Thai PM launches war on drugs

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Re-launches is more like it. Thailand does seems to have
serious problems with crank, as do a number of SE Asian countries.

Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched his country's latest war on drugs.

Undaunted by criticism after more than 2500 people were killed in his last attempt, the PM vowed to plow on in his efforts to destroy drug bosses.

"We have to take serious actions against them because these wicked diseases never die," Thaksin said on Monday.

"We will continue our drastic actions against those I see as destroyers of everything from the future of our nation, our economy and our society. Many families have fallen apart because of them," he told hundreds of law enforcers and volunteers.

Al Jazeera