Batu

Mark Troy wrote:
>
> I am reading Paul theroux's HOTEL HONOLULU. In it, he mentions a drug
> called "batu." Does anyone know what that is?

Crystal meth. Ice.

*Smithfarms Pure Kona <thunder@smithfarms.com> writes:
>
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 23:05:10 -0000, Judy <jbarrett@hawaii.dot.>
> wrote:
> >
> >Mark Troy wrote:
> >>
> >> I am reading Paul theroux's HOTEL HONOLULU. In it, he mentions a
> drug
> >> called "batu." Does anyone know what that is?
> >
> >Crystal meth. Ice.
>
> I think it is the Filipino name for ice. IIRC Batu first came to
> Hawaii a number of years ago from the P.I.
>
You should have stop on your first sentence. Yes batu is the Filipino
word for for crystal methamphetamine, but as far as coming here first
from the Philippines is kind of streching it.

>tongloa wrote:
>Think what decriminalizing ganja would do for thre tourist industry as
>well! All those well heeled Western USA tourists that now vacation in
>Amsterdam would 'head West pot head!'

If we could get an on-the-spot test to
check drivers for reefer madness it might
work. Farmers would be happy to have a
new cash crop.

"This is a man's world!"