The same crop substitution wisdom used in the Royal Projects in Chiang Rai will be applied in Colombia to combat the growing of coca plants, the source of the drug cocaine. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Colombian government will apply the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s royal wisdom in tackling its own drug problem - the widespread cultivation of coca, the source of cocaine, Office of the Narcotics Control Board secretary-general Sirinya Sitdhichai said on Friday. Mr Sirinya said both Thai royal projects, in Chiang Rai province, were lauded by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime as pilot schemes which successfully addressed the issue of narcotic drug cultivation . He said the royal wisdom and philosophy inherent in the projects would help Colombia tackle its own drug trafficking problem. Mr Uribe said the Colombian government would adapt the royal wisdom of the crop substitution scheme in confronting its own problem of illegal coca cultivation.

Source: Bangkok Post August 25, 2017 06:45 UTC