SE Asians drug of choice is usally methamphetamine. I cannot say I have never done it but the last time was 1986. I was on leave for the IDF. Careerists get 2 months off a year if a Lone Soldier- a programme for Jews in the Diaspora. I came to NYC to visit my parents and as sometimes happened I ended up staying in Monmouth County in New Jersey. At a party an acquaintance offered me a few lines of methamphetamine. I laid out a line and it was the worst tasting shite I ever ingested. After that I was given a bit but most of it liquified. Back in the days when almost all methamphetamine was derived from the precursor P2P it was extremely hygroscopic.
I dislike all stimulants but view methamphetamine as perhaps the worst substance both for subjective use as well as for what it does to users. In the Philippines Ice has affected probably every extended family in the nation. Known by the term "Shabu," users congregate in what Filipinos call a "Tiangge," a crackhouse. The Philippines has the purest Ice on the planet on average. This is because Chinese Triads have megafactories there.
In Cambodia there are two forms, "Yaa Maa," multicoloured pills that are usually 35 to 40% pure and contain flavourings like vanillin and rosewater. These are usually smoked though some use it orally. Most come from the Wa ethnicity in Mynamar (Burma). However there is a portion that is locally manufactured. Locally they cost $5.00 US per tablet and being a nation where most make $2.00 to $4.00 a day it has crippled the economy. Ice is used alot as well but at $60.00 US per gramme most cannot afford it.
I dislike all stimulants but view methamphetamine as perhaps the worst substance both for subjective use as well as for what it does to users. In the Philippines Ice has affected probably every extended family in the nation. Known by the term "Shabu," users congregate in what Filipinos call a "Tiangge," a crackhouse. The Philippines has the purest Ice on the planet on average. This is because Chinese Triads have megafactories there.
In Cambodia there are two forms, "Yaa Maa," multicoloured pills that are usually 35 to 40% pure and contain flavourings like vanillin and rosewater. These are usually smoked though some use it orally. Most come from the Wa ethnicity in Mynamar (Burma). However there is a portion that is locally manufactured. Locally they cost $5.00 US per tablet and being a nation where most make $2.00 to $4.00 a day it has crippled the economy. Ice is used alot as well but at $60.00 US per gramme most cannot afford it.