‘Ineligible’ applicant ‘tests negative’ for meth use

The family of a Grade 12 student who reportedly became ineligible to sit for an interview test for her college application after testing positive for methamphetamine said she took a second test and the result was negative, making her eligible to reapply for Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Pharmacy.

On Friday, Anama Muphasa, 19, reportedly tested positive for traces of methamphetamine in her urine, which caused a hospital doing the test to refuse issuing a health certificate required for her college application.

However, Ms Anama’s family announced that she took a blood test yesterday, and the result showed no methamphetamine in her body.

Her father said the family would submit the blood test to the university to prove she has passed all health requirements and is eligible to sit for an interview test.

Ms Anama said she has never taken drugs and is still at a loss as to how traces of methamphetamine were found in her urine.

While waiting for the blood test result, Ms Anama’s mother told local reporters that the traces may have come from a whitening supplement her daughter ordered from TikTok.

The family was concerned that Ms Anama would not be eligible to sit for an interview test for the pharmacy school.

However, Narin Chanseri, dean of Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Pharmacy, on Facebook said the faculty has never dismissed an applicant for an interview test on May 31, reportedly the initial date of Ms Anama’s first interview test.

“If the faculty finds that applicants did not pass the health examination, we will request them to take another test at the university’s Srinagarind Hospital without dismissing their eligibility,” he said.

Weerachai Nolwachai, deputy secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration, said the whitening supplement in question was certified by the FDA.

However, he said FDA officials collected samples from its factory in Ratchaburi province and the lab test result will be done in one week.

Meanwhile, Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, said it is possible that the manufacturers added drugs into their products to hook customers.

This is because the cost of methamphetamine is much cheaper than in the past, he said.