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	Thamkrabok Monastery Detoxification
		In 1990 The Thamkrabok Foundation of Western Australia began to organise groups of addicts from Europe and Australia, and to publicise the work of the Thamkrabok Monastery.
		Addicts traveling to Thamkrabok are required to comply with the rules of the Monastery.
		You should not go to Thamkrabok until you are certain that you truly wish to be free from your addiction(s) and you are 100 per cent committed to being drug/alcohol free.
	www.tara-detox.org /html/detoxification.html (1044 words)

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		Thamkrabok is not a clinic with a revolving door.
		After a week, the abbot dispenses a kahtah, a divine phrase that must be committed to memory and repeated in case of temptation.
		Phra Hans likens the detox programme at Thamkrabok to the epic journey of the hero.
	www.mapinc.org /newscc/v04/n965/a10.html?397 (1584 words)

	Hmong Refugees Request Resettlement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We are currently residing in the Thamkrabok Refugee Camp, Saraburi, Thailand.
		At the end of 2003, the Thai government and the U.S. government announced a policy to process applications of Hmong refugees in the Wat Thamkrabok Camp for resettlement in the United States.
		We are Hmong political refugees who did not register in 2003 and those who went outside Wat Thamkrabok to search for work and food before the Thai authorities controlled the Wat Thamkrabok Camp in 2003.
	www.laohumrights.org /04thamkrabok.html (399 words)

	The NEEG Online
		As I was escorted into Thamkrabok by a Thai guard on the back of his motorbike into the main military check-in building, an unforeseen feeling of fury, and melancholy begun to build up seeing the poor conditions that these Hmongs have to live with.
		People inside Thamkrabok are aware of what have happened but her family didn’t report this incident to the U.S. Embassy or I.O.M because of fear.
		But a large percentage of this group did live at Thamkrabok until 1997 or 98 and was considered Hmong of Thai nationality under the protection of the Abbot of the Temple.
	www.neeg.org /worldnews4.html (2840 words)

	The Monastery Tham Krabok
		Thamkrabok Monastery is located about 130 km North from Bangkok, capital of Thailand, between Saraburi and Phraputthabat, on the way to Lopburi.
		On the grounds of the monastery there is also a colony of laymen and a village of about 14.000 Hmong, members of an ethnic minority, admitted in 20 Thai provinces.
		It was the plan of the government to prevent them from growing opium as a result of their detoxification.
	www.thamkrabok.org /klosteren1.html (653 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : The orphans of Laos
		THE RED mud glistens with recent rain, half-naked children play with the chicken that rush between the close-packed bamboo-walled huts and the women, their multicoloured umbrellas lurid against lush green foliage, walk past the young men lounging beneath the trees.
		It is noon in Wat Thamkrabok camp and the 15,000 displaced tribespeople who live in the compound, 90 miles northeast of the Thai capital Bangkok, are sleeping, eating, talking, working and, above all, waiting.
		Within a year almost all the people in Wat Thamkrabok — many of whom have never travelled farther than a few miles from the camp in their lives — will be flown to new homes in California, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/08/09/stories/2004080901781000.htm (773 words)

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		About 13,000 ethnic Hmong in the Thamkrabok monastery, set up in 1963, were registered and photographed in the Interior Ministry's attempt to organise and monitor the activities of the Hmong within the monastery, Damri said.
		Damri was referring to the Thamkrabok monastery, which is referred to by security officials as a "lawless and liberated state", as it has housed an undetermined number of Hmong of unknown origins.
		The Thamkrabok issue has become increasingly controversial and sensitive as the Lao government has repeatedly asked Thailand about the presence of the Laotians in the monastery.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~lao/laonews/old/laos0112.txt (1063 words)

	Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kou Yang, former leader of Hmong repatriates at Ban Phan Thao, is currently seeking political asylum in the U.S. Threats were made on his life after he returned to Laos in 1994, and land was wrongfully taken away from him and his fellow villagers.
		The recent Thai government crackdown on Hmong living at Wat Thamkrabok is the result of a current campaign being waged using the Hmong and other hilltribe populations as a scapegoat for Thailand's economic and environmental troubles.
		Since the problem of the remaining 30,000 Lao-Hmong refugees living at Wat Thamkrabok, and other villages in Thailand, has not been resolved, our organization strongly urges that SEARAC postpone their gala event until the Hmong refugee issue is dealt with.
	www.hmongihrw.org /articles/thamkrabok.shtml (929 words)

	East-West Detox
		Conditions at Thamkrabok are primitive and despite the advice given to addicts prior to their arrival most are shocked at the living conditions encountered.
		Nobody is admitted to Thamkrabok without their being advised of the prevailing conditions and having a need for the services that it provides, which can be summarised as a release from their addiction without any of the withdrawal symptoms normally experienced.
		No treatment available for Drug Addiction can guarantee success, the programme provided at Thamkrabok ensures that on discharge from the Monastery the ex-addict is totally free of their addiction having been free of drug use for the term of their stay at Thamkrabok.
	www.east-westdetox.org.uk /firststeps.htm (2230 words)

