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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.
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.
Weed bud a 'controlled herb' now
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has changed course and will now regulate the use and distribution of cannabis buds and not allow the sale of the buds to people aged under 20 years old.
Online seller 'Pimrypie' in hot water over Covid test kits
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2021
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking legal action against Pimradaporn Benjawattanapat, an online trader better known as "Pimrypie", for offering a set of antigen test kits (ATK) as a free gift to purchasers of her mineral water.
Outrage over early release of 'rhino kingpin'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/09/2018
» A leading local conservationist has condemned the early release from prison in South Africa of “Rhino kingpin” Chumlong Lemthongthai, one of Asia’s most notorious wildlife smugglers.
How to pad farmers' pockets
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2018
» Successfully growing rice on a commercial scale for domestic consumption and export relies on the properly controlled use of chemicals to lift crop yields, according to experts.
Trafficking fight gets crack help
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2018
» 'Forest Falcon" an operation launched last year by the authorities to deter on-line wildlife trafficking faces a daunting task as traffickers get smarter.
DSI wildlife efforts bag big game
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2018
» The arrest of wildlife trafficking kingpin Boonchai Bach in Nakhon Phanom last Friday received international media attention. Mr Boonchai was a member of a notorious Southeast Asian trafficking syndicate known as "Hydra", which was a major trader of illegal ivory, pangolin, tiger, prayoon wood, and tiger and rhino horns.
Illegal ivory campaign targets market traders
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/12/2014
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) has launched a campaign calling all ivory traders to register with the government.
Food security 'hit severely by pledging'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2013
» The government's rice-pledging scheme has had a severe negative impact on national food security, an academic says.