Four-pronged attack against drug trafficking in region

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Four-pronged attack against drug trafficking in region
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Thailand will join China, India and South Korea in suppressing trade in drug-precursor chemicals, while the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) plans to propose Narcotics Act amendments to Justice Minister General Paiboon Khumchaya next month.

ONCB chief Permpong Chaowalit said yesterday that tougher action against the smuggling of these chemicals would help deter the production of narcotics. He said this would be a more effective measure rather than just arresting traffickers.

Since control measures for these drug precursors remain unclear, and there is fear that such restrictions might affect the legitimate drug industry, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam has assigned the ONCB to study and formulate an amendment to the Narcotics Act. Hence the agency will gather information and clarify and update it before submitting it to Paiboon in May, Permpong said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Four-pronged-attack-against-drug-trafficking-in-re-30257991.html


-- The Nation 2015-04-14

[soalbundy]

They could stop the army and police from profiting from drug trafficking, that would help, especially if their political bosses were also arrested.

[ourmanflint]

So banning so called "drug-precursor chemicals" will stop those making drugs will it? I'm guessing the instigators of this move don't really really understand how chemistry works? You cannot ban just one or two intermediate compounds, when they are probably even easier to produce from drug precursor precursor chemicals, and so on and so on. Chemistry is piss easy for anyone with the determination to synthesize drugs, you don't need anything special in particular.

[jcisco]

So banning so called "drug-precursor chemicals" will stop those making drugs will it? I'm guessing the instigators of this move don't really really understand how chemistry works? You cannot ban just one or two intermediate compounds, when they are probably even easier to produce from drug precursor precursor chemicals, and so on and so on. Chemistry is piss easy for anyone with the determination to synthesize drugs, you don't need anything special in particular.

I think you just glossed how important certain compounds are in chemical process from position of safety, yield, cost and practicality. If you are forced to synthesise chemicals from less direct routes the operation is likely to generate substantial waste molecules in addition to those you need. Key compounds across industry are necessary to scale and avoid waste and permit synthesis without the overhead.

So yes you can eventually get where you are going but the steps to get there maybe long, diifficult, expensive not to mention extremely hazardous. Why they are doing is trying to remove that advantage by increasing the work and investment a lab needs. At this point they can acquire chemicals that convert most of the key chemicals to the target narcotic, ensuring good yield and low process depth with reasonable waste output.

[Chris Lawrence]

They also need to clean the police or military of profiting from the trade. Most countries suffer the same fate as it is a lucrative trade. They need to go after the main people in the trade; need to hurt their trade to disable its cash flow. Stop the huge incomes and the pay offs get smaller, with the risks getting bigger.

Most politicians want to soapbox the issue, highlighting the idiots caught with drugs on them. Many of the public see this as a win as someone suffers for what has been done. Vote buying of a different magnitude, but doesn't stop the flow or trade.

Right people, right place in the right time is how they will kneecap these bloodsuckers.