Rear Adm. Traikhwan Krairith
congratulates the patients for completing their 120-day drug
rehabilitation program.
Patcharapol
Panrak
The Royal Thai Navy’s drug rehab school in
Sattahip has graduated its latest class of reformed addicts, sending
120 people arrested for narcotics use back to their families where
it’s hoped they’ll remain clean.
Rear Adm. Traikhwan Krairith congratulated the
patients for completing their 120-day drug rehabilitation program at
the Air and Coastal Defense Command facility Aug. 15.
During the ceremony, Wiwat students pledged in
front of a statue of Prince Khet Udomsak that they would not get
involved in drugs again. They also promised to stay true to their
words before monks blessed the grads, sprinkling them with holy
water and wishing them good luck before sending back out into the
world.
Krairith 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.
