News Forum - Curbing meth in Bangkok a focus after massacre

[Thaiger]

Following the horrific daycare centre massacre in Nong Bua, where the killer had been battling drug charges, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced plans to focus on getting meth out of Bangkok. After a rash of drug-related crimes including the daycare centre massacre and another similar from the next day when a man was arrested outside of his child’s school with two guns and 17 meth pills, the capital city says it’s time to attempt new prevention plans. According to the Bangkok Post, the massacre spurred Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to push for the city to take measures to increase safety […]

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[Chatogaster]

 

Predictable knee-jerk reactions to an incident that's only the tiniest part of a much bigger problem (and one which is actually structural as opposed to a mass killing).

Any presumptions that instances like this might become rampant is contradicted by statistics as in ref. 1 (it links to an analysis of mass killings in the USA since 2006, and shows that despite an increased media focus the number of mass killings & the number casualties has remained nearly constant).

I'm OK with reducing meth abuse and increasing gun control, but in the end that's just an easy and extremely inefficient way out of tackling the harder but much more widespread problem of low mental health.

The politicians involved may now be patting themselves on the back for taking immediate (read: rash) and decisive actions with many thumbs-up by the voters, but in reality they'll achieve little by focusing on excesses and ignoring the bigger picture.

(1) https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2022/08/18/mass-killings-database-us-events-since-2006/9705311002/
 

 

[kalyan]

Thank HM and PM, why only Meth, any illegal drug is not required for Thailand people, same thailand people will explain to the world.

Anybody who want to visit thailand, should know this.

Are people not going to singapore for vacation ?  don't they know if they carry or consume drug they are finished for their life ?  

[Buzzkill]

People are really going crazy from this drug they cannot sleep.  I seen a bus worker one time when traveling he was like talking to hi.self handed me a bullet . Then later I heard of some fatality on the bus line he was completely off his rocker. Wonder if there is other chemical besides meth in it . Bad stuff is China supplying the chemicals . You guys used to get kilos now you get tons of it with Chinese stamps .. how you like China now? 

[HolyCowCm]

How about closingthe borders and becoming like a North Korea.

[ChrisS]

Until they sort out corruption the Thai authorities have no chance of stamping out Meth or any other lucrative criminal activity as the dealers will simply bribe enough people high up to be left in peace whilst now and again throwing the police a low level dealer to allow the police to claim some victories over drug supply and use.