Hm. Which is more brain-tweaking, Buddhism or cannabis?
22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust
Aren’t Buddhists supposed to get their mellowness from being Buddhist as opposed to drugs? Am I wrong?
Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport with a record 242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said.
A Sri Lanka Customs spokesman said the group, returning home after a four-day vacation in the Thai capital, had Kush — a potent, plant-based strain of cannabis — hidden in their luggage.
“Each carried about five kilos of the narcotic concealed within false walls in their luggage,” the spokesman said, adding that the monks had been handed over to police.
Hidden. No pretending it was an innocent mistake then.
The latest arrests aren’t the first time monks have run afoul of drug laws.
In 2022, every single monk at a Buddhist temple in central Thailand was defrocked after they tested positive for methamphetamine. The monks were sent to a health clinic to undergo drug rehabilitation.
On the one hand cannabis, on the other hand meth. Mellow, or hopped up. What are the goals here, and where does the Buddhism come in?
In 2017, police said a Buddhist monk was arrested in Myanmar after authorities found more than 4 million meth pills in his car and in his monastery.
Ommmmmmmm.
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