Don’t buy marijuana abroad: Tourist gets 6 months for possession in Bali


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Idyllic southeast Asia becomes a lot less picture-perfect when you're looking at a prison sentence. Visitors need to remember that an escape from the ordinary doesn't equal an escape from local laws.

A 17-year-old Japanese boy was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for possessing a small amount of marijuana while vacationing with family on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. The teen could have received 12 years under Indonesia's tough nar