The Public Health Ministry exposed that the age of teenager addicted to methamphetamine fell to 10 years olds due to failure of controls made drugs more available as a cheap price. Dr Boonreun Triruenworarat said “ya ba, a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine in tablet form known in Thai as crazy medicine, was the most popular among youths, followed by natural narcotics such as marijuana.” More women and youths are getting addicted because drugs have sold in internet. The average of addicts’ age has changed from 18-24 years old to 13-18 year olds, and the youngest drug addict is 10 year olds. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has called meeting with police, army, and other agencies. In order to, find solution to prevent and suppress narcotics.
It is really sad news that drugs become reach to youths and women. This issue has been solving for long time but it is still be a problem nowadays. In my opinion, may be the government should legalize and impose high-tax on drugs. Money that government could get from narcotics might be use on education and health care.
What do you think about drugs situation nowadays? How could this problem be solve?
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References
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/03/18/national/national_30098175.php
Sunday 22 March 2009
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Nice post Aom, on a continually controversial topic. Drugs really are a serious problem, and all the past policies have obviously failed badly: the drug problem is not getting better, which is evidence that the old policies do not work.
ReplyDeleteI thought Dr Boonreun Triruenworarat's claim that Yaa Baa is "now available online at a cheap price" (¶ 5) sounds wrong, and he gave zero support for that idea. Maybe he didn't just make it up, but unless he provides some evidence, I don't think we should believe him.
His other claim, that there are "lax punishments for drug dealers" (¶ 5) is definitely false. Thailand has very harsh punishments for drug dealers, up to and including execution.
I don't think it is helpful when senior government officials make such wild and unsupported, and likely false, statements in public.
And what I wonder is: Do most people who read the Nation and other local papers believe the sort of things that Dr Boonreun Triruenworarat without a single bit of evidence or support?
When you read the report, did you believe Dr Boonreun Triruenworarat's claims? If you did, why did you believe them?
Honestly, if I don't study here, I completely believe him.
ReplyDeleteFirst he is Dr., so he is aspected that he is very intelligent.
Second, dose it seem common sense that drugs is cheaper and easy to buy, addicts may increase.
Then, almost all Thais easily believe foreiner. Although he is Thais but the news wrote in English, it tend to believe it easily as well.
Finally, this news was published in a famous newspaper.
It is a continuing problem, although I don't know whether I agree with the legalization solution. I would have to find out in which countries drugs are legalized and the impact it has had on society and the level of drug use and abuse. I know that a soft drug like marijuana is legal in some countries like the Netherlands, but I don't know which countries have made legal hard drugs such as cocaine and heroine. It is true what Peter wrote that Thailand has very harsh punishments for drug traffickers, but these laws are not so strictly enforced because there is often police involvement (I don't have any concrete evidence to support this claim!). Every now and again there is a crackdown on small-time dealers, but I feel that there is no long term pressure to root out the drug lords because often they have 'influence' in high places. This is what I believe and I have no concrete evidence to support this either.
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