RileyHayes

Reefer Madness!!! What a load of BS. Hilarious that they keep posting this nonsense. Everywhere in the world that has legalized has seen reductions in drug overdoses, alcohol consumption and related poisonings, and deaths/accidents overall. It's a net positive for every society that has legalized. Only the few miserable old alcoholics who are too set in their ways and base their opinion on cannabis from the propaganda they've consumed would argue otherwise

This is where all this anti-cannabis propaganda comes from. Everywhere that has legalized cannabis has seen a consistent drop in alcohol consumption. Of course, this is actually good for society, but bad for business for the likes of Singha or Hong Thong, and they have powerful lobbies in government The alcohol industry always fights against cannabis legalization because it hurts their sales. Same for the pharmaceutical industry The vast majority of propaganda against marijuana out there is fabricated by industries threatened by its legalization

Yes, just like in the Netherlands, Canada, most US states, Mexico, Uruguay, Portugal, Spain, and soon Germany Full legalization in most countries will happen in the next 20-40 years. No reason to blow into the wind or drag your feet. Best for Thailand to take the lead and become a major exporter of medical-grade cannabis. It's much cheaper to produce here than in any Western country, and already massive amounts are being legally exported to many Western countries The big money in the coming decades will be in pharmaceutical applications. We're just scratching the surface of what the plant's potential therapeutic benefits are, as proper studies weren't possible until recently

Yes, bong is the only word in the English language derived from Thai (that isn't food) It is a historical part of Thai culture. Before the Nancy Reagan war on drugs era, you could smoke Thai stick at Don Muang airport and it was readily available throughout the country Most Thais have no problem with cannabis being legal. It's the very vocal minority who hate it making all the noise, but it's a very small percentage of the population that wants to make it illegal again

Nothing has changed on the ground outside of a few areas in BKK. And those are legally questionable. Weed isn't going away. Very easy to find in Vietnam as well, and I'm pretty sure it was never legalized there Here's an article that explains a bit more of the current situation here in Thailand: https://www.channelweedthailand.com/2025/09/05/local-police-have-no-authority-to-raid-cannabis-shops/

yeah nothing has changed for 99% of Thailand. Only a few pockets in BKK are enforcing prescriptions, and those are questionable https://www.channelweedthailand.com/2025/09/05/local-police-have-no-authority-to-raid-cannabis-shops/

All shops are required to display their license in the shop, within view of all customers However, it's written in Thai, even the numbers

Lol, yeah those types typically do smoke, but many are keeniow cheap Charlies and smoke <deleted> weed, whatever is cheapest

Production has already largely shifted to fewer, larger operations. Most small farms shut down over a year ago when prices plummeted. But the new regulation requiring a clean COA for commercially sold products is a good thing imo. It makes it harder for smaller operations, sure, but when it comes to something that's being smoked, strict regulations are extremely important. A lot of chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and plant growth regulators/hormones were being used in the early days of legalization, which are responsible for most mental health issues derived from using cannabis, not the THC or the cannabis itself. Distribution won't change much, though. There were way too many shops in the beginning, which wasn't sustainable, regardless of changes to the laws. But I highly doubt we'll see 16k of the 18k shops currently open close like some predicted. Maybe half, over the course of the next year or so. Outside of a few pockets in Bangkok, nothing has changed except that the prices keep dropping, so margins get thinner and thinner for shops. But nobody is enforcing medical prescriptions or monthly limits outside of a handful of places in BKK. The genie is out of the bottle, and there's no putting it back in completely.

It was never made illegal. They just started enforcing the original laws in certain areas. But for many parts of Thailand, nothing has changed besides no vapes anymore

Nah, he (or one of his assistants, as he claims) posted something ignorant during covid and later apologized. But as a farang myself, I can understand the stereotype of a dirty farang in a Chang tangtop and elephant pants hanging out on Khao San or in Koh Phangan or Phuket and reeking of BO. Sadly, this loud minority does create stereotypes.

Who cares what those miserable bass turds think They remind me of an old man yelling at children to get off his lawn. Nothing to do but winge