Now that kratom is legal in Thailand, one woman in the Isaan province Buriram is dressing up in a bear costume and standing on the side of the road to attract business. Apparently, it has worked and her roadside sales of kratom leaves have shot up to over 1,000 baht per day.
40 year old Monradee Mordham from Udon Thani has had a change in career after losing her factory job due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Monradee has two children to support and was quickly forced to find an alternative source of income. Monradee chose to sell kratom, a Thai herb that was decriminalised last year, on the roadside in Buriram. However, she was only making 200 baht to 300 baht per day at first. Monradee tried changing the location of her kratom and windmill stall to spark more interest, to no avail. Just when things were looking downhill, Monradee found her bear-ings.
Monradee invested 700 baht in a…
