Andrew65

Common on the Phuket coast apparently.

"Intent to supply and dealing. The amount of drugs found on you and whether you have a criminal record, will be taken into account when a punishment is being decided. The maximum sentences for intent to supply drugs are: up to life in prison, an unlimited fine or both for a Class A drug.

Many years ago there were loads of DEA people from the States in Thailand. An old pot-smoking American friend was seriously worried about this. But as one of our funny, mutual American friends used to say to him "I don't think they're looking for some dude with a joint in his pocket, they're looking for the big guys". The guy in question had what I suspected was like a drug-induced paranoia.

Many years ago I talked to a guy in Bangkok who was working for the Australian Federal Police, and who I think was on such a mission.

Leopards/spots. I used to know an American guy who by his own admission used to 'sling dope' in Phillie. I strongly suspected he was doing the same to support his (heroin) habit in Thailand. Working as an English teacher.

Probably already involved in drugs in Thailand though?

Ok, good points. I expect that the Thais strongly suspect that he would get involved in illicit drugs in Thailand, if he weren't already.

Eva Air still do daily flights non-stop Bangkok to London, I was on it in March. Probably a nicer airline than Thai too. I haven't heard of non-stop flights Phuket-UK?

Not really, in this part of the world. I believe that in places like Malaysia and Singapore one could receive the death penalty for as little as an ounce of illict drugs, 'possession with intent to supply' just because it's more than a certain amount. You might have (really) just bought an ounce of Dadah (heroin) for personal use over a few weeks, but the amount would mean a mandatory death penalty for intent to supply.

It can actually be a death sentence rather than a life sentence, but nowadays Thailand tends to commute to a life sentence. I believe that in places like Malaysia and Singapore one could receive the death penalty for as little as an ounce of illict drugs, 'possession with intent to supply' just because it's more than a certain amount, Anyone who deals drugs in this part of the world is incredibly stupid, they have a massive illicit drugs problem, and have triple the prison population of the UK, for a similar general population, this is disproportionately made up of drug-offenders.

That's been a valuable life-lesson wherever I have been in the world. Don't get involved in other people's problems, certainly not if they're strangers to you. As you say, the best thing to do is call the cops. One can very quickly and easily become "collateral damage".

If climate change does exist I put it squarely down to overpopulation. The world's population has quadrupled since 1900. Capitalism will always want more, but there's only so much greed the planet can take.

RIP Some years ago it was reported that more Australians die in Thailand every year than in any other foreign country.

There's a map available on the internet that shows how variable sea level is over all of Bangkok. Also, if you live by the coast but in an elevated place, say with a cliff between you and the sea, the rising sea level won't be so obvious.

I was there in 2011. lived there for 20 years.

In 2010 parts of Bangkok were up to a metre below sea level, in 2024 parts of Bangkok are still up to a metre below sea level.

Farang tend to serve 8 years of a life sentence in a Thai prison before being transferred to a prison in their home country. (Source: "The Last Executioner"). A country of almost the same population, Thailand has 3 times the prison population that the UK has. I believe that this is disproportionately made up of people convicted on illicit drugs-related charges.

The Dutch man who originally bought "Bayesian" (originally called "Salute") was subsequently paralysed in a yachting accident, it could almost seem as though this yacht was 'jinxed'.

Miami Beach is looking dodgy?

It keeps out some of the people who can least afford to lose what little they have?

Police Officer at Royal Thai Police Originally Answered: How can I go back to Thailand since I am blacklisted? There are different types of black lists, depending on the crime committed; for example, overstay for 90 days or more, the subject will be on the black list for 5 years. But for other types of crime, the subject can be on the black list up to 10 years. Once that black list is expired, he or she can submit the request to enter the kingdom of Thailand to the Immigration Office. The request will be approved by the committee if there is no other problems.

Thailand being as it is I suspect that many Thais will be getting in without paying the entrance fee. Their mate or their missus works there.

Canstralian or Ausnadian😁

Read something recently on Quora by an EMS worker in Vegas. He said it's quite common for people to kill themselves in the parking lot there. One guy topped-himself after spending 2 hours in a casino losing the family fortune (money that might have taken generations to accumulate). He reckoned that suicides due to gambling addiction are more common than from all of the other addictions put together.

I'm 60 in January and have been living back in the UK for quite a while now, I quite often forget where I've parked the car.