By Citylife | Thu 12 Mar 2020
For millennia, Thai farmers have chewed the leaves as a mild stimulant. Mike Brier asks whether this simple herb is the answer to Thailand's drug problem.
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Gay marriage, anyone? The confounding duel standard of crime and punishment for the rich and the poor is also a long running and depressing global theme.
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I have always been interested in asking awkward questions and have drifted in and out of philosophy all my life.
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I have become intellectually moribund. People think that just because I can write well and speak well I therefore must also think. But no.
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There have been attempts by the sensible to encourage temples to at least give some explanations as to why this tradition is still maintained
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Now, I am aware that there are some who might not see a concerted decision to spend hours on end jiggling my joystick in front of a computer screen as worthy of a
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