Thai student tests positive for meth, believes it’s from skin whitening supplement

A 19 year old Thai student‘s admission to a pharmacy faculty at a university is jeopardised after she tested positive for methamphetamine, which she believes was in a skin whitening supplement she ordered from TikTok. The girl’s mother, a 45 year old woman from the northeast Buriram province, is distraught over the situation.

The girl, who is preparing to begin her studies at the pharmacy faculty, had to undergo a medical examination as part of the admission process, scheduled for today.

On Friday, she went to a hospital for the exam, where doctors discovered methamphetamine in her urine. The doctors were unable to issue her a certificate of good health, which is required to enrol at the university.

The girl and her mother are convinced that the reason for the positive drug test is the skin whitening supplement she had ordered from TikTok, since she had never…