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  • OPINION

    The fight against drugs

    Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/09/2023

    » It should be good news that the Srettha government will make the fight against narcotics part of the national agenda. Announced on Sunday by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, the news has garnered mixed reactions, especially among human rights activists, which is understandable.

  • OPINION

    Updating the war on drugs

    News, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2016

    » Governments and security agencies worldwide are always trying to catch up with society. Nothing illustrates this like the global rethink on the four-decade war on drugs. Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya continues to look for a policy that somehow acknowledges both a common disgust with the "war", and the fact that the public is becoming better educated and more tolerant of its actual dangers.

  • OPINION

    Prohibition no cure

    News, Postbag, Published on 01/06/2020

    » Re "Why futile wars on drugs persist," Editorial, June 1.

  • OPINION

    The farthest fall

    B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 14/07/2019

    » I once attended a birthday party at a house in Soi Ari where I was introduced to a middle-aged man with a rotating jaw.

  • OPINION

    Govt must invest to win war on drugs

    News, Published on 27/07/2019

    » Like its predecessors, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has vowed to put an end to the illicit narcotics trade, especially in the restive three southernmost provinces. Yet, the question remains of how it will turn these promises into action.

  • OPINION

    Myanmar's shirked duty

    News, Editorial, Published on 08/10/2018

    » Last Thursday, police arrested two men in Ayutthaya for possession of drugs. They were driving a pickup with 700 one-kilogramme bags of crystal methamphetamine, a so-called recreational drug without medical or social value.

  • OPINION

    Seize the drugs nettle

    News, Editorial, Published on 05/04/2016

    » A recent series of arrests and seizures by anti-drug forces is a rare ray of optimism in the fight for a rational drug-control policy. But they also revived serious questions and brought more confusion to the problem. It is clear that some countries in the region are keen to take more responsibility while suffering more losses than others. And it seems while authorities have a somewhat tenuous handle on who is controlling drug trafficking, efforts to deal with the kingpins are ineffective at best.

  • OPINION

    Half measures against drugs

    News, Published on 16/12/2014

    » Authorities in the four countries which share the upper Mekong River are finally taking steps to cooperate in fighting the drug traffickers of the Golden Triangle. That is good news. Unfortunately, there also is bad news.

  • OPINION

    Hemp needs more support

    News, Editorial, Published on 02/10/2022

    » Marijuana is a drug. It needs proper control. But hemp is not pot. It is a valuable crop for diverse industries, and it needs policy support.

  • OPINION

    Bells of tolerance

    News, Postbag, Published on 09/10/2018

    » Re: "'Big Joke' targets foreign lady who griped about bell ringing", (BP, Oct 6).

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