	Thamkrabok - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Thamkrabok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thamkrabok is a Monastery located near Bangkok, Thailand.
		For over 50 years it has provided a highly successful herbal detoxification service to drug addicted persons from around the world.
		The only requirement is a desire to remove dependence on addictive substances and maintain commitment to freedom from drugs.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Thamkrabok.html (105 words)

	The NEEG Online
		Hiem told Chavalit that Vientiane considered the Hmong in Wat Thamkrabok an internal affair to be resolved by Thai authorities because none of the people in the temple had obtained refugee status from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
		Laos is not in a position to take responsibility for the Hmong because the official period for refugee repatriation had finished in 2000 after a group of Lao refugees from Ban Na Pho arrived home, Hiem said, and noted that the office of the UNHCR in Laos had already been shut down.
		Wat Thamkrabok is currently facing crowding problems because the people there have begun to have families.
	www.neeg.org /worldnews5.html (565 words)

	IOL: An addict's last resort
		Wat Thamkrabok is a faraway place for the very far gone.
		While in the West, the vast majority of detox patients eventually succumb to their drug cravings, nearly 70 percent of the tens of thousands of troubled men and women who have been through treatment at Wat Thamkrabok since 1958 have managed to stay drug-free, according to one Australian study.
		Some 40 percent of the monks here are former addicts who have stayed on at Thamkrabok to become ordained.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20040703110845310C396521 (1780 words)

	Detox in a Hard Place Article on Stuffmagazine.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Well, I’ve been to Thamkrabok, and while it’s the most radical and perhaps the nastiest detox center on earth, it’s no Abu Ghraib prison.
		Thamkrabok won’t detain anyone, but they will try tactics including claims of full or delayed flights to see addicts through their darkest moments.
		Not only has he taken and passed his first exam since he was 15, but at 40, he has the first job of his life.
	www.stuffmagazine.com /articles/html/article_855.html (906 words)

	press release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Luang Por Charoen Parnchand has asked Tim to send a message to the World that the doors of Thamkrabok are open to anyone suffering from addiction, if they genuinely want to be cured.
		Thamkrabok’s Treatment Centre is a once in a life time opportunity.
		It does not admit patients a second time, since the monks who run the centre will only take patients if they are sure that it is their last battle.
	www.tkbuk.com /tkbpressprah.html (426 words)

	Visitors to Thamkrabok Monastery
		Thamkrabok is open to the public, except during
		It is appreciated if groups can advise the Monastery in advance of their arrival.
		Ask the driver to stop at Thamkrabok (which is before the bus gets to Phraphutthabat).
	www.thamkrabok.net /html/directions.htm (434 words)

	Guardian \| Get thee to a monastery
		A friend had seen a video on the Thamkrabok monastery and its drug detox program, and Polly and I felt it was the best chance for Tim because he'd always been a spiritual type of person.
		He was absolutely fascinated by the monks' music and immediately wanted to go back to the monastery because the monks had made him a recording studio to translate their music into more popular songs.
		And Thamkrabok is a place filled with more compassion and hope than you've ever seen in your life.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5019211-110428,00.html (1756 words)

	Therms and Regulation - Journey - Registration
		The maximum stay in THAMKRABOK MONASTERY for detoxification is limited to one month in total.
		I will attend the mandatory parts of the 10 day treatment, such as 'vomiting' on at least the first 5 days, taking steam baths (sauna) every day, taking the herbal pills and participating in the meditation sessions.
		THAMKRABOK MONASTERY is free to accept or to refuse patients for treatment.
	www.thamkrabok.org /anreiseen.html (593 words)

	NAZCA PICTURES - International Photo Press Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The monks of this monastery do not seek solely for nobility of the mind, they are implied in the present problems of the society.
		Today, a new patient is arriving at the centre.Mayu-ree wants to leave the hell of drug and Môhn knows he can help her to reach that goal.
		Just as for him in the past, Thamkrabok is maybe her last salvation hope.
	www.nazcapictures.com /feature.php?id_reportage=191 (200 words)

	HTY Radio :: Music for the community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In an unprecedented visit to Wat Thamkrabok the US Ambassador to Thailand was recently quoted by BBC news stating "We have long felt that we have a special responsibility to the people of Hmong origin from Laos."
		Also, there are an estimated several thousand residents of Wat Thamkrabok who might possibly be excluded on the grounds that the Thai authorities did not register them in August 2003 due to a flawed screening process.
		On a recent fact-finding trip he met with hundreds of Hmong refugees from Wat Thamkrabok and other areas of Thailand, some of whom he had processed back in the late 1980s.
	www.htyradio.com /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=1 (425 words)

	Forum von Thailand-Info :: Thema anzeigen - Thamkrabok hilft Drogenabhängige (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Thamkrabok ist eine Wortschöpfung des Abtes Luang Phoo Tscharoen und bedeutet im weitesten Sinne "Höhle der Lehre".
		Sadscha ist das zentrale Element der Lehre und der Praxis in Thamkrabok.
		Die Entgiftungskur in Thamkrabok ist generell für Jugendliche und Erwachsene mit Problemen des Missbrauchs von Alkohol und Drogen geeignet.
	www.forum.thailand-info.de /viewtopic.php?p=2094 (1125 words)

