9 November 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Cholnan Srikaew, the public health minister, intends to hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed new governmental restriction of drug possession, which will specifically concentrate on “ya ba” pills, methamphetamine pills combined with caffeine.
The action is a part of the government’s effort to better enable drug therapy for lovers by separating medicine customers from dealers or manufacturers.
Before submitting the legislation to the case for approval, Dr. Cholnan told the media yesterday that he first wants to hear people’s views on it.
Those who have fewer than five meth pills may be considered drug users in need of care under the proposed regulation. Now, people who own 10 pills or less are regarded as drug people rather than traders.
However, he added that drug users found with more than five of the pills in accordance with the proposed regulations can still be considered to be in need of treatment and wo n’t be charged with drug-related offenses if they choose to go through a rehabilitation program.
If the criminal is identified as a drug dealer under the review, they will be sentenced to prison and good.
According to Dr. Cholnan, the hear could be posted on a Public Health Ministry website.
Before submitting the subject to the government for approval, regulators may take about two weeks to collect and examine all comments on the website.
The common reading will start after the review of the regulation has been approved by a committee, he said.
The document regulation’s guiding principle, according to Dr. Cholnan, is that anyone found to be in possession of the pills with the intent to use or spread them may be subject to legal action.
For instance, using cocaine pills carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and does result in fines of one million baht.Possessing one mether pill also entails two years of imprisonment and an additional fine of 40, 000 ba.
Yet, he added, there is also a conviction that people can transform through treatment.
Drug users will be released from guilt and receive a certificate if they deliberately complete the rehab process after being caught with just one meth pill. But they will face legal repercussions if they disobey and flee, he said.