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On 1/25/2021 at 3:50 PM, CraigInBangkok said:

can't be bothered to find it but marijuana was Anutin's gift to the people back around 2018

EDIT : not everyone could smoke it but each househould would be allowed to grow 6 plants and either use it medicinally or sell it to the gov for $$$$ dollars per plant

So, it is your perception that is at fault here. The government programme which will allow the growth of cannabis will be strictly controlled. Growers will have to qualify by attending a course and having the proper facility for growing. The plants will be supplied from young plant stock specially bred for this purpose with less of the psychoactive content. Keeping it for personal medicinal use will not be allowed. This programme has been in planning for a number of years and it is hoped that cannabis therapy will be offered as an attraction for the tourist industry. So far a lot of money and time has gone into this but the pandemic has put things on the back burner somewhat. The strains of plants are being developed so that there will be consistency in the end product sold back to the supplying company. It will be then be further processed into products of medicinal value and supplied to clinics and other licenced facilities. 

4 hours ago, CraigInBangkok said:

There's loads of pot online now ... they made the mistake of announcing marijuana for all a couple of years ago

There was never any such announcement. Perhaps that was your perception. If so then you are wrong.

17 hours ago, petermik said:

Unless it`s Yorkshire grown rhubarb it won`t taste reet....

Yes, it's amazing what grows in horse <deleted>.

5 hours ago, khwaibah said:

My wife has grown it in Kap Choeng Surin. Not a problem. She did not grow it this year as no demand by the Thai's.

We are not so far away from you so there seems to be no problem with the climate in this region.

Has anyone here in Thailand tried to grow rhubarb? We are in the early stages of growing from seed and so the plants are looking good. 

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

But to my knowledge fiber is not available in most rural areas, as most barely even have telephone lines, much less fiber. Am I wrong about that? 

I can not speak for other rural areas, but we live in a small village twenty km from the nearest small town and we have had broadband for over six years. The service in that time has steadily got better around two years ago we got a fibre connection. From 30 mbps, six years ago, we now get more than 500 mbps with little increase in price. I have nothing but praise for our provider 3BB. 

Just now on 3BB. I live in a small Isaan village. My internet speed has got faster as networks have been upgraded over the past few years. 

She should think herself lucky. When the Viking ex-pats went to England all those years ago, they did a bit more than kick young ladies with shopping trolleys. 

5 hours ago, Dionigi said:

The yield only comes from strict controls of the growing conditions and the sex of the plant.

My point exactly!

8 hours ago, elgenon said:

How long before they reverse this proclamation?

There is no chance this will happen. Too much time and money has already been invested, by both the government and the private sector.

2 hours ago, Dionigi said:

I hope when others are allowed to grow for pharmacies they will allow testing for quality before handing it over

There will be strict control. The plants will be supplied from strains developed to produce the required yields. Nobody will be allowed to grow from birdseed!

Here is a photo of a facility near to my home. Poly-tunnels surrounded by a high wire fence topped with barbed wire indicates that something will be grown here that requires security. The shade netting provides rudimentary privacy. I only saw this after the cassava in the field was harvested. Clearly this had been set up to grow more than six plants, if cannabis is what this is for. I should point out also that the main farm for the Thai Cannabis Corporation is 7 km from here. 

27 minutes ago, CLW said:

But the news article and this discussion is about the average village farmer.

I doubt they have money and knowledge to set up a decent grow for six plants

Cooperatives and collectives will be formed, financed through micro-financing already in place in villages. That is the way forward. 

27 minutes ago, CLW said:

You're right, I completely forgot about that. Unless they use autoflowering strains, which are not really the choice of commercial growers for several reasons. They might growing some hemp and claim it is cannabis but once you test it in the lab the truth comes out

Plants developed to yield what is required for processing into medicine have been under development for a number of years. If they are grown under the conditions prescribed then they already know what will know what they will be able to extract. The plants will be supplied and the number per person will be restricted and growing strictly controlled and monitored. 

