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Weed policy U-turn draws flak
News, Published on 10/05/2024
» The Pheu Thai-led government's about-turn on the last administration's cannabis decriminalisation policy has drawn flak from critics, with activists vowing to protest its plan to reclassify the plant as a narcotic.
OCPB, FDA asked to weigh in on old-rice dispute
News, Published on 09/05/2024
» The Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are being urged to inspect the quality of decade-old rice, which the Commerce Ministry plans to sell amid concerns about aflatoxin and chemical contamination.
Illicit drug limit set for avoiding jail
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/02/2024
» A ceiling has been set by the Public Health Ministry, below which people possessing illicit drugs will be regarded as drug users not liable for legal punishment.
Mixed reaction to tougher drug laws
News, Published on 01/02/2023
» Experts have warned the Public Health Ministry's proposal to criminalise possession of more than one methamphetamine pill as possession with intent to sell rather than for personal use could have serious consequences.
One pill limit or face meth dealing charge
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/01/2023
» A ministerial regulation is being amended so that anyone with more than one methamphetamine pill in possession, instead of 15, will be regarded as having the pills with intent to sell, not for personal use as at present.
Anutin: More than one meth pill, you're a dealer
Post Reporters, Published on 30/01/2023
» A ministerial regulation is being amended so that anyone with more than one methamphetamine pill in possession, instead of 15, will be regarded as having them with intent to sell, not for personal use as at present, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday.
Go softly, softly: 4th Army head
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 02/11/2022
» The newly appointed commander of the 4th Army Region, Lt Gen Santi Sakuntanark, says security authorities will avoid the use of force against suspected insurgents in the strife-torn southern border provinces except for self-defence as law enforcement is stepped up to deal with them.
Most disagree with drug users being legally treated as 'sick persons': poll
Online Reporters, Published on 16/10/2022
» A majority of people disagree with the Narcotics Act, which in principle presumes that "drug users" are "sick persons", saying drug users should be penalised because otherwise they could eventually become drug dealers, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
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.
High-tech thief, cold-case kill heats up, vagrants fall out
News, Mae Moo, Published on 14/08/2022
» A young man who turned his hand to robbery after watching how it was done on TV says he was dismayed to find that in real life, CCTV cameras were ready to catch his every move.