Thailand's narcotics law to be amended
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BANGKOK, Jan 5 -- Coming to the opinion that Thailand has too many narcotics laws related to punishing offenders, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) will meet later this week to consider options for revising punishment so that it could become more realistic, ONCB Secretary-General Permpong Chaovalit said today.

The plan to amend the law is in line with the policy of Justice Minister Gen Paiboon Koomchaya whom Mr Permpong said believed there are too many laws related to narcotics punishment and they are not practical.

Between 60-70 per cent of arrested drug offenders possess less than 50 pills, he said. suggesting that the current terms of imprisonment for them are not the right way to solveg the problem and it also causes overcrowding at prisons.

Mr Permpong said imprisonment terms must be revised and made more lenient.

For instance, the imprisonment term for drug smugglers across the border must be a heavy 10-20 years, even though some smugglers were found with only 12 pills in their possession.

Mr Permpong said he believed a revised law is expected to be ready within this month as several local and foreign organisations including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are closely monitoring Thailand’s laws related to narcotics.

He emphasised that the plan to revise the law is not meant to solve prison overcrowding, but to help offenders change their habits. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2015-01-05

About time.

Thinking does exist after all.

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

I don't understand. Will I still have to pee in a cup in front of Emporium?

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

In your dreams. Who will make money if this would be the case? No one.

It is not in the RTP's interest nor their patrons to change that law.

Mark my words, cannabis will NEVER be legalized or decriminalized in this country. NEVER.

They couldn't even bring themselves to legalize kratom.

All drug prohibition is nothing more than authoritarian power taken to ultimate lengths; inside the human mind and body.

Being high is essentially a thought crime justified by what you "might" do.

Farcicle tool of oppression followed and floated by mindless cogs.

Thinking does exist after all.

.

Only if it results in action.

Thinking does exist after all.

For some people.

LEGISLATION
Punishments for drug offences to be reviewed

BANGKOK: -- An anti-drug government agency will meet this week to consider options for reviewing punishments in drug-related cases to make them more realistic.

The Narcotics Control Board's secretary general Permpong Koomchaya said that it is believed that there are too many laws related to narcotics punishment and they are not practical.

"The imprisonment term for drug smugglers across the board is between 1020 years although many smugglers are found with only 12 pills in their possession. About 6070 per cent of the arrested drug offenders have in possession less than 50 pills. Jailing them causes overcrowding at prisons also," he said.

Permpong said imprisonment terms must be revised and made more lenient. He expects a revised law to be ready before the end of January, as several local and foreign organisations including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are closely monitoring Thailand's laws related to narcotics.

He emphasised that the plan to revise the law is not meant to solve prison overcrowding, but to help offenders change their habits.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Punishments-for-drug-offences-to-be-reviewed-30251194.html


-- The Nation 2015-01-05

Heavier punishment for border drug trafficking, but lighter sentence for low-level drug offenders

BANGKOK: -- The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) will propose the amendments of the existing drug trafficking laws to punish border drug trafficking heavier, and to give lighter penalties to small couriers and low-level drug offenders.

The idea of lighter punishment for couriers arrested with small amount of drugs came as now up to 70% of drug prisoners are low-level offenders and are causing overcrowding in prisons nationwide.

ONCB secretary-general Permpong Chaovalit said drug officials would meet this week to consider amendments of the existing laws.

He admitted the proposed amendment was corresponded to the policy of Justice Minister Gen Paiboon Koomchaya who viewed there are too many laws related to narcotics punishment and they are not practical.

Between 60-70 per cent of arrested drug offenders were arrested for possessing less than 50 methamphetamines, he said.

He said the heavy sentence for them is not the right way to solve the problem and it also causes overcrowding in prisons.

Mr Permpong said imprisonment terms must be revised and be made more lenient.

For instance, the imprisonment term for drug smugglers across the border must be a heavy 10-20 years, even though some smugglers were found with only 12 pills in their possession.

He believed the amendment is expected to be ready within this month as several local and foreign organisations including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime are closely monitoring Thailand’s laws related to narcotics.

