Indonesia releases Australian drug teen

This kid is so lucky!! Indonesia made an example out of him with no death penalty!

I do hope he learns a lesson and also that his idiot hippie patents get a clue too as to how lucky they got THIS TIME!!!

Certainly not on my list of "Must Visit"....

Glad to see the siliness end. All this over some pot! Some people truly have too much time on their hands!

Police in Bali have long been known to pay informers to identify buyers.

Never been out to Bali, but if I do, I will remember to stay away from taima.

Maybe Bali needs to make a new section, say like in Holland, where marijuana is legal etc..and TAX it??

Well hopefully the little nub has learned his lesson, don't take your contraband or buy contraband on foreign soil. If you don't know the consequences of the laws of the land you can lose your life over it.

@Travis&Elbuda seems you two forgot different countries have different laws and when in Rome do as the Romans do to avoid this "silliness". Every culture has things that are offensive to their society, so expecting them to act or think like you or some other society is really silly in itself.

seems you two forgot different countries have different laws and when in Rome do as the Romans do to avoid this "silliness".

Just because the actions of the teenager are silly does not make the actions of the Indonesian government any less silly.

Every culture has things that are offensive to their society, so expecting them to act or think like you or some other society is really silly in itself.

The culture excuse does not make it any less silly either. If it was a crime in Indonesia to wear cloth made of different fabrics it would be silly, no matter how much offense Indonsians took. Its the same with marijuana, and as far as I can see, most of the world is in fact silly about marijuana.

As I said Travis, what do you not understand. ITS THEIR COUNTRY and they will run it as THEY WISH whether you think its absurd or not. As for the other countries, same rule applies. I'm gathering from your "stance" you're a pro pot smoker for any recreational use and must think that everyone should do it. I will state this for you to think about. Every human being in the world has a different metabolism, and certain drugs can help or destroy that person based on their physiology. Just because it may work for one doesn't mean it will work for others. Like some people can't eat or even touch peanuts because it can kill them due to allergic reactions. Same goes with any drug MJ included. Please keep that in mind before you continue with "I think they should do it because I think everyone should do it" mentality.

I do think legalization can happen (in some countries that are more willing obviously) but I also think that it needs to be regulated just like tobacco and people should never have to be exposed to someone elses choices on their health. You don't want to smoke anything next to a person with bronchitis, asthma, allergies, or newborn children would you? Thats why laws are in place and some countries don't even want anything on their soil that can impare their citizens in certain ways. So keep in mind, your rights end at the end of your nose and should not be allowed to obstruct or affect the health of others. Keep that in mind.

Dicator, interesting comments, but I see a few contradictions in them, but anyway this kid is just lucky he was not busted over in Malaysia or Singapore!

@Elbuda he still got busted in a very strict country, its just that his lawyer probably was able to bribe the right people and thats rare. Mostly his age played a role in that too, cos I'm pretty sure Australia would have been cheesed if the boy was imprisoned for life or some other extreme situation. If he didn't go against their laws in the first place he would not have been in this situation period. But he's young and stupid as most teens usually don't think ahead before doing something. It just could have ended very nasty for him but luckily it didn't. I just hope he's wiser about travelling overseas now or will he repeat the same mistake in another country that would hang him high for such a thing regardless of age.