Every Buddhist Monk In This Monastery Just Tested Positive For Meth!

02.12.2022 - 01:13 / perezhilton.com

The entire congregation of Buddhist monks at a monastery in central Thailand have been removed from their positions and sent to a rehab facility after testing positive for methamphetamine.

The four monks had been serving in a monastery in the Bueng Sam Phan district of the country’s Phetchabun province, a hilly region in a north-central inland part of the southeast Asian nation.

According to Agence France-Presse, which first reported the shocking story this week, the four monks — including the temple’s abbot — were outed by officials after failing drug tests on Monday. Wait, why were the monks being drug-tested in the first place? Surely that isn’t common practice, they aren’t a high school football team. Did a visitor notice something strange? Were there previous issues?

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Well, it turns out methamphetamines are becoming an issue all over the country. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Thai leaders have observed an influx of meth in the country in recent years. The UN believes the substance is produced in neighboring Myanmar and smuggled across the border.

AFP reports that local police raided the property amid a province-wide crackdown on drug trafficking. There is no report that any drugs were found within the Buddhist temple itself — apart from the traces within the monks themselves, that is. After the monks’ urine tests came back positive, officials took action.

Now, the monks have been defrocked from their positions and sent to a rehab clinic to combat meth addiction. In the meantime, the temple has been left without any holy men. And the surrounding community in Bueng Sam Phan is seeking solace