Thailand’s Lahu are caught in a growing drug trade – some are starting to fight back

Cheap methamphetamine from Myanmar is flooding Thailand’s Lahu communities, where poverty and decades of neglect have left young people with few alternatives. But some are fighting back – with ancient rituals, a shoestring charity and, for the first time, the law on their side.

Videography | Watsamon Tri-Yasakda/AFP Producers | Nathaphob Sungkate, Luke Duggleby  Editor | Nicolas Axelrod Supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting

An HaRDstories/AFP collaboration