<p>A Buddhist temple in Thailand has been left without any monks after they tested positive for drugs and were defrocked, according to AFP.</p>
<p>The four monks serving at a temple in the central Thai province of Phetchabun tested positive for methamphetamine on Monday, district official Boonlert Thintapthai told the outlet.</p>
<p>&#8220;The temple is now empty of monks and nearby villagers are concerned they cannot do any merit-making,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221129-bad-abbot-thai-temple-left-empty-after-monks-fail-drug-tests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p>Merit-making is the Buddhist practice of followers donating food to monks as a good deed, the report noted.</p>
<p>The disgraced monks have been sent to drug rehabilitation, the report added. New monks will be sent to the temple to continue its operation in the days ahead, Boonlert said.</p>
<p>Another Thai monk named Phra Annipalo, 34, was <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/thai-monks-in-rehab-after-testing-positive-for-meth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> earlier this month on drug charges after allegedly carjacking two vehicles and fleeing from police.</p>
<p>Last month, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/10/thai-pm-announces-crackdown-on-drugs-in-wake-of-nursery-attack">spoke out</a> regarding drug use in the country after a former police officer who was dismissed over methamphetamine possession killed 37 people during a shooting at a nursery.</p>
<p>At least 23 children were among those killed in the rampage. Some victims were as young as two. The former officer later took his own life.</p>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The prime minister &#8220;ordered provincial governors to strengthen drug prevention plans to tackle problems in their areas,” a government spokesperson <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/10/thai-pm-announces-crackdown-on-drugs-in-wake-of-nursery-attack">said</a> in a statement after the attack.</p>
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<p>Thailand is a major crossroads for methamphetamine trafficking from the Golden Triangle, which encompasses Myanmar, Laos, and northern Thailand, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).</p>
<p>“Criminal organizations have adapted and innovated, and it is impossible for countries to address transnational crime alone.” UNODC Regional Representative Jeremy Douglas <a href="https://www.unodc.org/roseap/2022/05/thailand-high-level-national-border-management-dialogue/story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in May.</p>
<p>“In the last two years, methamphetamine seizures in Southeast Asia have increased from 140 tons to close to 170 tons, and this trend is continuing &#8212; instability in the Golden Triangle and Shan State are contributing, and Thailand and Lao PDR need support for border control,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>More than one billion methamphetamine tablets were <a href="https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2022/June/unodc-report_-over-one-billion-methamphetamine-tablets-seized-in-east-and-southeast-asia-in-2021-as-the-regional-drug-trade-continues-to-expand.html">seized</a> in East and Southeast Asia in 2021, according to the agency, totaling 172 tons of the addictive substance.</p>
<p>&#8220;The total is seven times higher than it was 10 years ago, when just more than 143 million tablets were seized, and over thirty-five times higher than it was close to 20 years ago,&#8221; UNODC stated in a June report.</p>

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