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[7] [8] Drug use and addiction also increased significantly following the invention of the hypodermic syringe in 1853, [9] with overdose being a leading cause of death among intravenous drug users. [10] Efforts to prohibit various drugs began to be enacted in the early 20th century, though the effectiveness of such policies is debated. Deaths ...
Charlie Wilson, 70, American politician, member of the US House (2007–2011), Ohio House (1997–2005) and Ohio Senate (2005–2007), complications of a stroke. [ 275 ] 15
Even non-Thai restaurants may include Thai-influenced dishes on their menu like Pad Thai and Thai tea. Thai culture's prominence in the United States is disproportionate to their numbers. The stationing of American troops in Thailand during the Vietnam War exposed the GIs to Thai culture and cuisine, and many of them came home with Thai wives.
Netiporn Sanesangkhom died of cardiac arrest after a monthslong hunger strike earlier this year protesting Thailand’s imprisonment of dissenters. Detained Thai Activist ‘Bung’ Dies at 28 ...
A Thai court on Tuesday acquitted a Myanmar tycoon with close ties to the country's junta of charges including drug trafficking, money laundering and transnational crime following his arrest in ...
Thailand retains the death penalty, but carries it out only sporadically. Since 1935, Thailand has executed 326 people, 319 by shooting (the latest on 11 December 2002), and 7 by lethal injection (the latest on 18 June 2018). As of March 2018, 510 people are on death row. [2] As of October 2019, 59 are women and 58 are for drug-related crimes.
According to the Times, the study found that “in two-thirds, it was the direct cause of death, mostly in combination with other drugs.” It was a misreading of the study. Its author, Tor Seldén of Sweden’s National Board of Forensic Medicine, told The Huffington Post in an email that the Times’ claim “is not supported by our findings.”
Served as first Asian American mayor of San Francisco until his death in 2017. [31] Jean Quan (1949–) 2011–2015: Chinese American: California: Democratic: Mayor of Oakland, California 2011–2015 [32] Steven Choi (1944–) 2012–2016: Korean American: California: Republican: Mayor of Irvine, California: Bao Nguyen (1980–) 2014–2016 ...