Thai Royal Gazette Announce Thresholds for Drug Addiction vs. Dealing

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On February 9th, 2024, the Thai Royal Gazette website published the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s regulations on the quantities of narcotics and psychotropic substances subject to punishment and substances believed to be possessed for consumption.

Exercising the power under Section 24, paragraph 2, of the Narcotics Control Act 2021, and Section 107, paragraph 2, of the Narcotics Control Act, the Minister of Public Health Cholnan Srikaew issued the following ministerial regulations:

 

Narcotics subject to punishment in Category 1, there are 7 types, namely:

Amphetamine (amphetamine or amfetamine) not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 500 milligrams
N3 ethyl MDA or MDE not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 1,250 milligrams

Heroin (heroin or diacetylmorphine) with a net weight not exceeding 300 milligrams

(+)-lysergide or LSD or LSD 25 not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 100 milligrams

Methamphetamine (methamphetamine or methamfetamine) not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 500 milligrams, in the form of flakes, or granules, with a net weight not exceeding 100 milligrams

Methylenedioxyamphetamine or tenamfetamine or MDA not exceeding 5 units for use

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ecstasy or MDMA not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 1,250 milligrams

 

Thai Royal Gazette Announce Quantities of Narcotic Drugs that Makes A Person Legally a Drug Addict and Not a Dealer
By Kittisak Phalaharn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-02-12

 

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[ukrules]

What about abused prescription only drugs like Opiates?

[dinsdale]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Narcotics subject to punishment in Category 1, there are 7 types, namely:

Amphetamine (amphetamine or amfetamine) not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 500 milligrams
N3 ethyl MDA or MDE not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 1,250 milligrams

Heroin (heroin or diacetylmorphine) with a net weight not exceeding 300 milligrams

(+)-lysergide or LSD or LSD 25 not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 100 milligrams

Methamphetamine (methamphetamine or methamfetamine) not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 500 milligrams, in the form of flakes, or granules, with a net weight not exceeding 100 milligrams

Methylenedioxyamphetamine or tenamfetamine or MDA not exceeding 5 units for use

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or methylenedioxymethamphetamine or ecstasy or MDMA not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 1,250 milligrams

Interesting no mention of THC. 100 milligrams of LSD? Yes please when dosage in measured in micrograms. What about psilocybin (magic mushrooms)? No mention. The use of "not exceeding" also seems incorrect. Should it not be exceeding a specific amount or wieght is subject to punishment?

As for 100 milligrams of LSD read this...

Oklahoma City Zoo Experiment[edit]

"Tusko" was the name of a male Indian elephant at the Oklahoma City Zoo. On August 3, 1962,[6] researchers from the University of Oklahoma injected him with 297 mg of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), which is nearly three thousand times the human recreational dose (for an animal weighing roughly one hundred times as much as a human).[a] Within five minutes he collapsed to the ground and one hour and forty minutes later he died. It is believed that the LSD was the cause of his death, although some speculate that the drugs the researchers used in an attempt to revive him may have contributed to his death."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusko#:~:text=Oklahoma City Zoo Experiment,-"Tusko" was the&text=Within five minutes he collapsed,have contributed to his death.

 

Edited February 12 by dinsdale

[bamnutsak]

18 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Interesting no mention of THC. 100 milligrams of LSD?

 

I see these in the linked article...

 

Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, extracts from cannabis plants or cannabis extracts or products from cannabis, with a content exceeding 0.2% by weight and a net weight not exceeding 30,000 milligrams, in liquid form with a net volume not exceeding 30 milliliters

 

Psilocybin or psilocin-containing mushrooms or other mushrooms in the same genus, with a net weight not exceeding 135,000 milligrams

 

(+)-lysergide or LSD or LSD 25 not exceeding 5 units for use or net weight not exceeding 100 milligrams

[Bday Prang]

 

  Am i reading this right ?    for example  getting caught with 5 yabah pills indicates one is an addict and is only intending to consume , so free to go

   but possession of 6 pills indicates possession with intent to supply  therefore liable for prosecution and presumably jail time

 

   Which category renders the possessor  liable for the compulsory rehabilitation boot camps in ex army bases that has been on the news recently?

   What about dealers who are also addicts?  

Edited February 12 by Bday Prang

[brianthainess]

So is it OK to carry All of these drugs at once ! ? If so does one just do one re-hab stint or 7.

  

[wombat]

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

nteresting no mention of THC

er...in case its gone over your head weed was removed from the narcotics list

[CanadaSam]

A step in the right direction IMO, kudos to Thailand for keeping addicts out of the over-crowded jails.

[smedly]

2 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

A step in the right direction IMO, kudos to Thailand for keeping addicts out of the over-crowded jails.

 

hmmm, still should be a hefty fine if caught in possession or using

[ChaiyaTH]

6 hours ago, ukrules said:

What about abused prescription only drugs like Opiates?

Same thing obviously: 5 units.

[ChaiyaTH]

18 minutes ago, smedly said:

 

hmmm, still should be a hefty fine if caught in possession or using

Nah like 5-20K in court. Even it says up to 60-100K.

Edited February 12 by ChaiyaTH

[dinsdale]

5 hours ago, wombat said:

er...in case its gone over your head weed was removed from the narcotics list

Er... in case you've been asleep they are going to re-criminalize it as a narcotic if THC content is over 0.2%.

[wombat]

16 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Er... in case you've been asleep they are going to re-criminalize it as a narcotic if THC content is over 0.2%.

Hasn't happened though has it?

My point is valid yours is conjecture.

 

[DLock]

23 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

A step in the right direction IMO, kudos to Thailand for keeping addicts out of the over-crowded jails.

 

How?

 

It used to be 15 pills before you were classified as a "Dealer"

 

Now it's 5.

 

How does that keep addicts out of overcrowded jails?