Malaysia's Kampung High
I grew up with many adults in my village in Majidee in Johor in the 1960s who were stoned either on ganja imported from Thailand or pil khayal – ecstasy – bought from some pharmacist in the town of Johor Baru.
Had I not got hooked on books and slept with them and run around the kampung exploring the world carefully, I would have ended up as another Mat G…
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