Drug Trafficking Network and Persistence in Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of this academic article were intended for readers to know and understand the drug problems with the scope of the content to understand the phenomenon of drug trafficking and drug trafficking networks. The results of the study revealed that drugs is a toxic substance that is a substance or drugs derived from plants or part of the plant that is a natural product or from chemical synthesis then produces as a narcotic. When someone takes a narcotic by eating, sniffing, smoking or and injecting repeatedly for a long time, it will cause chronic poisoning symptoms, enslave under the power of the drug, have to increase the amount of use more and more. When the drug is absent or stop taking drugs, drug withdrawal symptoms will appear, physical and mental disorders are deteriorating and is the cause of crimes that cause trouble in society. Drug trafficking is spreading widely with the characteristics of drug trafficking networks that is a group of people that all the relationships of those groups are the relationships in every way. Responsibilities are divided among groups. Behaviors that cause various relationships are known as the process or drug trafficking networks including drug trafficking network, international drug trafficking network and drug trafficking network in the border area (Northern region), drug wholesale network in the area and drug trafficking networks in prisons.