Globally, it’s now accepted that the ‘war on drugs’ has failed; Thai politicians should heed this and work instead at eradicating causes of abuse

Riding on the fear among the voters, party after party is declaring war on drugs and other evils in society, while one in particular has vowed to declare victory on its “war on drugs” within 12 months.

Nowhere is this message louder than in the Pheu Thai Party camp, where the de facto leader, fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra, declared from abroad that within a year Thailand would be free of its drug problem.

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