Government opposition ‘Pheu Thai’ party to reintroduce its policy of War on Drugs, including cannabis, following Nong Bua Lamphu mass shooting

[webfact]

 

By Nop Meechukhun

 

Bangkok – Sitting government opposition party ‘Pheu Thai’ is planning to reintroduce its policy of strict drug elimination as well as conduct a review of firearm possession among security personnel after the tragic incident of the Nong Bua Lamphu mass shooting on Thursday, October 6th.

Party leader Chonlanan Srikaew expressed their deepest condolences on behalf of the party members towards the families of the victims and the injured of the mass killing in Nong Bua Lamphu province and vowed to revive its “War on Drugs” policy to eradicate drugs from Thai society and prevent the recurrence of the tragedy.

 

Pheu Thai also mentioned cannabis, despite no signs of it involved in the mass shooting. Some members of the party have previously called for cannabis to be returned as an illegal narcotics drug after it was decriminalized in June.

 

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[jonclark]

If the war on drugs was such a resounding success the first time around...why are they still so prevalent in society. 

 

They will have more success trying to stop the sun setting every evening than winning a war on drugs. 

 

Just a knee jerk reaction to play on and exploit the fears of a country in mourning. Opportunistic politics at its finest. 

[2baht]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

 Sitting government opposition party ‘Pheu Thai’ is planning to reintroduce its policy of strict drug elimination

The 2500 or so people Thaksin had eliminated during his reign had little impact on the drug problem, how many more do you think need to be eliminated for you to realise it's beyond your power to control? ????When you eliminate those that control and fascilitate the supply, and NOT the end users, you may be onto something!

[steven100]

shoot the drug makers, supplier's and addicts. They are a scourge on any society.  

[sammieuk1]

That's easy eliminate the army and police and the drugs eradication is 90% done next ????

[internationalism]

that means killing by police their competition in drug production and distribution, and that includes innocent people police suspected in drug involvement and "collateral damage".

That policy would far exceed mass murder tall which is some 76 within the last 2 years.

That 2 mass murders, that 2500 victims war on drugs mass murder and the previous numerous mass murders of protesters were committed by police, army and paramilitaries with legal firearms. 

Even the last mass shooting was committed with legal gun owned by a criminal, drug dealer cop. Probably with gun sourced from police arsenal. Police has a money spinning scheme allowing it's force to buy heavily discounted brand new high quality firearms and resell it privately to public, at very large profit. That is how there are over 10mln hand guns at private hands.

 

I do really hope they will lose vote of young generation and urban voters. Their drug policy is against the majority opinion, which welcomed ganja liberalisation. They will lose votes to bhumjai thai mafia party, which championed that policy, for their own particular financial benefit.

 

Pheu Thai is a reactionary party, part of establishment, and as much corrupted as the rest of old political parties. All those parties are colluding in squashing move forward party from gaining foot in thai politics.

Edited October 9, 2022 by internationalism

[mikebell]

Band-wagon jumping; vote-catching.  Do Thais ever have an original thought? They are great at copying and kneejerk responses but there's never any proactive movement.

[mrfill]

6 minutes ago, steven100 said:

shoot the drug makers, supplier's and addicts. They are a scourge on any society.  

.... bad news for employees of Pfizer, GSK, johnson & Johnson, Roche, Novartis et al.

[Bert got kinky]

35 minutes ago, 2baht said:

The 2500 or so people Thaksin had eliminated during his reign had little impact on the drug problem, how many more do you think need to be eliminated for you to realise it's beyond your power to control? ????When you eliminate those that control and fascilitate the supply, and NOT the end users, you may be onto something!

Why would murdering all of your political opponents make any difference to the drug problem. ????

 

[jonclark]

9 minutes ago, steven100 said:

shoot the drug makers, supplier's and addicts. They are a scourge on any society.  

So killing people is your solution. Brilliant. 

