News Forum - 3 Thais detained and fined in Malaysia following drug tests

[Thaiger]

Three Thais planning to travel to Malaysia during the long weekend were in for a surprise. The travellers had been crossing a checkpoint into Malaysia from South Thailand’s Satun province this week. When Malaysian authorities took urine samples from the 3, they were found to have traces of marijuana in their bodies. The tourists were fined 50,000 baht, and jailed for 3 days. Malaysian border police have been on guard with Thai tourists driving across the border, thoroughly checking all cars, according to one van driver. The van driver is ethnically Thai, however, he holds Malaysian nationality. He told Amarin TV […]

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[Venusianhart]

Weed is popular in Thailand and growing daily. 

The economy of Malaysia will lose out as millions of peaceful stoners just decide they can shove their mediaeval busybody testing up their sarong kebaya

[Giltee]

3 minutes ago, Venusianhart said:

Weed is popular in Thailand and growing daily. 

The economy of Malaysia will lose out as millions of peaceful stoners just decide they can shove their mediaeval busybody testing up their sarong kebaya

Good. Less people around means more enjoyable holiday. If stoners can’t do without pot and need to take their greens with them it’s called addiction. 

[HolyCowCm]

This forcing you to do a drug test is sheer BS. And yes Thailand also does it. Against all human rights and freedoms.

[js89]

Complete nonsense. They committed no offense in Malaysia...they'd legally consumed it in Thailand and hadn't even entered Malaysia yet.

This practise of convicting people based on a urine test is jurisdictional overreach

[js89]

10 hours ago, Giltee said:

Good. Less people around means more enjoyable holiday. If stoners can’t do without pot and need to take their greens with them it’s called addiction. 

Err, read the article. They didn't take any with them. They got urine tested and then jailed for 3 days for having legally consumed it in Thailand!!

[HiuMak]

16 hours ago, HolyCowCm said:

This forcing you to do a drug test is sheer BS. And yes Thailand also does it. Against all human rights and freedoms.

Some say your eyes will change colour when you smoke weed. Probably that gives or its profiling. Not everyone gets checked.

[HolyCowCm]

2 hours ago, HiuMak said:

Some say your eyes will change colour when you smoke weed. Probably that gives or its profiling. Not everyone gets checked.

My point was and still is, unless they openly are smoking it and get caught or pull it out and the authorities see it, it is against human rights. This is plainly a duck shoot to get money. 

[Saltire]

 

Another example of opportunistic illegal greed.

Is this something they did before or did they wait till it was decriminalised?

Stoners can test positive up to 30 days after the last  smoke. Even 1 puff stays in your system for 3 days.