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    Let's clear up ganja haze

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/06/2022

    » It all began quite innocently. A staff member of a well-known public organisation ate a snack before starting a shift. Soon after, the person began babbling incoherently, unable to walk in a straight line -- let alone work -- with a supervisor claiming the staff member was "worse than drunk". As it turned out, the snack was a cookie containing an unspecified amount of cannabis extract -- the use of which was recently decriminalised by the government.

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    Govt relief causes 'havoc'

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/02/2021

    » The registration for the government's relief aid for people without smart phones or internet access was a resounding success -- if success means turning everyone involved into a loser.

  • News & article

    Undo hazing shackle

    News, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2015

    » August does not only mark the start of the first semester of universities and colleges. It also kicks off the hazing season which refuses to go away despite numerous premature deaths from hazing violence.

  • News & article

    Food waste hard to bear

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2023

    » Our lawmakers are currently debating the new government's policies and proposed budget in parliament. Yet the latest scandal about parliament's whopping food budget and shameful waste of its canteen food serve as a mirror for lawmakers to look at their own behaviour.

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    Sodium also needs taxing

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/03/2023

    » Starting tomorrow, the third stage of a tax hike on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) will come into effect, meaning consumers with a sweet tooth will have to pay more for soft drinks with a high sugar content.

  • News & article

    Big steps for our 'expanding' nation

    News, Editorial, Published on 12/03/2023

    » Two years ago, the Public Health Ministry changed its guidelines to confirm that the average Thai child was, in fact, getting taller. To mark World Obesity Day on March 4, the Department of Health released a report saying that not only are they taller, but they are also much bigger -- with one in 10 children aged under 15 found to be clinically obese.

  • News & article

    Ganja guidelines

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 27/07/2022

    » The Prayut Chan-o-cha government has no need to reverse the decriminalisation of cannabis, as demanded by groups of doctors and medical personnel, which would certainly cause public confusion.

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    Call time on booze rules

    News, Editorial, Published on 19/03/2022

    » Reports that K-pop superstar Lisa Manoban has become a brand ambassador for a whisky-maker have caused something of a frenzy here in her home country.

  • News & article

    Freeing up liquor law

    News, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2022

    » It's a shame that MPs last week punted to cabinet a bill seeking to liberalise the liquor industry and allow small-scale producers to enter the market.

  • News & article

    Handle SHA with fairness

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/11/2021

    » A few days after the country reopened, people returned to eating and drinking in public and enjoying life.

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