The Prime Minister holds a discussion with the youth and listens to the drug problem.

Chiang Rai, The Prime Minister listened to the drug problem, was shocked that a 6-year-old child bought alcohol for his parents, asked adults to think carefully, promised to find a budget of 6 million baht to build a multi-purpose sports building after the child said that playing outdoors was afraid of damaging his skin, suggested studying economics to work in many different careers. Prime Minister Settha Thavisin and his team traveled to Thoeng Wittayakhom School in Thoeng District, Chiang Rai Province to visit the Youth Learning Center, community enterprises, and meet with youth and local people. The atmosphere was lively, with both teachers and students asking to take selfies with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister took out his phone to take a selfie himself, creating a lively atmosphere that was filled with fun and friendliness. Meanwhile, representatives of Mathayom 4 students presented a portrait of the Prime Minister, including a painting called 'Opportunities from the Moon,' which is based on th e idea of ??the Prime Minister being the moon that gives light, while students are like trees surrounding the moon. The Prime Minister, who is like the moon, will provide opportunities and support to the children of Thoeng Wittayakhom School. In addition, the Prime Minister also visited the booth of students from Teng Technical College, which presented a sensor system to warn car accident victims through siren and LINE. If an accident occurs, the system will send a notification to the LINE of family members specified in the system. After this, the Teng Technical College student team will travel to compete in the 2024 Vocational and Higher Education Science and Technology Invention Contest, the championship round, to which the Prime Minister wished them victory. The Prime Minister then joined the 'PM Meets Youth' forum, with Chiang Rai youth representatives reflecting on the main problem of youth in the area, which is drugs, such as methamphetamine pills, which flood in in large quantities because it is a bo rder area and methamphetamine pills are very cheap. These problems are the main direct problems for Thai youth, who are like seedlings and the driving force of the country forward. In addition, there is the problem of e-cigarettes, which are widely used, as well as the problem of alcohol, where children as young as 5-6 years old can buy alcohol, which may foster bad behavior. Therefore, it is hoped that the Prime Minister will help solve these problems for Chiang Rai youth to be safe from various things. While the youth representative of Thoeng District proposed a solution to build a youth development center to promote and develop youth to be farther away from drugs, they proposed building a multi-purpose sports building, a dance workshop, or an e-sports competition venue so that students and youth in the area can use it to play various sports and stay away from drugs. The Prime Minister said that he was glad to come to Theing Wittaya School. It is well known that drugs are a very big problem in society, ap art from the problem of livelihood. Before the election, I went to every province and everyone complained about drugs, especially in Chiang Rai Province, which is near the Myanmar border, where a lot of methamphetamine pills were imported. It is the government's duty to prevent the importation of drugs, but the government alone cannot do this. It must also rely on the family and educational institutions. I believe that the youth here have parents taking care of them. As a father, what we want to see is that our children grow up to be good citizens who are valuable to society. But the only thing that can destroy this issue is drugs. So I would like to leave it to the family, schools, and the Ministry of Education to take care of them. The part that reflected on playing sports that said it was hot was sympathetic, but it also got vitamin D, but that was not a reason not to do it. Therefore, I would like to ask the Ministry of Education to allocate a suitable budget. The student who was acting as the host at th at time argued that playing sports outdoors was good but would damage the skin. This created a smile for the Prime Minister and elicited laughter from the students who joined the discussion, making the atmosphere fun. The Prime Minister also mentioned the issue of e-cigarettes, which is an important issue. In Bangkok, as you said, it is a matter of being cool, stylish, and trendy, which is a serious misunderstanding. Officers must strictly enforce the law and educate children that this is wrong. There is also a shocking story that adults let children aged 5-6 go buy alcohol. This is unacceptable because it instills the wrong habits and cultivates behavior that makes children think that going to buy alcohol to drink is the right thing to do. "I would like to ask everyone who has good intentions for Thai youth to think deeply and carefully before asking children to do anything illegal," the Prime Minister said. On this occasion, the Prime Minister joined in giving lunch to the students. The Prime Minister bo ught KFC chicken to give to the children as lunch. While eating, he asked the children what they wanted to be in the future and where they wanted to study. The Prime Minister suggested that economics was good because it allowed them to work in many different careers. He joined the students in eating lunch before promising to provide a budget of 6 million baht to build a multi-purpose building for students to play sports at Theing Wittayakhom School. After the Prime Minister promised to provide a budget for this, a student representative asked to kiss the Prime Minister on the cheek to thank him. The Prime Minister teased that he could kiss him, but he had to wipe his mouth first because he was eating lunch at the time. The Prime Minister and his entourage then traveled to Chiang Saen District to study solutions to the irrigation system for consumption and chaired a meeting to discuss the Chiang Rai provincial development plan and met with the public at the Opium Hall, Golden Triangle Park. Source: Thai Ne ws Agency