Many primary school-aged children at risk of drug exposure in Thailand

Many primary school-aged children are at risk of drug exposure in Thailand according to a recent study, Bangkok Post reported.

Over 92,000 primary school-age children in Thailand are at risk of exposure to narcotics due to growing up in impoverished families with parents struggling with drug addiction, as per the findings of a study conducted by Mahidol University’s National Institute for Child and Family Development (NICFD).

The study analysed 1,309 families residing in Bangkok slums, each with at least one child up to the age of six, and revealed that 83 families or 6% have parents or guardians with a history of drug addiction.

Taking this data into account, the NICFD estimates there may be at least 154,800 similar impoverished families with no children or with either children of primary school age, which translates to 92,880 children in that age range at risk. The study…