Thailand's drug war costs 1000 lives in last month

Society Pakistan & World Affairs
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Such a great number of dead in a short space of time. Is this a price worth paying to fight the growing drugs menace or an abuse of human rights?

Thailand’s war on drugs alarms rights activists

An aggressive campaign against drugs launched by the government Feb. 1 is stirring intense debate after nearly 1,000 deaths, more than 21,000 arrests and accusations of extra-judicial killings.

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Sounds like the people are happy about this crackdown, the people are probably sick of living in fear of drug users and drug gangs. An interesting stat. would be to see how many lives have drugs destroyed in Thailand.