Buri Ram province chosen as first site for medical marijuana harvesting

Whoops. After claiming that ketamine was seized in what Thailand’s Narcotics Control Board says is the biggest drug bust on record, the board is now saying the initial 60 bags that were tested, contained only chemical cleaning agents. Last week’s bust at a Chachoengsao warehouse made international headlines as officials reportedly found 11.5 tonnes of the illegal drug. Special K indeed!

Now, in an about face, the board has embarrassingly admitted that the supposed ketamine was actually trisodium phosphate (TSP), a “cleaner, builder, lubricant, food additive, stain remover, and degreaser” that is commonly used in food and pharmaceutical industries. There was a large TSP label on the bags on display as the Thai police paraded their “evidence”.

However, the chemicals found in those bags had been known to be commonly used to hide and help smuggle such illegal drugs across…