Phuket poll: Is police drug testing effective?

PHUKET: Every member of the Phuket Provincial Police force was due to be tested for ya bah (methamphetamine) use in April, the provincial police commander recently announced.

Thus far, there have been no reports of any officers testing positive for the powerful stimulant.

The latest Phuket Gazette readers’ poll asks whether the testing is an effective measure to ensure that the authorities in charge of enforcing drug laws are themselves drug-free, or if the testing is just a public relations stunt.

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