 

And before you jump off the deep end refering to the tragic deaths at the nursery as your justification for such a myopic and futile final solution.  Stop. You are just being opportunistic and using the deaths at the nursery to fuel your emotive nonsense.

 

 

[Bert got kinky]

15 minutes ago, steven100 said:

shoot the drug makers, supplier's and addicts. They are a scourge on any society.  

 

Oh come on Steven, do I have to bring out the Johnny Cash' argument again?

 

[Gknrd]

Just a political spotlight issue. Nothing more. Trying to get a few more votes. Happens every time there is an event like this.

[steven100]

13 minutes ago, mrfill said:

.... bad news for employees of Pfizer, GSK, johnson & Johnson, Roche, Novartis et al.

not those drug makers,  I mean the meth, heroin and yaba makers. 

[steven100]

8 minutes ago, jonclark said:

So killing people is your solution. Brilliant. 

 

And before you jump off the deep end refering to the tragic deaths at the nursery as your justification for such a myopic and futile final solution.  Stop. You are just being opportunistic and using the deaths at the nursery to fuel your emotive nonsense.

 

 

you may accept drug addicts and producers .....  but society doesn't.

I just don't get it '      your ok with having drug addicts on the streets ?    at the very least they need to be incarserated or is that too harsh in your book. 

[BritManToo]

4 minutes ago, steven100 said:

you may accept drug addicts and producers .....  but society doesn't.

I just don't get it '      your ok with having drug addicts on the streets ?    at the very least they need to be incarserated or is that too harsh in your book. 

But why do you accept tobacco and alcohol?

[bamnutsak]

Good move politically but the timing is disgusting. Who advises these people, I mean other than thaksin?

 

No, I'm not a believer in a "war on drugs" as a policy.

 

Like any issue, this will require many new policies re: health, legal, punishment, treatment. But without controls on the distribution, all are doomed.

 

But take a beat, help the victims grieve, mourn and hopefully find some solace.

[BritManToo]

33 minutes ago, steven100 said:

shoot the drug makers, supplier's and addicts. They are a scourge on any society.  

That's a bit harsh on the 7-11 staff!

[steven100]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

But why do you accept tobacco and alcohol?

why is it that every time anyone one takes a swipe at drug addicts or producers etc ....   the supporters bring up the alcohol rhetoric ....    alcohol is legal and is acceptable in society,   drugs are not. 

always a baseless argument ....  

anyway,  that's enough on that subject. 

[jonclark]

24 minutes ago, steven100 said:

you may accept drug addicts and producers .....  but society doesn't.

I just don't get it '      your ok with having drug addicts on the streets ?    at the very least they need to be incarserated or is that too harsh in your book. 

I don't accept killing people, but you seem to promote it as a solution. Speaks volumes about your moral compass. 

 

Drug addicts are not criminals. Treating drugs addicts as criminals is what causes the societal problems we see today.  Drugs addiction is a medical condition and needs to be treated as such. Where society accepts that or not is irrelevant as it is the only solution that will work.  Societies are very good at sticking their collective heads in the sand and complaining when the problem persists. 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2022 by jonclark

[nobodysfriend]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Some members of the party have previously called for cannabis to be returned as an illegal narcotics drug after it was decriminalized in June.

Why ?

The killer sold and took Yaba , not cannabis .

2 VERY different things . One is a chemical drug known to make people mad and crazy , the other one is a natural plant that makes people relaxed and funny ...

[BritManToo]

25 minutes ago, steven100 said:

why is it that every time anyone one takes a swipe at drug addicts or producers etc ....   the supporters bring up the alcohol rhetoric .... 

Because we see no difference between the various recreational drugs.

We are capable of rational thought!

[Bert got kinky]

26 minutes ago, steven100 said:

why is it that every time anyone one takes a swipe at drug addicts or producers etc ....   the supporters bring up the alcohol rhetoric ....    alcohol is legal and is acceptable in society,   drugs are not. 

always a baseless argument ....  

anyway,  that's enough on that subject. 

