Thailand losing battle on drugs
Surge in smuggling from Myanmar has brought rising rates of addiction.
Published On 22 Mar 2010
Drug enforcement officials in Thailand have said they are fighting a losing battle as they try to stem the flow of narcotics from neighbouring Myanmar.
The use of highly-addictive methamphetamine in particular is on the increase.
The problem has become so widespread some Thais are now calling for a return to the zero-tolerance policy of Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister, whose “war on drugs” killed more than 2,000 people.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hayne reports from Bangkok.