A toddler who was reportedly using e-cigarettes and drinking kratom juice has been taken into protective custody by authorities in Saraburi.
The 19-month-old child was removed from his family's house in tambon Nong Pla Lai on Saturday and is now under the care of the province’s Shelter for Children and Families.
Neighbours said the boy’s mother, 17, uploaded several videos of her son being fed kratom juice and vaping on her social media.
The toddler was reported to be addicted to both substances and got upset if the parents did not give him them.
His parents claimed the boy took such substances of his own free will.
His grandmother, 39, said no one forced the boy to use e-cigarettes, and he was given soft drinks, not kratom juice.
The boy was sent to Saraburi Hospital on Monday for a health examination.
He will stay in the shelter’s care should his family be unable to care for him.
Police will charge the boy’s father, 31, for illegally importing an e-cigarette.
