rooster59 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Figures reveal extent of drug problem in Thailand Image: INN Figures announced by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board reveal the extent of the problem facing the authorities in Thailand. Getting on for a billion Ya Ba have been seized and almost a third of a million suspects have been arrested. The NCB were announcing their results from the period of October of last year to the end of August 2018. There were 298,975 cases with 322,294 suspects. Of these more than 75,000 were serious enough to warrant major charges of nearly 90,000 suspects. In total 306,315,504 Ya Ba (methamphetamine), 30,060 kilos of ganja and 14,361 kilos of "ice" (crystal meth) were seized. A joint operation with six countries entitled "Maekhong Safety" (January 2016 to August 2018) has handled 1,836 cases involving 3,376 suspects. This operation has netted the following quantities of drugs according to INN: Ya Ba: 490, 255,954 tablets Ganja: 35,405 kilos Ice: 18,854 kilos Heroin: 8,073 kilos Opium: 2,672 kilos Ecstasy: 1,677,624 tablets. Chief of the NCB Sirinya Sitthichai gave reporters a rundown on his team's work yesterday in the continuing war on drugs in Thailand. Source: INN -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-09-08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shadowofacloud Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 25 minutes ago, rooster59 said: the continuing war on drugs in Thailand And we all know how well wars on drugs work. 12 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post marko kok prong Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, shadowofacloud said: And we all know how well wars on drugs work. Yeah going real good down Mexico way. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lupatria Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 ...and whoever shares this news on facebook will be sued by the TAT? 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yellowboat Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 The buffoonery of the war on drugs a waste of human lives and money. Education works far better than a bunch of gun toting machismos. Also giving people a better quality life with more opportunities helps too. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sir Dude Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 The Thais know where the factories are in Burma and those areas are not under the control of Burma's military or government. No reason why the Thai armed forces can't carry out unannounced air strikes on these places if they were serious about making a dent in the production...as not as if the Wa State Army is going to attack Thailand. However, I would guess that many powerful people are making too much money out of the transit of drugs for anything to really happen. 7 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vacuum Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 40 minutes ago, Lupatria said: ...and whoever shares this news on facebook will be sued by the TAT? On the contrary. Tourism to full moon party islands will surge. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 51 minutes ago, Sir Dude said: carry out unannounced air strikes on these places Yes if they don't run out of fuel flying East for two or three hours. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lungstib Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 With numbers like that it must leave the drug business very close to the top of Thai business profits and also in employment opportunities. Corn, cassava, rubber and rice dont appear to offer the same monetary rewards. And all they ever do is catch the carriers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post from the home of CC Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Sir Dude said: The Thais know where the factories are in Burma and those areas are not under the control of Burma's military or government. No reason why the Thai armed forces can't carry out unannounced air strikes on these places if they were serious about making a dent in the production...as not as if the Wa State Army is going to attack Thailand. However, I would guess that many powerful people are making too much money out of the transit of drugs for anything to really happen. besides the Chinese are making a killing producing the chemicals for production. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted September 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, rooster59 said: Getting on for a billion Ya Ba have been seized and almost a third of a million suspects have been arrested. No wonder Thai jails are packed to overflowing. They either need to build more jails or come up with a different model for handling methamphetimine addiction which seems to be pervasive. Easy to build jails, but difficult to discern and address the underlying problem, like people wishing to feel good. Perhaps the middle ground is to give up criminalizing consumption, decriminalize ganja and kratom, and then focus efforts on the suppliers and distribution networks of the hard drugs. Edited September 8, 2018 by connda 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Frightening stats, also 30% of service conscripts test positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 And what of pharmaceuticals? Less an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonseeker Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Scary numbers and probably a big factor in agressive and crazy driving behavior. MS> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowofacloud Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, connda said: Perhaps the middle ground is to give up criminalizing consumption, decriminalize ganja and kratom, and then focus efforts on the suppliers and distribution networks of the hard drugs. Yes, this seems to be the only reasonable thing to do. If cannabis products, along with kratom - both of which have been used in traditional local medicine for ages - would be available on every talad, the popularity of yaba would start decreasing. And yaba seems to be the main