Minister says ya ba should be classified as normal drug

Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya says the world has lost the war on drugs and has proposed that ya ba (methamphetamines) put under tight control in the normal drugs category.

Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya has proposed that ya ba (methamphetamines) be taken off the dangerous illicit narcotics list and put under the normal drugs category as current measures to suppress the drugs have failed.

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