Rama Gardens Hotel, ‘Somsak’ Minister of Public Health Chaired the opening of the 4th National Seminar on Antimicrobial Resistance, with 31 government and private sector organizations participating.

Mr. Somsak Thepsuthin, Minister of Public Health Came to preside over the opening of the 4th National Seminar on Antimicrobial Resistance with officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Health Promotion Fund, Public Health and Development Foundation, Food and Agriculture Organization of Thailand. United Nations and various government and private sector agencies, totaling 300 people, 31 organizations, also participated in this meeting.

Mr. Somsak said that the problem of microbial resistance is an important problem. Because it caused many people to die. and affects the agriculture, food, environment and economy sectors. It is a problem that must be urgently solved. This meeting hopes to be able to reduce cases of antimicrobial resistance as targete
d. Including agricultural medicines raising animals And there is monitoring of contamination in food and the environment so that Thai people are at least at risk from germs. This meeting is therefore very important because it is an exchange of knowledge from many organizations both in Thailand and abroad. The problem right now is that there are no companies or stores that produce or sell antimicrobial drugs. There are now 1.3 million people worldwide who are drug resistant. and increasing every year, which is expected in the next 20-30 years if there is still no antimicrobial drug It will cause up to 10 million Thai people to become drug resistant.

However, Mr. Somsak mentioned the issue of 1 methamphetamine pill that yesterday at the Cabinet meeting (Cabinet) agreed to approve in principle the draft ministerial regulations. It will focus on the issue of property confiscation. and expansion as well It is currently being sent to the Office of the Council of State for examination. If the inspection is complete
d, it will be announced. It is expected that the entire process will be completed within June, with the amount of narcotics and psychotropic substances to be assumed to be in possession for consumption. It was revised from the original limit of no more than 5 methamphetamine tablets with a net weight not exceeding 500 milligrams to no more than 1 methamphetamine tablet with a net weight of not more than 100 milligrams. That is, if you possess more than 1 methamphetamine pill and the net weight exceeds 100 milligrams, it is considered to be in possession for sale. Which will be prosecuted according to law.

Source: Thai News Agency