problem in the area, as far as drugs are concerned. Some parties in the Thai government even propose legalizing all three drugs - cannabis, kratom and methamphetamine. Personally, I am not entirely convinced if hard and extremely addictive drugs such as yaba should be legal, but then it would allow the government to control the supply and target addicts with rehab programs, education or maybe even solutions similar to methadone clinics in the west. Edited September 8, 2018 by shadowofacloud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 These people really have no face to keep fighting when it's clear that hey have lost the war ! I wish all the kids in their families to be drug addicts ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 14 hours ago, shadowofacloud said: And we all know how well wars on drugs work. Yeah and just because it's not winning a war it makes it right.you can stick to the winning side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 8 hours ago, connda said: No wonder Thai jails are packed to overflowing. They either need to build more jails or come up with a different model for handling methamphetimine addiction which seems to be pervasive. Easy to build jails, but difficult to discern and address the underlying problem, like people wishing to feel good. Perhaps the middle ground is to give up criminalizing consumption, decriminalize ganja and kratom, and then focus efforts on the suppliers and distribution networks of the hard drugs. Rehabilitation or prison.give them the choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerrie R Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 14 hours ago, yellowboat said: The buffoonery of the war on drugs a waste of human lives and money. Education works far better than a bunch of gun toting machismos. Also giving people a better quality life with more opportunities helps too. The was a police chief in WA, Aust whose so was heavily involved in meth,it affects anyone, also a past politicians daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Perhaps the "main supplier" should find a new job but then I don't know what the Police would then find for an income. Police turn a blind eye to a lot of this and get paid to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pattayadgw Posted September 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2018 If those are accurate figures for confiscation just think how much has got through.... the mind boggles!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinsdale Posted September 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2018 Portugal has no such problems. They legalised everything. Gaols are emptying, crimes down and employments up showing that legalising drugs will see an increase in useage and social problems is an absolute furphy.? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzidenn Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 What ever happened to coke? Or didn’t it make it to the list because it’s too posh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudopode Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 69.000.000/300.000=230 And that's just the dudes they arrested Take off the people less than 15 and above 60 in the 69 millons Thai population that makes a MENTAL MENTAL proportion of drug traffickers. MENTAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post boonrawdcnx Posted September 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2018 The buffoonery of the war on drugs a waste of human lives and money. Education works far better than a bunch of gun toting machismos. Also giving people a better quality life with more opportunities helps too. I so agree with your opinion - over several decades now I have been watching drug trade and consumption grow year after year. I have also noticed that we have lost a lot of young people here over the years because of a series of circumstances - mostly lack of education because their poor families took them out of school early. It is almost impossible later for them to find jobs - they meet the wrong people who seem to offer them a way out by dealing for them and soon one day they end up in prison. When released they have even less choices and the vicious cycle starts again. Low quality of life and no opportunities as you say drives them directly into the hands of those who offer them a way out of poverty as the rest of society and even their own families reject them. Then of course I wonder if these so called “wars on drugs” are not just smoke screens put up by the rich and powerful to pretend to the naive masses they do something about it! Reason I think that we are fooled into believing they want to stop the trade when they are not - just add up the numbers! The money generated here is enormous! The quantities seized mentioned in the OP are just the tip of the iceberg! These are billions of $ we are talking here the entire GDP of Thailand was approx. 455 billion $ in 2017. This quantities which make it trough to the end consumers must be enormous considering that usually only a small percentage is seized, the money they generate - which flows back into the economy must be quite a sizable part of GDP ! There are estimates that the illegal drug trade in the area is worth between 16-17 billion US $ with the real numbers likely much higher - I am not sure if anybody is serious of stamping out the drug trade considering the money involved. With tourism accounting for roughly 18-19 % of Thailand’s GDP - around 80 - 90 billion $ stamping out the drug trade in Thailand tomorrow would account as if the country would loose approx. 25 % of tourism revenue. I have the suspicion that any major seizures of illegal drugs are more of a “redistribution” effort of these enormous profits than real attempts to stamp the trade out - which is useless anyway. The drug trade can only stop when people stop taking them as long as there is demand there will be supply - this can only be achieved through education and by giving young people a meaning in life and opportunities. Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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