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  1. 5 hours ago, Cabradelmar said:

    Too bad, but inevitable. At least until the next government says different. Luckily, everyone in issan grows their own 😜 weed will never be in short supply in THA. The upside is maybe a few less knucklehead tourist (and those will no self control) will decide to come here for the ganja experience.

    You obviously were not among the original tourists to come here from the 60's on because Thailand offered something a bit more risque and wild west like than boring old western countries. Console yourself with the fact that you are not alone. There are many super straight westerners who seem to have discovered Thailand once it became even more conservative in its thinking than the western countries supplying the tourists. I seriously do not understand the attraction of Thailand over the home countries of these people. Fortunately I will again be able to spend a slab of time in Thailand before Thaksin and his reactionary comrades turn the place into a boring yawn-fest again.

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  2. 3 hours ago, Ulyssesamui said:

    Throw the book at this drug dealer. A years in The Monkey House will teach him a lesson. He and his ilk are not wanted here.

    Really? You ever had ecstasy or cocaine? More desirable than heroin or ice. Both drugs would certainly make a full moon party a lot more enjoyable. I am sure that the many foreigners who have bought from him are sorry that he has been caught. 

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  3. On 4/7/2024 at 2:07 AM, MangoKorat said:

    You sound like an old school user. What you need to understand is that kids these days are not happy unless they are totally off their heads.  You want them driving on the same roads as you and your family?

     

    But in any case, do you really believe that someone who's not too far gone has the same reaction speed as a sober driver?  If you do, you should probably check out the evidence on that - because they are way slower.  Having a smoke?  Leave the car at home.

    I actually agree that those drinking or using drugs should not be driving, so we have no argument there. I am not so sure that removing the weed or alcohol from the equation in order to solve it is the answer. Better policing and testing (drug as well as alcohol tests) and real penalties puts the onus on the driver to look after their own best interests and stay of the road.

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  4. 21 hours ago, Sigmund said:

    These issues involving foreigners are increacing ever since cannabis became legal. Not to mention the other harsher drugs available in the black market!! (no puns). Allowing the free sale of cannabis has attracted all the junkies from the west to Thailand.

    The guy doesn't look like a weed user to me. Your claim is nonsense anyway and totally devoid of any evidence.

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  5. 4 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

    Do you Thai people really want the kind of tourists that come to Thailand because it's a cheap place to smoke weed? I don't think so. That's the point he was trying to make. It's probably helped to increase the tourist numbers but what are the character of those people? Personally I don't care for the backpacker hippy pot smokers and I know many Thai people agree with me.

    It's not a cheap place to smoke weed. The weed is more expensive than I would pay in Australia for illegally grown weed.

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  6. 19 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

    I saw an article about him when he was arrested in Japan, maybe a month or two ago. It was mentioned that next he wanted to go to Thailand.

    Obviously, it would be great if idiots like him would never arrive. But then, we all can be sure that the locals will "explain" to them very soon their errors of "thinking".

    Maybe next he should order drinks for a couple of girls, make pictures in the bar, and then refuse to pay. 😉

    Before that he should make sure he has a good health insurance.

     

    His health insurance won't pay if he provoked the attack and injuries.

  7. 10 hours ago, SABloke said:

     

    Indeed. He's worried about then children, but they've been smoking weed (and meth) forever and will continue to do so. They're not the ones entering the tourist weed shops and spending 300 - 1000 for a gram. The tourists are - that's where the 1.2 Billion is coming from since it's the legal and reported (and taxed) part of weed in the country. Are they really going to cut 40 Billi9n THB from the economy? Madness

    There are plenty of weed shops which are well outside and beyond tourist areas - for instance, Rangsit in Bangkok has many shops but no tourists. Tourists are certainly not the only people in Thailand buying weed.

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  8. On 3/2/2024 at 4:53 PM, bbi1 said:

    No, because that shiit stinks badly. And the juristic office staff agrees with it that smoking weed on the balconies or in rooms "is very bad", to quote their words.

    So then I assume that Condos would have notices stating that smoking on balconies did not include weed?

     

    Weed vaporizers generate almost zero odour and would overcome the smell problem you describe if they were legally available in Thailand - which they are not. They are also far preferable to smoking for health purposes.

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