Popular Post webfact Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Namo Vananupong BANGKOK (NNT) - In response to the prime minister ordering a sweeping anti-narcotics effort by all agencies, the interior ministry and the police force have declared a war on drugs. The two organizations have set a target for a list of drug users and sellers nationwide to be produced by October’s end. The information will be used to facilitate narcotics suppression and rehabilitation of users. The interior ministry and the national police held a joint meeting to discuss solving the narcotics problem. Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Sutthipong Juljarern and Royal Thai Police Commissioner Damrongsak Kittipraphat chaired the meeting. Representatives from the Narcotics Control Board, the Ministry of Public Health, and other public agencies were also in attendance. Talks at the meeting involved the prevention, suppression, and rehabilitation aspects of the fight against narcotics. The interior ministry permanent secretary said an October 31 deadline has bee set for preliminary information on drug users and sellers to be produced. The information will be used among partner agencies, including the police and the military, to tackle the narcotics problem. The relevant agencies will exchange information with one another and also screen information at the local level. Provincial governors and district chiefs will take charge of searches for individuals involved with narcotics. These searches will cover all subdistricts and villages nationwide. According to Mr. Sutthipong, a drug user will have to spend at least one week inside a rehabilitation center. The suppression effort will be conducted alongside the rehabilitation effort, with information on even one pill of an illicit drug to be considered. Local administrative organizations will also be asked to provide material support in the form of equipment to screen for drugs. The permanent secretary said narcotics is a national agenda that necessitated a declaration of a “war on drugs”. All public sector employees are now subject to random screening for drugs. Meanwhile, the national police chief said a large number of drug users have not been entered into rehab. A number of these individuals have gone on to develop mental conditions and have attacked people. He added chiefs of police stations nationwide will be making frequent community visits to nurture relations with locals and foster public confidence in the police. Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG221012091803122 -- © Copyright NNT 2022-10-12 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more! 1 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grandpa Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, webfact said: In response to the prime minister ordering a sweeping anti-narcotics effort by all agencies, the interior ministry and the police force have declared a war on drugs. Why do they have to be ordered to do what should be their daily job anyway! I guess too many of the RTP are in inactive posts. 2 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamfalang Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, webfact said: The two organizations have set a target for a list of drug users and sellers nationwide to be produced by October’s end. What is this? Why not to be produced by today? or last month? or yesterday? or next week? and were they NOT on a list last month, before the killings? It's a step forward, but I'm not sure how many steps were taking back before this amazing announcement. go get them!!!!!! hopefully before Oct. 31 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jerno Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 And what have they been doing up to now? Now it's suddenly a war? Sheesh! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Neeranam Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jerno said: And what have they been doing up to now? Now it's suddenly a war? Sheesh! The police usually sell drugs, or protect those that do. This is the right step forward. The corruption within the Police can't be changed easily or quickly. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gknrd Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Best to legalize them and tax them. 10 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bamnutsak Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, webfact said: The two organizations have set a target for a list of drug users and sellers nationwide to be produced by October’s end. Sounds easy - just three weeks of work, curious they didn't do this previously? And maybe build more prisons? Nothing about the source of the drugs, how they make their way into Thailand, where some fall off the truck, and then get shipped outside of Thailand. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post huangnon Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Neeranam said: The police usually sell drugs, or protect those that do. This is the right step forward. The corruption within the Police can't be changed easily or quickly. The Army (allegedly) have a big hand in actually producing them, with their counterparts over the borders. The cops just franchise the selling part. 4 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Goodbye cannabis. So much for Anutin For PM. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post connda Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, huangnon said: The Army (allegedly) have a big hand in actually producing them, with their counterparts over the borders. The cops just franchise the selling part. Shhhhh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin Taylor Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Assuming this is in response to the school shooting, maybe concentrate on how you gave a gun and badge to that psycho instead of drug use. The war on drugs has been a failure in America arguably causing more problems than it solves but who knows maybe this time it works its their country not ours so up to them really. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bamnutsak Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, huangnon said: The Army (allegedly) have a big hand in actually producing them, with their counterparts over the borders. The cops just franchise the selling part. Excellent summary. The security apparatus (mostly ISOC, part of the RTA) here can dedicate dozens of personnel to track a single teenage dissident. You can be dang sure they know where the drugs are coming from, how they transit Thailand, and how much they skim for local sales. To suggest they don't know what's going on strains credulity. 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 That is most amusing. It is as if the police are declaring war upon themselves. Who will win the war? 3 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickmouse1 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Jerno said: And what have they been doing up to now? Now it's suddenly a war? Sheesh! Ha-???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kaonoister Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 They should declare war on intoxinated police and military personnel...i see them for years clear their problems with weapons....some of them are very scary 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wensiensheng Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Blah, blah, blah. In a couple of weeks this will all quietly be forgotten…..just like every other crackdown that I have heard announced over the last 15 years. Everyone knows it’s so. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wombat Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 now that weed and kratom are off the narcotics list the results of this new edict should be interesting 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, wensiensheng said: Blah, blah, blah. In a couple of weeks this will all quietly be forgotten…..just like every other crackdown that I have heard announced over the last 15 years. Everyone knows it’s so. Exactly! Live here long enough and you get immune to any official crack-down statements. Just smile and go on with your day like all the Thais do. Think too much about statements like this and you will go insane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, spidermike007 said: That is most amusing. It is as if the police are declaring war upon themselves. Who will win the war? The "po-leet". ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skeptic7 Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Nothing like following a failed plan and leading from behind. Oh wait...TIT...so business as usual. "Wars on Drugs" have been colossal, expensive failures in every country which has declared such, which always cause more harm than good. 4 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdey Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Perhaps it is about time the ministry of public health and the ministry of the interior had a chat about what other mild drugs could be taken off the dangerous drugs list and what laws could be adjusted to lower the number of custodial sentences. A war against drugs implies extra judicial killings and innocent lives lost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moir Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Just legalised cannabis and now waging war on drugs ???? you couldn't make it up could you ???????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) I'm starting to get sick and tired of seeing these guys wearing their underwear on their faces. Somebody should really tell them it's ok to remove them, the country has got to start somewhere and they always look to those in uniforms for guidance. Edited October 12, 2022 by 4MyEgo 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 ...Well, you had best get a wriggle on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjakob007 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Wonder what they did all these years.... indulge & facilitate... what next - continue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moti24 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 5 hours ago, webfact said: ........ the interior ministry and the police force have declared a war on drugs. Again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed strong Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Unfortunately Thailand's drugs / pills are just recycled through the system on a continuous loop. it will take some time for that link to do be withdrawn. America started a war on drugs 30 years ago and now there's more drugs available then ever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Harveyboy Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Spot on Inferior ministry.. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 7 hours ago, webfact said: Meanwhile, the national police chief said a large number of drug users have not been entered into rehab. A number of these individuals have gone on to develop mental conditions and have attacked people. This statement came from the National Police Chief He obviously is capable of reading the News or watching it on TV, but little else I would have had some respect for the Man had he made a statement that the Drug Suppression activities would start today, and at the Police Stations all over the Country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Quote The two organizations have set a target for a list of drug users and sellers nationwide to be produced by October’s end. And then promptly mailed to Santa Claus to identify those who have been naughty....no Christmas gifts if on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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