Situations, risks, considerations on the Thai state and drug-related youth problems: A case study of the lower northern provinces during 2019-2020
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The objectives of this research paper are 1) to study the situation, the trend of problems, and the risks of drug problems in the country during 2019-2020, 2) to study the situation trend of problems and the risks of drug issues in the lower northern region during 2019-2020, and 3) to present the Thai government's consideration of the drug problem, the risk to youth in the lower northern region during 2019-2020. This research is qualitative research. The tool used was the interview. The informants were 18 youths aged 15-18 years old and 18 relevant government officials. The data collection method is divided into 2 parts: 1) collecting documents and related research and 2) collecting field data. Data analysis is a content analysis where all the data obtained are examined together.
The research findings are divided into 3 areas: 1) Drug trafficking and epidemic within the country are more distributed among drug users. The drug trade has changed its form by bringing technology to help in trading through applications such as Line, Twitter, Facebook, IG, etc., while Twitter channel is the most popular channel in drug trading. 2) The risk of drug issues in the lower northern region is also related to drug smuggling routes of the escalating drug problem, leading to arrests in the provinces. The provinces with the highest number of drug-related arrests are Phitsanulok, followed by Phetchabun, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Tak, Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Phichit and Uthai Thani respectively. 3) Drug-related problems reflect the structure of problems in all dimensions that lead to youth reaching out, such as community contexts, education problems, family problems, imitating behavioral values, and wanting to try.
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