webfact Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 FDA to incinerate drugs on International Day against Drugs BANGKOK, 26 June 2014 (NNT) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set to incinerate narcotics worth at least 8.8 billion baht to mark the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking today.The agency said more than three tons of drugs seized by law enforcement agencies will be burnt today. Every year, the FDA burns drugs gathered by the agencies.Among the confiscated drugs to be incinerated include 2.5 tons of amphetamine, 243 kilograms of crystallized methamphetamine or “ya-ice”, 21kg of heroin, two kilos of ecstasy pills, and 74kg of opium. The drugs were seized from a total of 2,911 cases.The drugs will be incinerated at Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate’s center for public utility and environment management in Ayutthaya province.During 2012-2013, over 120 tons of drugs have been destroyed in the annual burning ceremonies. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has recently intensified the efforts to arrest those involved in drug trafficking networks and to eradicate narcotics in Thailand.Later this year, up to 1 ton of drugs is also set to be incinerated.-- NNT 2014-06-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyBowskill Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 couple lung fulls of that bonfire would have you climbing the walls for months!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocacoc Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 And where goes the tons of Ganja? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragzilb Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Store it 10 km under ground, compost it, send it too space, but whatever you do dont burn it, nature all around you will be affected by the fumes, and chemicals. burning is the worst way we humans know how to get rid of stuff with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luk Mhee Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Is that why there is a sudden surge in the sale of vacuum pumps and empty gas bottles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thailand burns 3 tonnes of seized illicit drugsBy Digital ContentBANGKOK, June 26 -- To mark World Anti-Drug Day on Thursday, Thailand destroyed more than three tonnes of confiscated narcotics worth over Bt8.8 billion.The Thai authorities burned a total of 3.094 tonnes of illicit drugs during a ceremony held for the 43rd time at Bang Pa-in industrial Estate in Ayutthaya, on the occasion of the World Anti-Drug Day which is observed on June 26 each year.The Bt8,867 million worth of narcotics confiscated from 2,911 cases were burnt using the pyrolytic incineration system under 850 degrees Celsius which was said to destroy the drugs without polluting the environment while rendering the resulting powder unusable as a narcotic.Most of the drugs were amphetamines, at 2.504 tonnes, followed by ice, opium and heroin, respectively.Four hundred thousand drug users and dealers in Thailand were under treatment and rehabilitation in 2013, while 150,000 persons were under treatment during January 1-June 15 so far this year. (MCOT online news)-- TNA 2014-06-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickymaster Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 And where goes the tons of Ganja? Where it should go. Up in smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdimension Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) A silly ceremony for a stupid set of laws. These seizures are probably just the tip of the iceberg. Possibly millions of doses of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs are being consumed across the country every week. Notice that they did not mention the amount that was seized last year: Thailand destroys almost 6 tons of confiscated narcotics and marijuana. So this year they only burnt 3 tons, half of last years' amount. I asume that quite a lot of the seized items this year went back into the market and made their way to the intended consumers. Is that a bad thing? Every year, the FDA burns drugs gathered by the agencies. Notice that they didn't say "Every year, the FDA burns all drugs gathered by the agencies." So we can assume that the word "some" is implied. The war on drugs will never be won as the demand is never going to disappear. Has anyone done any cost-benefit analysis of the enforcement of the drug laws? The costs have been (and still are) so great that we should ask whether it has all been worth it. See The Alternative World Drug Report. I am still waiting for someone here to present some statistics that clearly show a statistically-significant link between the consumption of illegal drugs and the deaths and crimes that were caused by such consumption. If no such statistics can be found, then we can assume that illegal drugs have been made to appear much worse than they actually are in reality. Edited June 26, 2014 by hyperdimension 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirat69 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Lighten up fellas.... who says they will burn the real thing??? Just hypothesising, just like the rice scheme, but who knows what is still left in those boxes?? Where is the original chemically tested and sealed product?? Has it been replaced by the BIB and re-cycled in the market place? Next year's fire will be the true one, give the current clean up operations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaBurn Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Anyone else notice that the haul's value of "Bt8.8 billion" in the story's lead dwindled to a mere 0.1% of that by the second story discussing what was burning today cited "Bt8.867 million"... "Ahhhh, Thailand!"/Of course it is just a typo, a typo I tell you! Silly journalist!... //Sounds legit! Edited June 26, 2014 by EnigmaBurn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongfarang Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 I imagine the bib have already pocketed 50% directly at the bust for resale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Followed by the annual ceremonial crushing of pirate DVDs? Edited June 26, 2014 by Crushdepth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Wonder how they "got wind" of this. How about just declare war on Burma and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbamboo Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Should be some party. Two tickets please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 looks like a well guarded pile in the picture (not) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdimension Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Notice on page 47 of the UNODC's World Drug Report 2014 that was just released, Figure 50 shows that: 6 tons of methamphetamines were seized in Thailand in 2010 10 tons of methamphetamines were seized in Thailand in 2011 10 tons of methamphetamines were seized in Thailand in 2012 I'd expect the seizures to be higher for 2013, yet in the annual burning ceremony that happened yesterday, only a total of around 3 tons of various drugs were burned. Who can guess where the rest went? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 selling or burning ? 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Notice on page 47 of the UNODC's World Drug Report 2014 that was just released, Figure 50 shows that: 6 tons of methamphetamines were seized in Thailand in 2010 10 tons of methamphetamines were seized in Thailand in 2011 10 tons of methamphetamines were seized in Thailand in 2012 I'd expect the seizures to be higher for 2013, yet in the annual burning ceremony that happened yesterday, only a total of around 3 tons of various drugs were burned. Who can guess where the rest went? Other paper says there was a total of 8 tons burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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