 

alcohol is legal and is acceptable in society

So is cannabis.....

 

[nobodysfriend]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

shoot the drug makers, supplier's and addicts. They are a scourge on any society.  

I guess that a good part of Thailand's population would end up dead in this case .... but that is just a bad fantasy ... as long as there is a lot of money to be made in this business , there will be people who want this .

No war on drugs will ever be won , as long as there is a demand for this . People are quite ingenious to find ways to supply themselves with what they want , even illegal .

[steven100]

7 minutes ago, jonclark said:

Drug addicts are not criminals

sorry,  I don't accept your argument that drug addicts are not criminals, I can tell you there are hundreds if not thousands of drug addicts in Thailand that are criminals and/or involved in criminal activity.... how else can they buy their fix ....   one would have to be very naive to think otherwise. 

Everyone knows right from wrong .....   everyone chooses which path he or she takes,   so a level headed kid at school would know that drugs are wrong so he's not going down that road even though his mate decides to try it ....   So there's no excuse or argument that the drug addict choose his wrong path ... he made his choice ....   surely you can understand that. 

[jacko45k]

8 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

Why ?

The killer sold and took Yaba , not cannabis .

2 VERY different things . One is a chemical drug known to make people mad and crazy , the other one is a natural plant that makes people relaxed and funny ...

I would not stand on the 'natural plant' platform for 'it must be good'... cocaine and opium derive from them too! 

Edited October 10, 2022 by jacko45k

[stoner]

9 minutes ago, steven100 said:

sorry,  I don't accept your argument that drug addicts are not criminals, I can tell you there are hundreds if not thousands of drug addicts in Thailand that are criminals and/or involved in criminal activity.... how else can they buy their fix ....   one would have to be very naive to think otherwise. 

Everyone knows right from wrong .....   everyone chooses which path he or she takes,   so a level headed kid at school would know that drugs are wrong so he's not going down that road even though his mate decides to try it ....   So there's no excuse or argument that the drug addict choose his wrong path ... he made his choice ....   surely you can understand that. 

you should probably see your way out of this thread. each comment you simply dig deeper into a stupidity hole that i don't see you escaping from.

 

wanna hit a bong with me ? 

[steven100]

59 minutes ago, jonclark said:

So killing people is your solution. Brilliant. 

 

And before you jump off the deep end refering to the tragic deaths at the nursery as your justification for such a myopic and futile final solution.  Stop. You are just being opportunistic and using the deaths at the nursery to fuel your emotive nonsense.

 

 

I'm talking hard drug suppliers like heroin, meth, yaba,  etc ....  not some weed as it's legal. 

[steven100]

1 minute ago, stoner said:

you should probably see your way out of this thread. each comment you simply dig deeper into a stupidity hole that i don't see you escaping from.

 

wanna hit a bong with me ? 

you can believe what you like,  up to you if you like drugs .... not for me thanks.

enough on this subject. ????

[Iamfalang]

First, PERMANENT wall between Thailand and the North and West.   The YaaBaa is transported through Thailand, not necessarily manufactured here.  If someone from there wants to visit Thailand, flights only.  

 

Secondly, this will cause the price of YaaBaa to go to zero.   The build-up of supply.

 

Thirdly, weekly YaaBaa tests of all government workers related to the YaaBaa transportation.

 

Lastly,  tell parents if kids busted for YaaBaa they lose their house.

 

killing isn't the answer, we saw that in the Philippines with like 50,000 murdered and nobody really knows if some were politically motivated and a set-up.   Possibly 15,000 were not on drugs but killed to get them out of the picture.   

[stoner]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

you can believe what you like,  up to you if you like drugs .... not for me thanks.

enough on this subject. ????

you see it's not about believing. you have over and over spouted off garbage about drugs in this thread. being arrogant and ignorant regarding other things you don't classify as drugs.

 

those are your opinions and you are entitled to them....however wrong they may be.