The Pheu Thai Party yesterday vowed before a Buri Ram rally that it would eradicate all kinds of illegal drugs if it wins the upcoming election via a landslide.
Buri Ram province is widely known as a political stronghold of the Bhumjaithai Party, which championed the decriminalisation of cannabis.
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai’s chief adviser on public participation and innovation and head of the Pheu Thai family, criticised Bhumjaithai’s cannabis decriminalisation policy.
Critics say the party pushed through its pro-cannabis policy without much thought for the consequences.
“As a mother, I do not want my children to grow up in a country where narcotics run rampant and cannabis is easily available,”…
