News Forum - Prayut sets “drug free” goal for Thai province where massacre happened

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has yesterday set a goal for the northeastern Nong Bua Lamphu province, where the horrific October 6 massacre happened, to become “drug free” within 30 days. A government spokesperson told the Associated Press that Prayut had ordered relevant agencies to implement measures related to drug abuse and trading. Agencies have been instructed to monitor several areas of Nong Bua Lamphu to look for information that could help implement the measures in other provinces.  Officials have been deployed to monitor drug situations in communities, and provide help to drug addicts in need of rehabilitation.  After the recent […]

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[Boddown]

Good luck with that pipe dream 

[MrStretch]

Posturing.

Too bad posturing isn't an income-generating situation because Thai politicians would be up to their armpits in baht if it were.

[Fanta]

On the bright side of this hopeless goal the government has recognized the importance of rehabilitation and helping drug users as opposed to their long running farce of punishing them.