Capt. Udom Pratathayang, principal of Wiwat
Polamuang School, congratulates 250 people for completing their 120-day
drug rehabilitation program.
Patcharapol Panrak
The Royal Thai Navy’s drug rehab school in Sattahip
has graduated its second class of reformed addicts, sending 250 people
arrested for narcotics use back to their families where it’s hoped they
will remain clean.
Capt. Udom Pratathayang, principal of Wiwat Polamuang
School, congratulated the 250 people for completing their 120-day drug
rehabilitation program at the Air and Coastal Defense Command facility
July 1. Puangchomphu Premprasert, deputy director of the Rayong
Probation Office, Chaiyut Siriwattanasakul of the Chachoengsao Probation
Office and Hatairat Hanchamnak from the Samut Prakan Probation Office,
all presented certificates to graduates.
Bunsong Chantimo, deputy abbot at Thepprasit Temple
and four other monks prayed and blessed the graduates, wishing them good
luck before sending them back out into the world. All the students
pledged an oath to a portrait of HM the King that they will stay away
from drugs.
Udom said the students underwent both physical and mental
rehabilitation due to the degenerative impact of drugs. All people, he
said, deserve a second chance and the school works to make addicts
productive again. For that reason, drug users are sometimes sent to
Wiwat Polamuang rather than prison.
