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Precursor seizure earns PM's praise
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/07/2024
» CHON BURI: A huge amount of toluene, a solvent that can also be used as a precursor chemical for narcotic drugs, has been intercepted at Laem Chabang Port in Si Racha district before it could be exported to Myanmar.
Cabinet approves one-pill rule for meth users
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/06/2024
» The cabinet has approved in principle a law stipulating that anyone found in possession of more than one methamphetamine tablet will be regarded as an offender and will not have the option of being sent to rehabilitation, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Govt to review limit on drug possession amid backlash
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/02/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Monday said the government is ready to review a ministerial policy that will lower punishment for drug users found in possession of five meth pills or less.
Policy to reclassify meth pill possession wins backing
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 01/11/2023
» The Justice Ministry and the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) back the Public Health Ministry's move to amend its regulations to classify a person in possession of no more than 10 meth pills as a user, not a dealer.
Move to end backstreet abortions
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/10/2022
» The government has taken steps to allow the national healthcare service to provide abortion services to young women who would otherwise have undergone the procedure in unsafe and possibly life-threatening conditions.
Unsafe abortion prevention added to national healthcare system
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/10/2022
» The government has added unsafe abortion prevention services to the national healthcare system, to assist Thai women of all ages who find it necessary to terminate their pregnancy.
Access to anti-virals opens up
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/08/2022
» Covid-19 patients will be able to buy anti-viral pills at drug stores starting next month, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said yesterday.
Govt to order 2 million molnupiravir pills
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/11/2021
» The cabinet has approved the Ministry of Public Health's proposal to buy 50,000 courses, equal to 2 million pills, of molnupiravir, the world's first oral medication for the treatment of Covid-19, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said yesterday.
Govt eyes purchasing Covid pills
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/10/2021
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday approved a plan to buy 50,000 courses of molnupiravir pills -- the world's first oral medication to treat Covid-19.
Govt has plenty of favipiravir
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/05/2021
» The government said on Monday it had secured a plentiful supply of favipiravir, a vital drug in the fight against Covid-19, and was urgently seeking permission to manufacture it itself.