The Spread of Narcotics and Drug Abuse in Border Provinces of Southern Thailand

Conclusion
Drug prevention personnel expressed their opinions that drugs abuse at present is more severe than in the past and seems to be inclined to increase in the future due to the complexity of the society, the family, personality, and drug effects. Drug abuse has spread by various means such as having the youth as pushers, exploitation through seniority (teacher/student, senior/ junior students) to force the youth to push or try drugs, throwing a drug party, mixing drugs in consumer products as well as using state authority to justify drug production. Drug prevention and suppression may stem from the family in which parents act as good role models, or it can be done via mass media, state mechanism such as legal measures, and anti-drugs groups or organizations. Responsible personnel at all levels should coordinate to help drug addicts and to cope with other drug consequences.
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