If Thailand's powers that be decided to legalise marijuana, gunja, weed whatever you want to call it a lot of the 'problem' would go away. These are often the people targeted. Concentrate on the hard stuff, jail the purveyors real time, strip assets, shame them in the press.

Of course this is only a pipe dream in a country where the baht is mightier than buddhism and too many highly placed have lucrative financial income streams. Inactive transfers and all that bs.

Here is the ideal use for Article 44. Instead of telling eveyone up front days before hand what they are going to do, just do it! Pull together a massive number of police and army but have a core of special narc officers who know the plan but not tell the plan until the last minute. 'Wam bam thank you mam' pull off all the raids. Big fish and small fish hang em on the spot in the biggest tree with a sign around their neck saying they were into drugs. Confiscate all their assets and the assets of their wives and children.....and staff.

No more mister nice guy, it's time to get tough.

or perhaps you could get educated?

wow really , another one, when you idiots going to start with the katoeys on walking street

war on drug ... what a joke !!!

its been a running gag since the 70's ..... still today the USA are the biggest opium producer in the world

Ah yes, but here's the sleeper.

"...and the seizure of about Bt100 million in assets including Bt13.79 million in cash, ONCB executive Sitthisak Kalayanapradit said."

"The assets would be auctioned after final court rulings, with the money funneled to the Narcotics Control Fund, he added."

A self-funding police operation? What do you suggest should be done with seized assets?

OOh, nice house, Lambourghini for the wife, holidays in Brazil - the list is endless.....