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Around the pool on tropical Koh Samui, tourists sip champagne – and now, smoke joints

It’s a hot Sunday afternoon on tropical Koh Samui and tourists at a luxury beach club are relaxing on white sofas, cooling off in the pool and sipping expensive champagne. Some are also smoking cannabis joints, right out in the open.