Thailand, 7 more countries form taskforce against supply of drug precursors

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Thailand, 7 more countries form taskforce against supply of drug precursors
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BANGKOK, Feb 11 -- Thailand and seven other countries have agreed to form a task force to help control illicit drug precursor substances.

The Special Meeting on Precursor Control, which gathered concerned authorities from Thailand, Cambodia, China, India, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, reached a resolution on the formation of the taskforce on Tuesday.

The taskforce will have concerned authorities from the eight countries exchange information and knowledge about operations to block precursor supplies.

The operations include setting up checkpoints, a capability enhancement programme for personnel and exchanging information on precursor chemicals.

Thailand will coordinate the task force.

Permpong Chaovalit, secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board, said the United Nations specified 14 precursors and viewed that Asia remained the hub of the narcotic precursors, especially ephedrine in India, China and South Korea.

He said the UN also noted that the use of acetic anhydride in aspirin as a heroin precursor was growing and urged Asian countries to enact laws to control the narcotic precursors. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2015-02-11

[The manic]

Ostensibly a good move but it did not work in the UK in the prevention of Amphetamine Sulphate. The Crims worked out a new formulae. Then the Meta Amphetamine craze came along 'E' etc ...the dance scene.....MDA...MDMA and then Legal highs and so the various drugs enterprises are bigger than ever. The war on drugs is a lost war and was just a con trick started by the arch neo con criminal Richard Nixon. The war on drugs is a war on the people. But it benefits countless NGO, police, politicians and the judiciary and penal system. As for banning Aspirin: You can see where this idiocy is leading.....Next the banning of nail varnish because of its acetone precursor potential....Drugs:Legalise them, tax them and educate the people about reality of them......The only policy that will work and opposed by all criminal cartels and mafia groups.

Edited February 11, 2015 by The manic

[Camelot]

First ephidrine was banned. Then its replacement pseudoephidrine (Actifed, Sudafed), indispensible as a cold remedy and for the relief of sinus congestion, was removed from the shelves and criminalised, even though no effective replacement existed.

Now aspirin is being targeted. Who thought that one up? The makers of paracetamol and ibuprofen who don't like competition? Are they aware of the role of baby aspirin in the prevention of heart attacks and strokes?

Banning everything in sight won't end drug abuse, but it will deprive a lot of sick people of the chance to ease their symptoms and make a faster recovery.

[angiolo]

but are these drugs made in Myanmar ? Well by the Chan provinces. Transported through Mae Sai. Should be easy,but so much money is involved.,so no hope of stopping the supply.The Thai police would be out of funds as I am lead to believe

[maidee]

only a few producers in the world for precursor of ice ... caugh medicine ... how hard to ask each country how much they really need with statistics and then only supple to governemantal agencies (if not corrupt) to do internal distribution & control