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Justice minister wants go ahead for kratom-based products
King-oua Laohong, Published on 09/09/2021
» Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin on Thursday urged the Public Health Ministry to quickly amend regulations to permit the sale of kratom-based products to provide needed income for rural people.
Kratom inmates to walk free
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 17/08/2021
» The Ministry of Justice is pledging to free and dismiss drug charges against 12,000 inmates convicted for kratom possession before the plant is formally removed from the list of banned narcotics on Aug 24.
8,000 to be cleared after kratom's removal from narcotics list
King-oua Laohong, Published on 10/08/2021
» More than 8,000 convicted people and suspects will be cleared of legal charges when kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is removed from the narcotics list on Aug 24, Office of Narcotics Control Board secretary-general Wichai Chaimongkol said on Tuesday.
HM King pardons inmates
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/07/2021
» More than 200,000 prisoners have been granted a royal pardon on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty the King's 69th birthday on Wednesday, including 35,000 inmates who will be released on parole.
Kratom plants 'legal to grow' from Aug 24
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 16/07/2021
» Kratom, the plant formerly listed as a narcotic, should be legal to grow from Aug 24, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Thursday.
Corrections Department drawing standard procedures
King-oua Laohong, Published on 30/03/2021
» The Corrections Department is in the process of drawing up standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all correctional facilities nationwide to follow and the work is expected to be finished by mid-April, department deputy director-general Tawatchai Chaiwat said on Tuesday.
Rare cats to be auctioned
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/03/2021
» Six cats, acquired using drug money, will be auctioned off by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) next month.
Senate votes to legalise kratom use
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/02/2021
» The Senate has passed an amendment bill removing kratom from the narcotics list during its third reading in the Upper House, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Tuesday.
Senate passes bill removing kratom from narcotics list
King-oua Laohong, Published on 23/02/2021
» The Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment bill removing kratom from the narcotics list in its third reading, a step closer to households being allowed to grow up to three kratom trees each for daily use, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Tuesday.
Drug money models go under hammer
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 07/02/2021
» A life-size figure model of popular Japanese fictional character Monkey D Luffy, seized from a young couple of drug suspects in the South, was yesterday auctioned for 110,000 baht.