Subjective drug policy in Thailand?
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It is well known that there is a strand drug policy reigns in Thailand. But is that really so? It is striking that couriers and users are caught. The question then remains who is really behind this trade, who remains unaffected?
The photos of the police are well known behind a table on which a large batch of yaba, cristal and other drugs can be seen. Who stands there with a Janus head and knows more.
In the province of Hua Thanon there is almost no place for arrested suspects. For a year now, a special drugs unit has been tracking people with the help of the regular police on Koh Samui. A Thai woman in Bophut was even arrested with 30 grams of Ice! Truly a tribute to this drug bust.
Nearly two thirds of the prisoners are in a cell for a drug offense awaiting trial. With a sentence of more than seven years, one is transferred to the provincial prison in Nakhon St. Tamarat or to Bangkok in the infamous Bang Kwang prison, also called “Bangkok Hilton”.
Vasit Buasamui / Shutterstock.comOn the island of Koh Phangan, near Koh Samui, the famous “Full Moon Parties" place. The estimated number of young people partying monthly is between 10.000 and 30.000! In addition to the well-known performances and fire shows, jumping rope with a burning piece of rope, senior police officials showed interest. They patrolled the party grounds in groups.
Despite the unabashed offer of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine or ecstasy at the beach party, nothing happened! The 'Show must go on!'. It seems to have its own dynamics that everyone earns from, such as the entrepreneurs on the island, the transporters, eateries and of course the suppliers of certain drugs. What does the police? Oh, they were just busy picking up a woman with 30 grams of Ice. Of course they should not shoot themselves in the foot with the approach of lucrative parties with a guaranteed turnover.
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The big boys don't get caught.
Almost exclusively the intermediary trade and the underage retail trade are affected.
The big boys are the producers and they are in Myanmar. That's where the transport starts and that's where the bosses are. Myanmar has long since lost control of some regions and especially in the border area with China where militias rule; attempts by citizens to clean their streets themselves are met with bullets.
I share the impression that compliance with the legislation is sometimes turned a blind eye; will be all about money and relationships…
As for the article, I think Hua Thanon province does not exist in Thailand.
I think it is in Buriram province.
Well done! The war on drugs is long lost, the CIA is the largest drug dealer in the world and the real reason behind repression is power over the population. I do not use drugs nor am I in favor of them, but picking up party people on one substance (ganja) and leaving the other substance (alcohol) untouched is hypocritical and has nothing to do with public health time to stop this madness.
Let's not forget to bring nicotine into the fight
and caffeine at the same time….
Alcohol is a very dangerous drug, but socially accepted.
Maybe that will come with weed in Thailand, see the examples: Canada, Uruguay, etc.
Opium production, trade and use was completely legal until 1958. Many Thai families have become rich because of it. Then the CIA helped trade it to help hill tribes fight communists until the XNUMXs.
Weed is available on every street corner. Tradesmen hover around schools.
Yes, Thailand's anti-drug policy is hypocritical, stupid, subjective and just doesn't work. The funds currently spent on investigation and punishment can be better used for prevention and treatment.
http://nordbo.me/the-opium-trade-in-thailand-1940-1950/
Legalization and control brings down the market price and creates a new market
Is that different than in the Netherlands, for example? That's where the little guys are usually caught, you rarely hear from the really big bosses.
No greater hypocrisy than drug policy. The current policy is now a blessing in many countries for the leaders to shoot anyone who gets in their way. A good example is a Duterte. Millions of people are innocently imprisoned because they found a so-called bag of powder in their bags.
And this while millions of people die in the world from the legal drugs Alcohol and cigarettes as well as prescription medication.
All drugs belong to the domain of public health and not to the domain of justice. Drugs have mainly become a criminal problem when politicians have become involved without any scientific basis.
Just about all people involved in drug problems agree…just decriminalizing is the right thing to do. But of course the big dealers will not be happy about that and there would even be a risk that the world economy will get into trouble.
Regarding Thailand… weed would be allowed for medical reasons. Recreational use is already on the list of desires of some political parties. In any case, weed is already the drug in Thailand with the lowest persecution rate (cat 5)