Small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Record breaking amounts of methamphetamines are being seized the cost asia. Massive calls of killings and crystal meth are flooding the region. Some of it reaching as far north as japan and as far south as a stray lead in new zealand. Where does it all come from me in mar the biggest meth producer in the world. Little. Old world has lost before it can struggle. One the one east travels to the borders winds of mean mark twain best to keep whats driving asian meth through and why authorities are powerless to stop it. This is the socalled golden trying a border region known for its beauty and the tories for drugs. Behind these mountains is myanmar were standing in thailand and over there is a highway making it really easy for traffickers to bring drugs over the border and straight to the cities of thailand its a perfec
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