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Grace Calderon

Grace Calderon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Narcotics is a very dangerous world. In it, you don’t know who your friends are nor your enemies. I’m not referring to drug use but drug trade. Sadly, the inter-regional drug trade is huge in Asia, even if you just zoom in on Southeast Asia.

With kilometers of coastlines that are permeable to drug smuggling, the trade is in boom every God-given day.

I think a more expedient action is to handicap the trade by slowing down the supply.

The resulting social problems of demand and usage are best addressed by social or civic groups, and government agencies mandated to eliminate those. But what law enforcers can do is to concentrate on the traffic of drug trade. This is what’s within their purview as law enforcers.

When you jail a user as much as you jail a pusher, chances are the pusher will just post bail and jump it. Not to mention that he will surely have an entourage of highly-paid lawyers.

Which brings us to the real problem of drugs in the region. It is a huge organized crime that is backed by billions of cash. The narco industry is simply colossal.

The most immediate thing to do for anti-narc units in Thailand is to bust and neutralize drug factories. If they launch a blitzkrieg campaign to burn these to the ground, so to speak, the supply part of the trade shall be handicapped.

Of course, the drug manufacturers will just scamper out and away, and might not even be caught, but the ingredients, paraphernalia, and manufacturing equipment will be destroyed.

Synthetic meth is what’s killing the youth of the region. It fries the brain to a crisp.

Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The drug business is huge. Here Thailand teens are hooked on ”Ya ba” which means crazy medicine.

It is a synthetic Meth and really sends some of them off the rails. So many of the drugs come from over the border. There are drug labs in Thailand but most comes from Loas and Burma.

So much forest to cover and also officials turning a blind eye when the money is right.

Scott

Scott — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Drug trafficking invites some of the harshest punishments in Thailand ranging from death penalty to long years in prison, some over 100 years in the Bangkok Hilton. I saw a documentary in BBC a few years back when a 19 year old British boy was jailed for 99 years for carrying a few hundred ecstasy pills. This is too harsh because most are victims of blackmail and some are outright fools.

Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

If you go to a country knowing the laws that are inforce for being found in possesion or any form of narcotic, then let the person rot in hell.

Yes, some are black mailed or claimed to be, if this is found to be true then obviously leniency is then needed to be brought into the sentencing.

Khalid

Khalid — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Is it that popular? I reckon so given the volume of international tourists visiting the country and the reason they visit there - prostitutes and party. Then, they risk extremely severe sentences if caught. Surely they don’t want to blow it off for a few bucks.

Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yes. it is. It is quick money and Thais like quick money and don’t often think about the conciquinces it will bring.

Many tourist fall into the trap of buying from a police Narc. They buy the drug and then are busted only to be bribed if lucky. Otherwise they ahve a nice holiday in a crowded jail here in Thailand.

Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The worst possible place to peddle drugs are countries where drugs cost the highest. Saudi Arabia is one hell of a destination to carry drugs. Since alcohol is prohibited, drugs are a popular means for psychedelic recreation. But if you are caught there you would be promptly lashed and beheaded.

Jason

Jason — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, their laws are really strict. The smallest amount of drugs can mean death. I don’t agree with lashings or beheadings.