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Tougher ‘intent to supply’ meth law to go ahead

Anutin defends his controversial ‘two pills and you’re a dealer’ campaign

The number of methamphetamine addicts requiring treatment is expected to swell once the law is changed, and the Ministry of Public Health must be ready, says minister Anutin Charnvirakul. (File photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The Ministry of Public Health will press ahead with a controversial amendment that would make possession of more than one methamphetamine pill dealing in illegal narcotics.

The move comes after Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Sunday that the ministry would be revising the law to deal with the serious problem of methamphetamine abuse in the country.

At present, those found with 15 or fewer pills…

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