Pinothippy

what is happening to the land of smiles?

http://www.wowasis.com/travelblog/?p=6098

A warning that tourists are being targeted by the BIB for spot searches and urine tests.

sounds like a waste of police resources to me

slow news day

A decent sized bust but it's still just a finger in a very leaky dyke

Good luck getting the tea money train to stop. Corruption is so widespread its going to take years of sustained effort to reduce it

I saw how the Thai prepare eggs for Khai Dao. They float the egg in a wok of oil until it is cooked. I figure by increasing the Thai's consumption of eggs by 100, the country should see a corresponding increase in obesity and heart disease. Great thinking!

It's not the eggs causing the obesity. It's the gross amounts of sugar. in its original form, ladled on everything from noodles to sauces, sodas, white flour, palm oil (in which the eggs are 'boiled'), convenience foods, and overall lack of exercise, among others, that are the main culprits contributing to heart disease and type 2 diabetes. When I arrived in Thailand years ago, I never noticed overweight children. Now, I see morbidly obese children riding their motorbikes all the time. The healthiest looking people seem to be the field workers who can't afford to buy the more expensive crap food. Their main diet consists of vegetables and rice, which does not cause obesity if it is not combined with other high calorie foods, and they are performing labor intensive work for most of the day. Not sure if the work keeps them thin, or that they don't have the time or means to consume the unhealthy food like products which have caused havoc on the health of many western nations.

Eggsactly

Nothing will change. It's time this "war" was ended

Is it April 1st?

That leg looks rank. He needs to get that seen to or it will see to him.

I always found the train a reliable and quick way from the airport into the city. It will be a shame if it closes

I would not be shocked to see it happen considering the mass testing of people in their own homes in BKK that happened this week.

This is just the start of a much bigger campaign by the looks of it. I wonder when they will crack down on prostitution industry as many many of the girls are hooked on yaba or is that industry too lucerative for too many powerful people?

So has anyone else been tested? If this was really happening i would have thought it would be big news, especially on an island that hosts Full Moon parties.

not the sharpest looking couple

A small victory in an war that cannot be won. How much will end up back on the streets?

If you are not doing anything wrong then what is the problem?

we are off to a good start so far, of course it can't be 100% and the general will have to let his guard down a little, but nonetheless this is the first time I ever saw so much change in the past 20 years against corruption and law enforcement.

What has actually been achieved so far?

An admirable goal but where do you start? Corruption is endemic at all levels in Thai society. I wish him luck.

“If I am Angyee [a Triad gangster], what does my supporting local government officers for almost 10 years signify?” he asked

All that tea money wasted..

The only time i have had a problem with food in Thailand it was from oysters in a restaurant. Never been ill from street food and its what i mainly eat when in Thailand. I think it is one of the great things about Thailand.

"The urine tests used in the mining industry in Australia test for multi drugs including meth and pot as well as cocaine and opiates. I would not bet they are only testing for meth."

But do they care about the pot? Friend who owns a construction company in US gets all new workers tested and does periodic tests. It tests for pot but he does not care about this; speed is what he is concerned about and I would do it too if I had a similar business.

Any positive result will result in you being fired. Safety is a big issue in the mines. Pot is one of the main things they are testing for in the mining industry. If the police are urine testing in LOS then you can bet it's a multi substance test. They may indeed not care about pot but i would not be risking it.

Sorry, but there is no such thing as a multi substance test. It has to be multiple tests on separate samples.

The mining industry has much more to lose from drug abuse and far more time and resources at its disposal to make sure it doesn't happen.

Think about this; the Thai police descend on a disco with several hundred customers; how many could they process if they are separating out mutiple samples and applying different test? And would it be cost effective? They have to prioritise and whacky baccy is not going to be top of their list.

I've been in a Pattaya bar when the pee volunteers rushed in. Only Thais had to give a sample; we farangs were simply ignored. It was a quick spurt of some chemical into each sample immediately it was handed over, which turned purple if someone had been naughty. The only marijuana test I've ever seen involved dropping a very small, measured amount of urine onto a test strip and allowing a certain amount of time to elapse for a coloured strip to develop or not; quite a bit more difficult to handle with an angry crowd behind you desperate to get away.

I'm not trying to encourage drug use; just trying to inject some reality here.

Sorry but you are not correct. Multi drug urine tests are quite common.Here is a couple of different ones.

http://www.drug-testing.com.au/6-drug-urine-test/

http://www.drug-testing.com.au/drugsure-1/

"The urine tests used in the mining industry in Australia test for multi drugs including meth and pot as well as cocaine and opiates. I would not bet they are only testing for meth."

But do they care about the pot? Friend who owns a construction company in US gets all new workers tested and does periodic tests. It tests for pot but he does not care about this; speed is what he is concerned about and I would do it too if I had a similar business.

Any positive result will result in you being fired. Safety is a big issue in the mines. Pot is one of the main things they are testing for in the mining industry. If the police are urine testing in LOS then you can bet it's a multi substance test. They may indeed not care about pot but i would not be risking it.

Does this pee test shows marihuana too?

Yes.

Marijuana use can be detected up to 2-5 days after exposure for infrequent users; For heavy users: 1-15 days; For chronic users and/or users with high body fat: 1-30 days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_drug_testing

Not quite true, the poster said, "this pee test".

The tests are drug specific and marijuana and amphetamine require a totally different test.

The costs of carrying a multi-drug testing range would be too expensive, and the hassle of trying to divide and keep track of different samples for different tests in a public place too complicated to be realistic. Of course if they take you to the police station then it's a different story.

In practice, since amphetamine is regarded as they key issue it is the only drug likely to be tested for on a random basis.

The urine tests used in the mining industry in Australia test for multi drugs including meth and pot as well as cocaine and opiates. I would not bet they are only testing for meth.