Since restrictions were introduced to combat the second wave of COVID-19 last September, marijuana sales have increasingly shifted online. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)
Since restrictions were introduced to combat the second wave of COVID-19 last September, marijuana sales have increasingly shifted online. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Myanmar’s dank web: Drug trade shifts to Facebook amid pandemic

The minimum penalty for trafficking marijuana is 10 years’ imprisonment but that hasn’t deterred an increasing number of dealers from selling openly on social media.

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