Nakhon Sawan camp leads battle to rethink drug crime
A total of 115 inmates spend 12 days receiving vocational training and health rehabilitation in Nakhon Sawan. (Photo: Department of Probation)
Maam, 35, was hooked on methamphetamine for 20 years and every time she was caught, she was sent straight to drug rehabilitation, without once being charged.
She then moved to drug-dealing, selling mostly to people in her village. When police caught her with 50 speed pills in her possession, Maam was no longer a drug user and was charged with dealing.
That offence saw her taken to a new drug rehabilitation programme at Phumrapee Camp in Nakhon Sawan’s Takhli district.
After just 12 days at the camp, she decided to quit drugs for…
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