So, take people from their jobs and arrest them for drugs. Great, way to break up families. Obviously they are doing their jobs just fine if they are still employed so why not leave them alone? The Thai police should mind their own business if nobody is being hurt.

The police are not breaking up families. The parents that are choosing to break the law are choosing drugs over their family unit...its called personal responsibility.

The reason they might still be employed is because a friend or relative is their boss or that their boss is another drug user. The fact they are employed is not a foregone conclusion they are properly performing their job duties.

You are also making a broad assumption they are not hurting anybody by their being on drugs. They are, after all, likely operating motorvehicles on public roadways and for all we know the reason this hotel was chosen is because guests were having items stolen. It is not reasonable to assume that their drug use is not hurting anybody. For instance, every Baht spent on drugs is less spent on their kids.

Lastly, and perhaps the most comical part of your post is telling police to mind their own business.

Arresting people who are breaking the law and enforcing the law IS EXACTLY their Business ;-)

Depends on the law and the integrity of the legal system they support. The current war on drugs is a war on the people carried out by gangsters in uniforms hiding behinds the robes of state and Thailand going against all civilised international reforms.

Party on Dude!

That is some crazy stuff you are spouting.

Anyone who thinks the war on drugs is working needs to wake up.

Anyone who thinks the war on drugs is working needs to wake up.

Just imagine how rampant drug abuse would be without the concerted efforts of the War on Drugs.

Downright scary.

Anyone who thinks the war on drugs is working needs to wake up.

Just imagine how rampant drug abuse would be without the concerted efforts of the War on Drugs.

Downright scary.

Tell me when prohibition has ever worked.

You think that DE-criminalizing drugs will turn the whole world into a bunch of junkies killing each other? lol

Anyone who thinks the war on drugs is working needs to wake up.

Just imagine how rampant drug abuse would be without the concerted efforts of the War on Drugs.

Downright scary.

Tell me when prohibition has ever worked.

You think that DE-criminalizing drugs will turn the whole world into a bunch of junkies killing each other? lol

Conversely, what positive gains to society do you see by making crystal,meth manufacture, possession and use legal?

How does that scenario make the world a better place?

Have you seen the damage that drug does to people? Addicts choose to lose all their teeth to rot until they have none left rather than give up on it. What about Heroin? Please present the upside to making it more readily available to everyone--because intelligent people are overdosing on it every day so how does making it more available help the situation at a societal level? The fact is that de-criminalizing these drugs does not help. The fact is their illegality saves lives every day.

This concept you have of lost battles--thats buying into somebodys BS because getting even a percentage of these drugs off the street does help.

Its like traffic laws. Removing them does not make the world a safer place. Have traffic laws made all traffic offenses history? No. Does that mean traffic laws have failed? No. On the contrary, the presence of such laws continue to save numerous lives every day.

Your reasoning is flawed.

i would like to reply but i must sleep. just not enough time in the day to keep up in the forums.

Anyone who thinks the war on drugs is working needs to wake up.

Just imagine how rampant drug abuse would be without the concerted efforts of the War on Drugs.

Downright scary.

Tell me when prohibition has ever worked.

You think that DE-criminalizing drugs will turn the whole world into a bunch of junkies killing each other? lol

Conversely, what positive gains to society do you see by making crystal,meth manufacture, possession and use legal?

How does that scenario make the world a better place?

Have you seen the damage that drug does to people? Addicts choose to lose all their teeth to rot until they have none left rather than give up on it. What about Heroin? Please present the upside to making it more readily available to everyone--because intelligent people are overdosing on it every day so how does making it more available help the situation at a societal level? The fact is that de-criminalizing these drugs does not help. The fact is their illegality saves lives every day.

This concept you have of lost battles--thats buying into somebodys BS because getting even a percentage of these drugs off the street does help.

Its like traffic laws. Removing them does not make the world a safer place. Have traffic laws made all traffic offenses history? No. Does that mean traffic laws have failed? No. On the contrary, the presence of such laws continue to save numerous lives every day.

Your reasoning is flawed.

Portugal!