1 hour ago, Tyler Visan said:

Will that local clinic have the equipment and know-how as to extraction, purification, packaging and storage of said cannabis?

It will not be sold to any local clinic. It will be sold for processing into medicines that can be used in clinics and hospitals. 

41 minutes ago, juice777 said:

Can only be grown outside(with no lights) so  Cancer patients will be getting low-grade Thai Bush Weed grown my Mum and pop. Instead of higher grade star dog or lemon kush  grown by experts in A greenhouse with  Hydroponics and lights and filters not that I know about these things.

Patients will be getting medicines developed from strains that have been under development in certain universities for a number of years. It is clear that you do not "know about these things"

On 10/26/2020 at 3:31 AM, rott said:

Sorry to have bothered everybody, thanks again CC.

I have experienced exactly the same thing and been told the same. My problem was first encountered one month ago and I have received my new card. On attempting to use the new card I encountered exactly the same problem and with a card that can not be damaged. I called my bank in the UK and so far as they are concerned everything is working normally and there are no problems with my account or the card. I can use the new card online. I just can not withdraw money at an ATM. Seemingly in every other way the card works perfectly. 

Hands up anyone who feels like they would want to stay in this hotel now.....................................Yup, just as I thought.

1 hour ago, Matzzon said:

How would immigration in the UK know that I'd been to Dubai? On arrival I present my passport to a reader and walk through the gate. No questions asked and my passport doesn't show my entry into Dubai. Technically, transfer passengers don't enter the country.

 

Prior to travel to the UK you must complete an online registration process in which you must detail your itinerary including any flight changes and locations of those flight changes. I helped my friend's wife do this just over two weeks ago, she has now joined him in the UK. Apparently she was asked prior to both flights (she flew via Doha) if she had completed the online registration process. So, technically, you are correct but the registration makes a computerised record of your route, so they would know. 

It should be noted that the British Antarctic Territory is also on that list.

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

What could help many people on multiple entry visas would be to allow more than one 60 day extension per entry. Some offices have already done it and there is a clause in the immigration order allows it to be easily waived.

I was on a non-O multi entry visa that was due to expire on Dec24th. I tried to do a border crossing just as the border was closing, in fact a friend who did the same only an hour earlier got his 90 entry/permission to stay with no problem. On the following day I went to my local immigration office for a 60-day extension. One week after the extension kicked in was when the first 'grace period' kicked in. Last week I tried to get another 60 day extension but was told that in order for that I needed a letter from my embassy (British). Under no circumstances would they issue another extension without the letter. Not knowing how long a letter would actually give me or if I would have to keep repeating the process, or if that would even be allowed, or if there would be more changes to the immigration rules taking into account my situation and that of others on the same visa I was forced into applying for an extension based on retirement. I took this option because I am now in a position where there is some certainty over my continued legal status here. This was not an option I really wanted to exercise but at least I can sit back and relax a little.

Go and speak to your local IO. Ask what your alternatives are. They may offer you something not discussed in this post. I can not be more specific as it will depend on your immigration office. 

15 hours ago, Sambotte said:

Considering the very bad quality of what you (not me hm ????) find everywhere in Thailand, the bad compressed full of chemicals...

Different strains of cannabis have been developed by a number of universities already to ensure the consistency and quality of the product. Studies are continuing. The law involving the cultivation of cannabis will be comprehensive and involve strict adherence by growers who must be licenced. This will not be a free-for-all for pot-heads. Currently, cannabis is widely and criminally grown and that is not likely to change as the government aims for a complete separation between recreational and medicinal use.

"Initial investigations revealed that the suspect was bringing a string of Thai women back to his apartment. Each one was different to the last. Yet he didn't appear to have any work"

His name was 'Prima' you say?............Maybe he was "Just A Gigolo" 

Looks to me like he was accidentalised.