Legalise meth

After reading about the 11 factories in the north where 20 million methamphetamines are being or capable of being produced daily and your recent interview with Viroj Sumyai (member of the UN Narcotics Control Board) who seems to have zero idea of how to solve the meth problem, I must reluctantly stand with those who say the only answer is to legalise them.

At least that would stop the Myanmar drug lords and their cronies from getting any richer and may add a little income to our national treasury. And it is not without prec- edent for the government to be selling stuff that will kill us — we have the Thai Tobacco Monopoly selling us with cigarettes, which has no doubt shortened the lives of many millions of us over the years. Our government also allows the selling of cheap rotgut whiskeys, the drinking of which leads to some horrific traffic accidents, not to mention the abuse of women and children, and which allows the liquor barons to get immensely rich and provides some tax money. And then there is the government’s failure to stop the sales of certain insecticides, which no doubt will shorten the lives of many.

So you see, the government is already in the business of selling stuff to kill us. Why hesitate to legalise methamphetamines?

Of course, I realise that Gen Prayut lacks the political courage to do this, so if you don’t agree with me, don’t worry, because it will never happen while Gen Prayut is prime minister.

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