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HIV test kits good step
News, Editorial, Published on 22/04/2019
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the right call at the right time by allowing over-the-counter sales of HIV home test kits in the country.
Has drug reform gone to pot?
News, Editorial, Published on 07/04/2019
» Legal action against a prominent rice expert and biodiversity advocate for possessing marijuana plants and extracts raises questions as to whether the country is serious about drug reform. Or is it just hypocrisy?
Big Tobacco wants in
News, Editorial, Published on 27/02/2019
» The Food and Drug Administration made the correct decision to reject the first private request to grow, process and sell marijuana.
Military jumps the gun
News, Editorial, Published on 22/02/2019
» With key political parties vowing to downsize the military and defence spending as part of their campaign policies, the junta this week has tried to safeguard its interests by claiming transparency in its budget proposals and citing possible adverse effects if the country lacks an adequate defence.
Silo mentality slows progress
News, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2019
» The Department of Land Transport (DLT) and the Royal Thai Police (RTP) this week, once again, have acted as if they do not actually work in the same country.
No sign of drug reform
News, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2019
» The Ministry of Defence has weighed in on drug trafficking but in the most familiar manner. Briefed by his boss, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, ministry spokesman Kongcheep Tantravanich repeated an official litany that is no longer impressive. In short, drug seizures are up, drug arrests continue to increase. As a reporter for this newspaper wrote, this combination of factors "will pave the way for more arrests".
Fun police out in force
News, Editorial, Published on 29/11/2018
» Beyond the need to maintain social order, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's new royal decree, which bans issuance of new business licences for a range of entertainment venues including pubs, bars, nightclubs and massage parlours in 22 small provinces, does not explain other reasons.
Double-faced drugs policy
News, Editorial, Published on 20/11/2018
» The government has become somewhat schizophrenic about its policies on banned drugs. It has sent mixed signals about the path to legalising medical marijuana. Providing a programme leading to the needed reform of law on illicit drugs is even less clear. In just the past few weeks, senior officials and ministers have indicated, rather, that they expect to renew and redoubled the "war on drugs" policies that have failed so badly.
Oppressive to the last
News, Editorial, Published on 08/11/2018
» More than four years since the coup, there is still no end in sight to the systematic abuse of the law and intimidation by the police and military of political dissidents and ordinary citizens.
Death penalty taints the record
News, Editorial, Published on 14/10/2018
» Thailand has missed a chance to be part of the world majority in marking the international day against the death penalty this week after it carried out the execution of a young convict in June amid high publicity.