FDA incinerates 16.4 tonnes of drugs in Ayutthaya

[snoop1130]

FDA incinerates 16.4 tonnes of drugs in Ayutthaya

By The Nation

 

 

The Food and Drug Administration incinerated 16.467 tonnes of narcotics in Ayutthaya, Wednesday to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

 

The ceremony was held at at the Utilities and Environment Management Office of the Bang Pa-in Industrial estate and chaired by FDA secretary general Doctor Tharet Krutnairawiwong.

 

This marks the 49th incineration of seized drugs by the FDA since 1997.

 

The drugs disposal ceremony was witnessed by foreign envoys and representatives of government and associated private agencies, including the Royal Thai Police.

 

The FDA chief said that the destroyed drugs came from 6,910 separate cases and were worth about Bt20 billion. They broke down to 12.369 tonnes of meth, or about 137 million meth pills, 3.443 tonnes of crystal meth, 143kg of ecstasy pills, 44kg of cocaine, 258kg of opium and 193kg of other miscellaneous drugs.

 

He said that 16.499 tonnes of hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa L. subsp. Sativa) were also destroyed.

 

The the FDA chief added that the burning process was carried out using pyrolytic incineration at temperatures of 800C.

 

He said the FDA would hold a further drug disposal ceremony on July 5.

 

Since 1997, the FDA has held incinerations of seized drugs on 49 separate occasions, burning 145.243 tonnes of drugs worth Bt217.39 billion. Methamphetamine and crystal meth consisted of the majority of drugs destroyed, with 90.521 tonnes of them incinerated, followed by 29.258 tonnes of opium, 25.27 tonnes of heroin, and 193 kgs of ecstasy.

 

The FDA chief said in the speech that the Public Health Ministry would also rehabilitate drug addicts after their arrest. This year, the ministry aims at providing drug rehabilitation to 219,275 addicts, breaking down into 136,725 who voluntarily agree to receive rehabilitation, 56,550 who are ordered to and 26,000 prison inmates.

 

From October 1 2018 to June 18, 2019, the Public Health Ministry has reportedly rehabilitated 133,962 drug addicts or 61.09 per cent of all addicts arrested.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30371795

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-26

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[Hayduke]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

FDA incinerates 16.4 tonnes of drugs in Ayutthaya

 

Now that those 16+ tonnes of fake product have been destroyed and are 'off the books'....the 16+ tonnes of real drugs (piled up in the general's warehouse) can safely be resold for a massive profit.

 

 

 

[Andyfez]

 

[natway09]

They could have warned me . I wanted to be downwind

[FarFlungFalang]

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said that 16.499 tonnes of hemp seeds (Cannabis sativa L. subsp. Sativa) were also destroyed.

Should have saved these seeds for the farmers!

[PETERTHEEATER]

In other news, scores of people collapsed when enveloped by a mysterious cloud of smoke borne on the wind..........

[Vacuum]

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

This marks the 49th incineration of seized drugs by the FDA since 1997.

Any progress?

[Small Joke]

I'll just leave this here...

 

"A new study suggests alcohol is more harmful than heroin or crack

MOST people would agree that some drugs are worse than others: heroin is probably considered to be more dangerous than marijuana, for instance. Because governments formulate criminal and social policies based upon classifications of harm, a new study published by the Lancet makes interesting reading. Researchers led by Professor David Nutt, a former chief drugs adviser to the British government, asked drug-harm experts to rank 20 drugs (legal and illegal) on 16 measures of harm to the user and to wider society, such as damage to health, drug dependency, economic costs and crime. Alcohol is the most harmful drug in Britain, scoring 72 out of a possible 100, far more damaging than heroin (55) or crack cocaine (54). It is the most harmful to others by a wide margin, and is ranked fourth behind heroin, crack, and methamphetamine (crystal meth) for harm to the individual. The authors point out that the model's weightings, though based on judgment, were analysed and found to be stable as large changes would be needed to change the overall rankings"

 

Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2019. All rights reserved.

Edited June 27, 2019 by Small Joke

[Small Joke]

6 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Should have saved these seeds for the farmers!

How many actual tonnes of plants (useless male plants) must have they had for this amount of seed? 

It has to be a typo, or they're totally swamped in cannabis nationwide! Probably the latter, good!

Edited June 27, 2019 by Small Joke

[Mukdahanman]

Wouldn’t mind standing downwind of that particular fire ????

[DrTuner]

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Any progress?

"How's the war on drugs going lads?"

"Splendid Sir, burned 16.4 tons today, the boys are stoned to the hilt"

"Carry on"