[aspinswramymn]

I couldn't agree with you more. We need more stories like this one in the newspaper and also the recent tv programme Big Trouble in Thailand in order to hammer this message home. It doesn't matter if you don't see yourself as a trafficker or dealer. People with only enough drugs for their own personal use can also be arrested and charged with dealing. This is because the government have lowered the number of drugs you need to be found with in order to charge you with trafficking.

A defence of "It wasn't my drugs", "I was only holding for someone else and didn't have any" or even "But in my home country they usually let you off with a warning on your first offence" won't stand up in court in Thailand. There is zero tolerance in Thailand when it comes to drugs. It doesn't matter if in your home country you would have been let off with a warning or a short sentence. People in Thailand are often sentenced to long prison terms for drug offences. The death penalty is also common if you don't plead guilty. Just a short time ago two drug dealers were executed.

DON'T LET THE NEXT EXECUTION IN THAILAND BE YOURS.

IT IS NOT COOL TO TAKE RECREATIONAL DRUGS IN THAILAND.