Minister of Justice affirms to ASEAN Thailand will not legalize drugs

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Minister of Justice affirms to ASEAN Thailand will not legalize drugs

 

  

BANGKOK, 25 August 2016 (NNT) – The Minister of Justice has affirmed to the ASEAN community and other relevant nations that Thailand will not legalize narcotics. 

Justice Minister Gen Paiboon Kumchaiya chaired the opening of the 37th high-level ASEAN meeting on narcotics taking place at Royal Orchid Sheraton Bangkok.

 

The summit is being attended by Secretary-General of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board Sirinya Sittichai and his counterparts from across ASEAN as well as China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and the United Nations.

 

The meeting is to focus on achievements over the past year in terms of suppressing narcotics as well as rehabilitation of drug addicts, research and other relevant developments. The officials will also discuss the new 2016-2025 ASEAN Action and Cooperation Plan for Narcotics. 

Gen Paiboon used the opportunity of the summit to bid all participants focus their efforts on remedying the drug trade in the Golden Triangle area, asserting work there would result in a major blow to drug traders. He also took the opportunity to assure that Thailand will not legalize narcotics use. 

 

-- nnt 2016-08-25

[The stuttering parrot]

There won't be any major blow to drug traders as I stated before it's a zillion dollar industry with connections very high up all over the world.

I wondered last week when I seen a report that they are considering opening up ice houses so they can safely whack it into them there and where society is heading.

Just have a look at the millions upon millions of pills confiscated in Thai drug busts and imagine how much is getting through.

Sorry but what's is perceived as a major blow is nothing more than a mozzie bite in this industry all around the world.

[jamesbrock]

Again, there is a huge difference between legalisation and decriminalisation - whether this difference is lost in translation or simply beyond Gen Paiboon's comprehension is a matter of conjecture.

 

What's clear is that no one would expect Thailand to embrace a forward thinking progressive policy—that's proven effective—when there is a backwards, ignorant policy—that for its entire history has been an abject failure—to blindly follow.

[z42]

Criminalizing a person who has traces of drugs in their system is as immoral as it gets, the sooner this stupid moneymaking venture stops, the better. Prohibition does far more harm than good, ridiculous that people still advocate its use 

[hansnl]

what would you expect him to tell to islamic states, communist states, a few states climbing out of repression, states getting into repression.

Missed chance.....

[mki8]

Of course they wont legalize them as the prices would come down, and those in control earn a pretty penny as it is now, so why change anything.

 

But there is a big difference as stated above in legalization and decriminalization, but Thailand really should consider decriminalizing or legalizing which ever you want to put it, the consumption of drugs, as this is just a waste oe time and money for police, wasting their efforts catching drug users instead of drug pushers, but then you go back to my initial statement, seems they are happy to keep showing their tremendous team efforts on tv busting someone for $20 worth of ice at least once a week.

 

On another note you have to consider this statement was made to the Asean commuinty, and being pro drugs, or should i say anti anti-drugs, would be the direct opposite of the phillipenes current policies, where they are slaughtering drug users and pushers at the moment without trial or even arrest.

 

 

 

[Classic Ray]

It's unlikely that any country with significant levels of corruption will ever willingly attempt to decriminalise or legalise drugs. How would these sources of income be replaced? 

During prohibition of alcohol in the Twenties in the US there was widespread and massive corruption money paid to police and civic officials to ensure the trade went on.

 

Now in the US the impact of illegal drugs to society, healthcare, incarceration and to the justice system has got out of control. The inability of law enforcement agencies to have any impact on the trade, not to mention the impact on neighbouring countries such as Mexico forming the supply chain, and the will of a large section of the electorate, has led to increased decriminalisation and legalisation following models in Switzerland and Portugal. This is not without the objection of corrupt officials and agencies such as the DEA with a vested interest in their own survival.

 

Whether Thailand will ever follow this example or adopt its own version will depend on the will of the military junta to clean its Augean stables and bring true happiness to the people. It can do this by eliminating official collusion in the drugs trade and replacing it with effective enforcement of revised laws against illegal supply, licensing of legal supply, and health treatment of out of control drug users rather than prosecution. 

[dhream]

"Achievements in terms of suppressing..." 555 hilarious.

No kingpin = no nuthin'

It's all just the usual BS, back-slapping and kidding the gormless general public that they're 'winning' a war that didn't even exist, until they 'created' it out of the summer of love in 68' now they're up to their nex in meth pandemics because they
Idiotically created a hyper demand for, by suppressing, of course, cocaine, among other substances. Chemicals that most people ignored for most of human history. Nice going you <deleted> clowns dicks.


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[Shiver]

I wish they would at least legalise Kratom.  Unfortunately it's very good at getting people off opium based drugs and grows like a weed here.  Legal in many other countries.

 

What is not said in the above paragraph says more than the words do.  They could tax it like crazy if it was legal.  The downsides of 'drugs' are an entirely different matter, but at least if an omnipotent government wants to control everything, then they could do worse things than legalise/tax/rehab or some other variant.