Opium Law: The State's equipment of regulation Opium consumption between AD 2433 - 2501

Abstract

Siam came to control the consumption of opium by using the law as a equipment between AD 2433-1958. The opium law was adopted in a mechanical chronological period to regulate the behavior of drug users and sellers to make the Siamese society that sells drugs legally becomes a truly drug-free society. An important spirit of the opium law is to control consumption and opium trading until making opium illegal by announcing the revolutionary committee in the end. The authors used documentary research through document analysis to present the Development of changes in opium consumption by using law as a equipment through five presentations contains 1) Opium: Controlling people using the law 2) Opium law: a tool for organizing society 3) The end of the development of the opium law 4) Analysis of changes in opium law 5) Conclusion.

The body of knowledge gained from the study found that the state uses legal mechanisms to regulate the sale and consumption of opium with the intention of protecting society and balancing the interests of the state and people who do not consume opium. The state has established a strict legal mechanism for allowing opium consumption to make it illegal. Until decisive measures are taken to abolish consumption of opium and curing all opioid addiction, which is considered an end to the development of opium law in Siam. This knowledge gained can be used to study the development of opium tax law during the first century in the Rattanakosin Kingdom, where Siam used opium tax as a means of controlling sellers and opium consumers. This will be useful for further study of the historical development of specific Thai laws history.