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A touch of golf therapy
News, Published on 10/08/2024
» A recent Shinawatra weekend retreat to Khao Yai was anything but private and set tongues wagging as to why Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul paid a surprise visit to the family.
More work ahead on dope change
Editorial, Published on 28/07/2024
» The government's backtracking from its plan to relist cannabis as a narcotic drug is a step in the right direction. The reversal was ordered by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday, just days before a meeting of the Narcotics Control Board (NCB).
Control law will pass, Anutin says
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/07/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul appeared optimistic yesterday that a bill on controlling cannabis will be passed into law within the tenure of the current coalition government, while a health advocacy group called for a total ban on using cannabis for recreational purposes.
Pheu Thai to rally base in Thailand's Surin province
Published on 21/07/2024
» Paroled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra's recent visit to Surin, one of the lower northeastern provinces, has raised questions about whether the region will become a key battleground in the next general election.
Public Health Ministry pushing for one-tab rule for meth
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/06/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health is seeking to make regulatory changes where anyone possessing more than one methamphetamine tablet, rather than five or more tablets at present, will be regarded as an offender and not be sent to rehab.
Maybe it’s time to move on
News, Published on 18/05/2024
» The recent cabinet reshuffle, dubbed Srettha 1/1, has left three loyal veterans of the ruling Pheu Thai Party out in the cold.
Cannabis backers urge minister not to turn back clock
Published on 16/05/2024
» Dozens of cannabis advocates urged the government on Thursday to abandon its plans to relist marijuana as an illegal narcotic, a week after it announced a dramatic policy U-turn just two years after decriminalising it.
Control weed, don't kill it
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/05/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin may mean well in attempting to re-list cannabis as a narcotic, but his aim only attests to his mediocre knowledge about the plant and the dilemma facing the country.
Health ministry considers lowering possession limit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/05/2024
» A meeting on Thursday will consider lowering the maximum number of methamphetamine pills a person can have in their possession before it is considered a criminal act, according to Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin on Monday.
PM: Cannabis to be relisted as a narcotic by year-end
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday said that cannabis would be relisted as a narcotic by the end of 2024.