re: "Go easy on pa thong ko, say health experts" (BP, March 2, 2023)
Dear editor,
I am very disappointed in Dr Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoencha, director-general of the Health Department, who has called only for responsible use of the substance whilst admitting the very real health risks of “pa thong ko” (fried dough). And giving a pass to something so sickly as cha Thai, packing "the equivalent of up to 13 teaspoons of sugar", for recreational use? Will syrup injecting rooms be mandated next week?
Surely the proper response to discovering that people, even adults, might be indulging in recreational use of something unhealthy is to call for a ban to protect the nation and save the children. What can the doctor have been thinking?
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on March 5, 2023, under the title "It's all relative" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2520705/up-to-thaksin
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