Report Staggering 80% of Thai Army Conscripts Battling Drug Addiction

[Grumpy one]

1 hour ago, hotsun said:

Thats not good. What happens if someone invades thailand?

 

1 hour ago, hotsun said:

Thats not good. What happens if someone invades thailand?

Same thing that happened when Japan landed in WW2, most rolled over like a dog wanting a belly rub

[bamnutsak]

80% of those incarcerated here are in for drugs. Most/all meth.

 

 

[StandardIssue]

50 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Four letters Y A B A

Is that an acronym? 🤣

[RonJr]

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds said:

It's the damned yabba dabba doo.

 

That said, you're in a position to kill or be killed of course many would get fxxcked up on drugs to numb out 🤪

exactly…. im curious how so many get around compulsory urine test…? hmm

 

[riverhigh]

"This alarming trend points to a broader societal issue that spans beyond the military, highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive drug rehabilitation programs across the country."

 

Recently I was at a relativley posh restaurant with a bunch of expats, a generation or two after me. Did I feel old! They talked about cocaine (crack) as if it was a candy bar you can purchase at you local 7-11. No stigma attached to purchasing or snorting crack. Just a part of modern life that I really don't want to participate in. I guess I will have to live in my dinasour-bubble. 

[kiwikeith]

2 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

Methamphetamine.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

Methamphetamine.

 

 

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Plus weed, what a stupid thing Thailand has done, legalising uncontrolled weed

[Dr B]

My guess is that the 80% addiction has nothing to do with hard drugs such as Yaba, Crustal Meth, etc.

It is all about kratom, which is widely available in the rural areas, openly sold at the road side in bottles, and can become seriously addictive.

[mikeymike100]

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

Methamphetamine.

 

 

Isn't it illegal?

[impulse]

2 hours ago, hotsun said:

Thats not good. What happens if someone invades thailand?

 

They open a bunch of hotels and scooter rentals.

 

[JonnyF]

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds said:

That said, you're in a position to kill or be killed of course many would get fxxcked up on drugs to numb out

 

In the Thai army you're in a position to mow the General's lawn or clean the Sergeant's Benz. 

[henryford1958]

You can thank Anutin for legalizing weed to start their addictions.

[dleeboc]

A lot of the Thai conscripts, after doing their basic ten-week training, get no more proper training and are used as cheap labour for doing mundane jobs for the higher ranks.

This is a waste of tax payer's money and a waste of the young Thai lads time, most senior UK military NCOs would not like composery service, as they would be wasting their time on people who do not want to be there and wasting the military budget, that could be put to better training and equipment. 
If the Thai government want to continue with conscription, they would be better off making the recruits do their ten weeks of training  than making them reservists doing two weekend's of training a month for two years, saving money, and the lads could find jobs and start a career. 

[LOS1]

Look at it this way: the family has no where to turn with young Somchai doing his thing with all the peer pressure around him. No guiding adult in his life (they're all busy working or on drugs themselves). The nuclear family is disappearing in thai society. He turns to his buddies for relationships and a common theme amongst them is: feel good... any way to achieve that be it alcohol, sex, or drugs. You can say that about many drug conflicted countries.     

[ujayujay]

3 hours ago, hotsun said:

Thats not good. What happens if someone invades thailand?

.....then just smoke a joint with them

[Gottfrid]

4 hours ago, zyphodb said:

 

You can't get addicted to weed. It's yabba/crystal meth that they're talking about...

Ok, but I think you are high.

[Aussie999]

No mention of any long term success,they openly sell and  use drugs, and I suggest the added stress of military service doesn't help addiction, in fact could make it worse.

[Aussie999]

4 hours ago, zyphodb said:

 

You can't get addicted to weed. It's yabba/crystal meth that they're talking about...

I guess next you'll tells us you can't get addicted to nicotine.

Just 5 second search.

"Yes, it is possible to become addicted to cannabis. About 10% of people who begin smoking cannabis will become addicted, and 30% of current users meet the criteria for addiction.

 The risk of addiction is higher for those who start using cannabis in adolescence."

[Tarteso]

The Nation is proud of all of you.. Soldiers! 
 

 

[IvorBiggun2]

Good enough for the Germans in WW2.

 

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During World War II, German soldiers were provided with Pervitin, a methamphetamine-based stimulant, to increase alertness and suppress fatigue. In addition to Pervitin, some German soldiers also used cocaine and opioids. There was also a project, known as D-IX, which was an experimental performance enhancer containing oxycodone, cocaine, and methamphetamine. 

 

[thesetat]

4 hours ago, hotsun said:

Thats not good. What happens if someone invades thailand?

They would offer them some yabba and then go out to rape or shoot someone. Invade Thailand haha... Foreigners invade Thailand every day. Then invade Thai women who are willing. 

[Ben Zioner]

Makes me salivate, I'd know how to handle that, 6 weeks boot camp  on Kerguelen Islands. 

[Toby1947]

The Thai military is tasked with sitting on the fence until they see which side is winning, then promptly throws their support behind them. Nuff said 

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

This year, it is estimated that of the approximately 80,000 conscripted individuals, the overwhelming majority are drug users, and a concerning 10% are severely addicted.

Speaks volumes about Thai society in general.

[Asquith Production]

What can possibly go wrong? A junkie with a gun.

[kaneko86]

6 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

 

Methamphetamine.

 

 

 

Yeah and you know what? That is also the reason why so many Thai men turn gay... 

[digger70]

4 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Four letters Y A B A

I would say it wil be a mixture Ya ba/ Weed and Kratom.

You have look at all the building sides   and Labour workers  most of the young people  have the bottle of Kratom Tea.

 

[madone]

the article says absolutely nothing, even going so far as to contradict itself 

 

 

 

[madone]

20 minutes ago, Asquith Production said:

What can possibly go wrong? A junkie with a gun.

Meth is popular with armies around the world. 

[Magictoad]

20 hours ago, impulse said:

I wonder what drugs?  Weed?  Or harder stuff.

It will be harder stuff like Diazapam etc

[bbbbooboo]

maybe they will stop taking drugs in the army , or is that too simple?