The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is seeking closer cooperation with Thailand to tackle narcotics issues in the region.
To that end, the UNODC Southeast Asia and Pacific Regional Office, the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Mae Fah Luang Foundation recently co-organised a trip to the Golden Triangle region near Chiang Rai during March 31-April 1, with aim of reviewing the drug situation in Thailand and the Mekong subregion.
Among efforts the group saw was a royal initiative as part of the Doi Tung Development project that has for decades been turning opium plantations…