He emphasised that the plan to revise the law is not meant to solve prison overcrowding, but to help offenders change their habits.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/heavier-punishment-border-drug-trafficking-lighter-sentence-low-level-drug-offenders


-- Thai PBS 2015-01-05

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

You really believe that?

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

In your dreams. Who will make money if this would be the case? No one.

It is not in the RTP's interest nor their patrons to change that law.

Mark my words, cannabis will NEVER be legalized or decriminalized in this country. NEVER.

They couldn't even bring themselves to legalize kratom.

An interesting read....as always politics and big business pressure.

http://entheology.com/news-articles/why-kratom-was-banned-in-thailand/

Ah, nice words to win the hearts and minds of a specific section of the voting public for the (upcoming) elections. They'll win them for ever if they decriminalize kratom too.

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

You really believe that?

Yes, I do!

....won't that mean that it will be even harder to get to the source...???

....and street crime is likely to increase....???

...maybe it makes more sense to build more prisons or detention centers.....???

I don't understand. Will I still have to pee in a cup in front of Emporium?

Only if that is your drink of choice

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

You really believe that?

Yes, I do!

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Tobacco works wonders on the bugs in the garden

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

In your dreams. Who will make money if this would be the case? No one.

It is not in the RTP's interest nor their patrons to change that law.

Mark my words, cannabis will NEVER be legalized or decriminalized in this country. NEVER.

They couldn't even bring themselves to legalize kratom.

Never is a very long time.

We thought the same when Reagan was Pres.

Now look.

Cannabis is a medicine.

Gov't is making tax.

$ talks.

Never is a very very long time.............

You willing to put a wager ?

A big one ?

AS you say NEVER.......

All drug prohibition is nothing more than authoritarian power taken to ultimate lengths; inside the human mind and body.

Being high is essentially a thought crime justified by what you "might" do.

Farcicle tool of oppression followed and floated by mindless cogs.

What did you take before writing your post?

All drug prohibition is nothing more than authoritarian power taken to ultimate lengths; inside the human mind and body.

Being high is essentially a thought crime justified by what you "might" do.

Farcicle tool of oppression followed and floated by mindless cogs.

What did you take before writing your post?

Can I have some too.

And the UN & WHO criminals and their NGO cronies living off our taxes havev to have to be defeated. Parasites!

Well done Thailand, this is the right direction.

Thinking does exist after all.

So far only talking exist.. lots of water will pass in the Chao Prahya river before anything, if at all,

will gets promulgated...

I hope someday they legalize pot, the sale of cake and cookies will shoot up. 5555555

Very nice. But please let people with class 5 drugs walk free when busted with small amount. Cannabis is not a drug!

Of course Cannabis is a drug. So is alcohol, cigarettes, if you see it realistic, sweet food could be classified as drug. Endurance sport produces narcotics made by the body. If you don't eat a few days you get high in a way close to narcotics.

Drinking the whiskey and sending cannabis user into jail is hypocrite

Placing people in prison for small crimes only causes the rate of HIV to go up. A few months in prison becomes a life sentence.

I understand that Thailand's drug laws were heavily influenced by the USA's DEa back in the Vietnam war era.

Now 40 years later the DEA has been pretty much overturned, the "war on drugs' in America has been won and the DEA has lost.

Marijuana is pretty much legal in USA now, taxed and recognized for it's medical benefits.

If the USA does not lose it's influence on Thailand ( and it may lose it, to China in the not to far future )..

Thailand may jump into the 21st century and lighten up on cannabis use some day.

There are a lot of vested interests. Just look at episode one of Boardwalk Empire to see how criminals from the street, the police, the judiciary, the legislature all celebrate the Volsted act. Non criminals benefit too, thus my comments about NGO & UN parasites. In the UK a lot of so called respectable people got very rich and a lot of decent people suffered.Reefer madness indeed.

I would change their habits. Mandatory death immediately by firing squad for all users, dealers and their families if the families have wealth all of a sudden.

No body buying or using will dry the market quickly.

I am sick of treating these useless vermin