{
  "id": 18219273,
  "title": "Crystal Meth in Thailand: Penalties By Quantity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/crystal-meth-in-thailand-penalties-by-quantity",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T00:03:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/crime/crystal-meth-in-thailand-penalties/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "How much crystal meth can lead to a charge in Thailand, and what penalties may follow? Thai law sets a small-quantity presumption for possession for consumption, but possession can still be an offense, and the law doesn’t use simple weight-based sentencing bands. The charge and possible penalty depend on the alleged conduct and evidence, not […] The post Crystal Meth in Thailand: Penalties By…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}