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  • 9 - The New Narcotics Code of Thailand

  • from Part IV - States in Transition
  • Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan, Singapore Management University, Mai Sato, Birkbeck, University of London, Michael Hor, The University of Hong Kong
  • Book:
    Capital Drug Laws in Asia
    Published online:
    07 August 2025
    Print publication:
    24 July 2025, pp 225-245

  • Summary

    In November 2021, Thailand revised its legal framework on illegal drugs by promulgating a new Narcotics Code to replace twenty-four previous legislation. The new Code was enacted to consolidate and modernise Thailand’s approach to illegal drugs as well as to provide for an efficient licensing regime for drugs that are essential for the advancement of medical, scientific, and industrial innovations. The new Code seeks to impose appropriate punishments for drug offences and adopt alternatives to incarceration for drug users. However, the Code still retains the death penalty for some offences which contradicts the requirement in international law that the death penalty must not be imposed on drug offences. This chapter reviews the new Code and discusses the challenges which lie ahead.