Khon Kaen police intercept shipment of 100 kgs of marijuana

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Police intercept shipment of 100 kgs of marijuana

KHON KAEN: -- Highway police in Khon Kaen intercepted an effort to smuggle some 100 kilogrammes of marijuana at 7:30 am Thursday.

Police found the drug insdie a sedan car that refused to stop at a checkpoint in Phol district. After being chased by highway police cars, the driver parked the car and fled into forests.

Police believe the drug was smuggled from a neighbouring country heading to Bangkok.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Police-intercept-shipment-of-100-kgs-of-marijuana-30248658.html


-- The Nation 2014-11-27

[Nuddy]

Some places around the world are making this drug not illegal.

[Smurkster]

heres a novel idea! make it legal and tax all that!

[Tredz]

legelaze it !!!!!!!!!

[lostinisaan]

Yep, some people really get paranoid when they see a checkpoint. Shouldn't have smoked too much of it.

" Don't get high on your own supply."

[lostinisaan]

Reading the news, I do not think that he drove away just because of some 200 baht coppers. Seems that his wife was one of them and was planning to chop his tiny thing off.

News are always lying about the truth./....

[jaywalker]

Reminds me of Kuwait where booze is illegal. I've never seen any country where they sell sugar & yeast in such large bags.

Every supermarket there sells sugar in 20 kilo bags.

They should outlaw pine trees & rice husks as they are both wild plants as well..

Weed should be like booze. Don't drink & drive. Don't smoke weed & drive. Other than that leave the smokers alone.

Edited November 27, 2014 by jaywalker

[jaywalker]

[Ulic]

At least follow the lead of Cambodia and decriminalize the use, sale and cultivation of marijuana as a stepping stone

to following Uruguay's lead in making it legal. Even the US the country that led the charge in making possession of marijuana

a criminal offence world wide has several States legalizing it for recreational use and most states have made it legal for the

treatment of medical conditions.

BTW I am not a user but do not judge negatively, those that do.

[curtklay]

Maybe if Thailand legalized or de-criminalized pot, they could reduce the horrible meth problem that currently exists.

[lostinisaan]

Maybe if Thailand legalized or de-criminalized pot, they could reduce the horrible meth problem that currently exists.

Holland and a couple of other countries tried that before and it didn't work out. There're boats in Amsterdam, where heroin addicts could get their free "clean and tested by cops first" heroin, to help them. Unfortunately, all you do for them seems to go exactly in the opposite direction.

It didn't work, as so many of them put the heroin into their mouths, to later trade it with coke, to get the kick, not always on route 66.....

It's sad and true at the same time that such "drug specialists" all around the world usually know nothing about the subject at all.

I've worked with all sorts of drug addictions, brought hundreds to a therapy, visited them in jail, just to find out that most of them died overdosed when they had the chance to flee, or were released as being "clean."

This guy should watch "Kid Cannabis" and might learn a lot next time. A real watchable movie about a young bloke. A must see.

Edited November 28, 2014 by lostinisaan

[Guitar God]

I disagree, the biggest "hard drug" problem in the Netherlands is Ecstasy, second now is probably hallucinagenic mushroom, since they were reclassified along with heroin and meth as a "hard drug", oh and cannabis that's over 21% THC, or hash or extracts. Those are now "hard drugs" too.

The big cities have a few heroin addicts, like any other big city. Meth isn't much of a problem and doesn't come up in the news often. Heroin addicts are offered methadone, they get clean needles and they don't need to commit crimes to support their habit.

Probably the biggest "drug problem" they had was lack of parking at coffeeshops near borders. Those shops had so much business because of prohibition in neighboring countries the residents compained about traffic and parking problems.

Portugal, the Netherlands and other pragmatic countries have lower rates of drug use by teens and less legal, social and health problems than prohibitionist countries. Colorado is reporting a drop in violent and petty crimes since they legalised. Prohibition made things worst in the 1920's with alcohol, it's doing the same in the 2010's Everyone who has died from "spice" or other chemical "marijuana" concoctions is a direct result of prohibition.

False Claims

McCaffrey asserted that drug abuse problems in The Netherlands are "enormous" (Associated Press, July 13, 1998). In fact, the Dutch have no more drug problems than most neighboring countries which do not have "liberal" drug policies. Further, by virtually all measures the Dutch have less drug use and abuse than the U.S. — from a lower rate of marijuana use among teens to a lower rate of heroin addiction among adults.

source: http://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/reinarman.dutch.html

Maybe if Thailand legalized or de-criminalized pot, they could reduce the horrible meth problem that currently exists.

Holland and a couple of other countries tried that before and it didn't work out. There're boats in Amsterdam, where heroin addicts could get their free "clean and tested by cops first" heroin, to help them. Unfortunately, all you do for them seems to go exactly in the opposite direction.

It didn't work, as so many of them put the heroin into their mouths, to later trade it with coke, to get the kick, not always on route 66.....

It's sad and true at the same time that such "drug specialists" all around the world usually know nothing about the subject at all.

I've worked with all sorts of drug addictions, brought hundreds to a therapy, visited them in jail, just to find out that most of them died overdosed when they had the chance to flee, or were released as being "clean."

This guy should watch "Kid Cannabis" and might learn a lot next time. A real watchable movie about a young bloke. A must see.

[Issangeorge]

Here's an interesting article, not sure if I can post it, so if not, please remove. http://m.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/as-bc-heroin-flap-shows-drug-laws-are-not-about-improving-our-health/article21824587?service=mobile

[Smurkster]

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At least follow the lead of Cambodia and decriminalize the use, sale and cultivation of marijuana as a stepping stone

to following Uruguay's lead in making it legal. Even the US the country that led the charge in making possession of marijuana

a criminal offence world wide has several States legalizing it for recreational use and most states have made it legal for the

treatment of medical conditions.

BTW I am not a user but do not judge negatively, those that do.

also Laos, if its not decriminalised there, it is at least tolerated. Every store corner and tuk tuk is selling it. they must pay their monthly ''fee'' of course, but i have seen backpackers smoking it for years there, never any problems I have encountered with any law. Plus they love to use it in Tom Yum

[lust]

Too bad, what a waste. I shall fly my flag at half mast today.