	The Observer \| International \| Orphans of Laos come home to Uncle Sam
		Within a year almost all the people in Wat Thamkrabok - many of whom have never travelled farther than a few miles from the camp in their lives - will be flown to new homes in California, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
		He has lived in Wat Thamkrabok for 10 years and will be leaving for the US soon.
		The Thai government is keen to be rid of the Hmong.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,1278661,00.html (1356 words)

	LE SITE A FEFE
		Our aim is to enable and empower European individuals whose quality of life is affected by substance misuse and to undertake a holistic programme of natural, herbal detoxification and rehabilitation to help people develop their potential and reintegrate.
		The detoxification process, using a combination of over a hundred herbs and plant extracts, takes only 5 days and is administered as a drink daily.
		After a 30 days detox period at Thamkrabok*, it’s possible for the clients to continue in re-education camps (halfway-houses, this means, living with other addicts and working in the community), which involve skills-training as part of the rehabilitation in cooperation with The Duang Prateep Foundation.
	www.siteafefe.com /print.php?sid=142 (728 words)

	Babyshambles.com
		I don't mean 'get clean' because to say that Thamkrabok gets people clean is underselling what they actually do for you.
		course was finnished.We spoke about this last night and he knows that if he wants to go back to Thamkrabok to re-take his vow's and do it properly, its something I will talk to the senior monks about and help him myself.
		I also want people to know that for all the funny stories about Thamkrabok, the treatment centre (which is only one aspect of the monastery) is a very serious successful and gentle treatment.
	www.network54.com /Forum/thread?forumid=253130&messageid=1088590273&lp=1088617237 (779 words)

	Refugee Resettlement Program in Thailand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This letter asked the Lao Human Rights Council to request the U.S. government to allow those 15,000 Hmong political refugees at Wat Thamkrabok, Thailand, to resettle in the United States because they cooperated with the U.S. government during the Vietnam War and many of them are former CIA soldiers.
		To allow those Hmong refugees who received refugee status under the UNHCR and lived outside Wat Thamkrabok to have the opportunity to resettle in the United States because they are political refugees and for family reunification.
		To allow those refugees who left Wat Thamkrabok before 2003 to have the opportunity to resettle in the United States.
	www.laohumrights.org /03Dec23pr.html (482 words)

	THAI-LAO TALKS: No consensus on Hmong refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Defence Minister General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh raised the issue yesterday with his Lao counterpart Maj-General Douangchay Pichit at a meeting of the Thai-Lao General Border Committee.
		Thamkrabok Monastery has become a shelter for Hmong refugees who have either refused to be resettled to a third country or have been unable to find one willing to take them.
		The first wave of Hmong refugees arrived at the monastery in the late 1960s, fleeing fighting between royalists and communists.
	hmongunivers.angelcities.com /news20020622.html (289 words)

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		Brian first visited Thamkrabok Monastery in late 1988 and escorted his first addict early in 1989.
		Brian was instrumental in establishing the Thamkrabok Foundation in 1996 and it was through this organisation that Brian brought the work of the Thamkrabok Monastery to the attention of the world.
		It was with the help of the Thamkrabok Foundation that East-West Detox launched it’s UK website in January 2000 and adopted many of the Foundation’s tried and tested procedures for helping addicts.
	cgi00.oneandone.co.uk /cgi-bin/fo?clsid=c5bd29eaa45d0262c7c0c2b65d41643a&id=10 (196 words)

	Pete Doherty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was admitted the Priory clinic in London in May left soon.
		Later he went to Thamkrabok monastery in Thailand known for rehabilitating drug/drinking The latest news are that he won't playing in The Libertines before he has got rid of his bad habits.
		He that thanks to Thamkrabok he's no longer to heroin.
	www.freeglossary.com /Pete_Doherty (327 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts features \| Dot to Doherty's rescue
		It did it so successfully that five years later Tim was living in such a clichéd version of drug hell that even Brookside would have rejected his story.
		Luckily, with the help of June and others, he was able to check in to a remote Thai monastery called Thamkrabok, which claims to have world-beating success rates for curing drug addiction.
		June was so impressed by his subsequent recovery that she pledged to help him set up a charity to bring other addicts, particularly musicians like Pete Doherty, from the UK to Thamkrabok.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,1236701,00.html (566 words)

	VOA News - U.S. Plan to Resettle Refugees at Wat Thamkrabok Is for Laotian-Hmongs Only
		This is a population of about 15,000 people, and the US is prepared to accept for resettlement in our country the entire population that qualify for resettlement.
		I don’t want to set an artificial end date but I certainly would hope that within the next six to twelve months, we’ll have made dramatic progresses in determining who, which individuals and families among this population, are qualified for resettlement, and have begun the process of resettling them in the US.
		The Laotian Hmongs who chose to leave Wat Thamkrabok - nobody was forced to leave but they chose to leave - are a separate population.
	www.voanews.com /lao/Archive/a-2004-02-26-1-1.cfm (557 words)

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