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US revokes visas for Indian business executives over fentanyl links
Reuters, Published on 18/09/2025
» NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The US embassy in New Delhi has revoked and subsequently denied visas for some Indian business executives and corporate leaders based on their involvement in trafficking fentanyl precursors, the embassy said in a statement on Thursday.
Should non-medicinal weed be legal?
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 09/06/2025
» The issue of narcotics is not only a law enforcement and medical issue. It is also a historical, political and economic issue. A recurrent dilemma is whether personal, non-medical use of "weed" or cannabis (which is generally seen as a softer drug, when compared with harder drugs such as methamphetamine), should be legal. Thailand is still in the quest for a balanced answer, and this is shaped by political and economic ambivalence.
Thailand-Vietnam trade target of $25bn set
News, Bangkok Post, Published on 17/05/2025
» Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to promote economic links and work together to boost bilateral trade to US$25 billion a year, from $20 billion now, in the near future, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said.
Bayer Poised for Breakthrough Year in Pharmaceuticals
Published on 08/04/2025
» Bayer on April 1 showcased significant advancements in its pharmaceutical growth strategy and pipeline at its annual Pharma Media Day.
Global jitters
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/02/2025
» Re: "Trade war will test govt", (Editorial, Feb 3).
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.
New college targets drug trafficking
News, Published on 18/09/2023
» The newly established International Narcotics Control College (INCC) in Chiang Rai aims to provide training to law enforcement agents and partner organisations to combat drug trafficking in the Mekong subregion.
1.5m meth pills, 700kg of 'precursors' seized in Nong Khai
Online Reporters, Published on 16/11/2022
» Marines from the navy's Mekong Riverine Unit seized 1.59 million methamphetamine pills and 700 kilogrammes of powder believed to be drug precursors left by smugglers in the northeastern province of Nong Khai.
Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.
Laws on firearms, drugs to be 'strictly enforced'
Online Reporters, Published on 12/10/2022
» Laws on guns and listed narcotics will be strictly enforced to help solve the problems of gun violence and drug abuse, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday.