edwinchester Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 As long as the officials are involved in the business, nothing will happen Spot on. Until the Royal Thai Police Force are out of the supply chain the problem will remain. Sent from my GT-I9003 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesMad Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Get real, BMA... Not realistic at all Look at the US: since their 'war on drugs' more people started to use drugs nowadays... And now there is a prison problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolt Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 As per WHO statistics Thailand has about 1 million meth/ya-ba addicts and almost as many heroin addicts. Unless we see 2 million people disappear off the streets in the next couple of months (and check into rehab?), I'm not terribly optimistic on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLock Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I look forward to the day I can buy my Meth, Crack and Heroin at 7/11 or a convenient late night vending machine, properly taxed and authorized by the Government without fear of reprisals. I'm sure this will solve all the problems of the flawed "war of drugs". Dumbasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TackyToo Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Let's pretend the crackdown is sucessful. The next problem would appear: where will all the necessary inactive posts come from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamypoko Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I look forward to the day I can buy my Meth, Crack and Heroin at 7/11 or a convenient late night vending machine, properly taxed and authorized by the Government without fear of reprisals. I'm sure this will solve all the problems of the flawed "war of drugs". Dumbasses. until tell then i said shaken not stirrrrred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Get real, BMA... Not realistic at all Look at the US: since their 'war on drugs' more people started to use drugs nowadays... And now there is a prison problem Bangkok drug free in 15 months is the aim, no chance they'll ever do it but any kind of reduction in users would be good, more and more people seem to be taking drugs which the Government needs to think about why are more and more people taking them, are some Thai people that sad with their lives that their resorting to illegal substances to take the pain away. Every day now we hear some off the mark complete bullshi* statement from some Thai Official or Government department, are they having a competition to see who can make the most ridiculous statement before xmas and the winner gets a promotion to be next Prime Minister.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 At least they have a specified a target area. Residential areas and business district. Tomorrow they will announce a target group - humans between 14 and 90 :-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julemanden Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thats precisely why we need the man back, his attitude to drugs are utterly ruthless. a lot of innocents went missing you say? the big question is would you sacrifice 1000 to save one million. OMG!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Your going to have masses of people queuing up for drug free, save them paying for them. All within the next 15 months, where will they be giving them out, in front of Gov-House??. Sorry Brian, saw your post after I posted. Edited August 22, 2013 by ginjag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderir Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Even if this pipe dream were possible. Lets take a look at reality. Alcohol causes more damage to people and society than all other drugs. Any attempt to educate people on what it's dangers are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Get real, BMA... Not realistic at all Look at the US: since their 'war on drugs' more people started to use drugs nowadays... And now there is a prison problem Not a problem at all. Merely helps the slavery program. Force prisoners to work making things like US mail bags and electronic stuff and pay them next to nothing. Its quite a money spinner You'd have thought that anyone with a scintilla of sense would see that repeating the mistake of prohibition in the 20s would end up with the same result but no. Again the government actions have increased the problem. Surprise, surprise. Thailand try copying the ideas and, guess what - same result. Once prohibition was scrapped, the illegal alcohol activity - largely run by the mafia - reduced enormously (the mafia merely moved into other products). Illegal consumption of alcohol reduced to almost nil (as it wasnt illegal any more) and the problem was declared solved. Of course, the damage caused to society by alcohol continued - road slaughter, violence and more violence, but as it is legal, this is deemed to be more acceptable. The only way to make Bangkok drug free by 2015 will be to redefine the drugs as not drugs. Very much in the same way as alcohol is not now viewed as a dangerous drug by the terminally uninformed. Not gonna happen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carib102 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 15 months is pretty optimistic considering the U.S. has been conducting their war on drugs since 1914 (though the term "War on Drugs" wasn't coined until 1971). 82% of the U.S. population still feels that the war on drugs is a failure, despite the government spending billions (of dollars) every year on enforcement, not only in the U.S., but around the world. In 2008 there were 500,000 people jailed on drug related offenses and it is estimated that 1% of all Americans are currently in jail on drug related charges. Yet, the number of drug users continues to increase and you can get just about any drug you like in any city in America at nearly any time. 15 months for a drug free Bangkok Maybe if they said one district in Bangkok or more likely one Soi this would be even remotely believable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokstick Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 To which extend do they want to be ridiculous ? Pity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamypoko Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Your going to have masses of people queuing up for drug free, save them paying for them. All within the next 15 months, where will they be giving them out, in front of Gov-House??. Sorry Brian, saw your post after I posted. gmta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) I take it that by "drugs" they are not including "cigarettes & alcohol"? Edited August 22, 2013 by MESmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Your going to have masses of people queuing up for drug free, save them paying for them. All within the next 15 months, where will they be giving them out, in front of Gov-House??. Sorry Brian, saw your post after I posted. gmta I'm a bit slow....WHAT ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 He must have had some of chalerms ear medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I take it that by "drugs" they are not including "cigarettes & alcohol"? Many yaba users believe it is a medicine. And that is just as deluded as those that think alcohol and cigs are not drugs. If Bangkok is to be truly drug-free, that will cause quite a few problems in the hospitals and health centres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fobuff Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgal Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Legalize it, tax it and control it. That way users and abusers can come forward. The mafia business behind it will suffer massive losses, and will slowly disappear. Police can focus on more important issues. Drug abuse is a social problem, not a criminal one. Putting drug offenders in jail just escalates their problems. Authority, not "truth", makes laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marell Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thats precisely why we need the man back, his attitude to drugs are utterly ruthless. a lot of innocents went missing you say? the big question is would you sacrifice 1000 to save one million. This is a joke, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Urine test stations on every corner. Allow fifteen more minutes for your daily commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESCAPIS Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Are elections around the corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Are elections around the corner? Oh my God, I hope not, all the drug fuelled protesters in Bangkok throwing yabba at each other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginjag Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thats precisely why we need the man back, his attitude to drugs are utterly ruthless. a lot of innocents went missing you say? the big question is would you sacrifice 1000 to save one million. I have an Idea you need a scan. You could kill kill kill you will Not stop the trade. Phone Dubai and ask him to go to South America so he can put a stop to it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimpythailand Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I thought it was 3000 - and people were going to the small town cop shops to registar as drug free and getting shot on their way back home.... previous comment - suk 3-5 looks pretty bad just from a casual glance I get now and then ...I heard it's free delivery down around suk 1-11 for whatever... but it's all over - the burbs - the thai company I work for has a 50 man machine shop and it turned out the foreman had 90% of the guys on yaba to help then stay awake at work.... he just got fired and all the stories came out....he was selling and also taking cuts on all their paychecks for payment.... gawd... The last time this was said . 2003, over 2500 people were killed, according to police reports. The majority of these killings were done by the BIB. Only 4 police officers have been convicted, in the case of 1 death, and they were released on bail after being convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomchop Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Just copy the American "war on drugs".....that has been such a success....for the prison operators, drug cartels, lawyers, etc who have made billions while drug use has soared. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernjohn Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Why make pledges that are very obviously impossible to fulfil? That is what a politician does for a living. As long as the officials are involved in the business, nothing will happen +1 And actually where they need to start first is with all the corrupt police and government officials that allow drugs into and onto the streets of Thailand to begin with! and be quick about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernjohn Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thats precisely why we need the man back, his attitude to drugs are utterly ruthless. a lot of innocents went missing you say? the big question is would you sacrifice 1000 to save one million. This is a joke, right? I am trying to figure out where the million he saved are did he take them to Dubai with him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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