Whole village drug test today

[NotEinstein]

Our village head man announced on Saturday evening, and again this morning, that everybody over 14 must take a urine drugs test between 09:00 and 16:00 today. Those that don't will get a visit from the police and be tested at home.

 

Been here 20 years - first time for me.

 

Is this a common occurrence?

[KhunBENQ]

Not seen or heard of in 13 years.

Mass testing is done at entertainment values, checkpoints.

But a whole village...

[connda]

They aren't going to catch the meth-heads as the meth is excreted within a day. 
Yaba is endemic in rural villages, but blanket urine tests aren't going to stop it.  It's endemic because it is allowed as long as brown envelops are given to the correct people.
For anyone else with drugs in their system with a longer half-life, well, the village head just warned them to leave the village.  "The cops will visit you when you get home."  Well, the drugs will be out of the person's system by then.  This is more of an exercise in authoritarianism. Expect more of this nonsense as Thaksin insinuates himself into the Thai political scene.

[richard_smith237]

I've read of a similar story on this forum in the past - a few years ago. 

 

Don't bother with it and don't worry about it - I doubt anyone will be that interested in you anyway, this seems more like a 'generalised sweep' to catch the local lads who've been up to mischief. 

 

Its a heavy handed and rather lazy way for the Police to enforce laws, but also can have a positive impact of taking a few nutcases off the streets or bringing them into line. 

 

The issue with such behavior is that its difficult to 'stand up for your rights' - the BiB need cause to test you, but also, refusing a test will make you look like you have something to worry about. The Police and community won't understand anyone 'standing up on principle'....   

 

If having to 'volunteer' yourself at a centre for testing, I wouldn't bother.  

If the BiB turn up at your house and request a test, then just do the test and forget about it. Refusing could make things in the community more awkward for you as this somewhat backward idea of testing a whole village already implies a backward mentality. 

 

 

 

 

[Moonlover]

Same thing happened in our village about 2 weeks ago.

 

Although my wife is our phu yai ban's aunty, and I'm privy to some things that go on around here I didn't get to hear what the results were, if any, although I do know there are a couple of users living here.

 

P. S. I was NOT required to provide a sample.