from Laos took more of the drug – a potent combination of methamphetamine and caffeine – than he had ever done before.

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