PM draws focus on drug suppression
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra held a special meeting with the boss of the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) yesterday to work out the government's policy to fight drug abuse and trafficking.
After the meeting, ONCB secretarygeneral Sureeprapha Traivej said she had briefed Yingluck about the current situation and was told to prepare to work with other agencies to carry out the government's nationwide drugsuppression operation.
In Thailand, 19 out of 1,000 people use drugs compared to the international standard of three to every 1,000.
Apart from ONCB, Yingluck also held separate meetings with the chiefs of the Civil Service Commission and Pubic Sector Development Commission as part of the traditional courtesy meetings held by a new prime minister.
