curlylekan

I thought this is a venue to talk about Thailand, and in particular to this article: a specific event in Pattaya. There are plenty of other forums to share your views about other countries. Moderators, can we please keep things about Thailand?

Good for Move Forward. I think they made the right decision for themselves, the Thai people and the Thai state. Even if things did not go as they want, it seems they will continue to fight for what they believe is right and as many Thais think - fight for a better future for the state and the nation. If I were Thai, I would be happy to have them working for me in the political arena

I live in the Netherlands. I am a daily smoker. The last time I went for an operation, they asked me to stop smoking only 1 day before. I would bet that a lot of the problems they have is not from the marijuana, but from the pesticides and herbicides used, and other unnatural things. Do people in Thailand know the side effects of any of the drugs they use from the pharmacy or the pollution cause from burning so much coal and other stuff. This is where most effort should be placed to help public health.

Thank you for the article. A nice reprieve from often negative news.

What happened to using Grab, or have I been away from Thailand for too long?

I'm all for the legalization of sex workers. It should've never been illegal in the first place. Congrats to Thailand for looking in a new direction, perhaps? The question here is how is anyone going to judge something as subjective as making sure they're not stigmatized by society

And it was told that the military needed to take over to crate peace and make the changes needed in society. In the end, it seems they too are like every other government/hi-so in society

"Several medical associations and civic networks also believe cannabis should be banned again before its recreational use gets out of hand. Estimates indicate that last year alone, up to 11 million Thais used cannabis for recreational purposes following decriminalization. This includes not just smoking pot, but adding it to beverages, foods, etc. The figure jumped by more than 900% from 2021." This doesn't mean it is all one way or the other. You don't need to ban it, just make laws and enforce them, like you do with alcohol.

About the same with every country. Only select people are fans of fusion food.

TBH, most foreigners love Thai food. Have you read the comments. It is only this dish that most foreigners including myself do not like 1/4 of the food I cook each month is Thai. Thai restaurants are crazy popular throughout the world. You'd be hard pressed to find just as many other SEA restaurants around the world, except maybe Vietnamese.

Very untrue about the US being the first. Individual EU countries and other countries across the world were all looking at doing this or that for Chinese arrivals, with scientists around the world giving varying opinions about the Chinese traveling and how harmful zero Covid could be to the rest of the world. The only area that has fallen behind is a common approach by the EU bloc.

Cause this works so well in every country in the world who STRICTLY enforces drug policies (Sarcasm.) I'm still shocked they lock people up for using drugs. This seems like such an archaic way of doing things. Marijuana is the drug to worry about least. Alcohol is way worse - someone can actually die from total withdrawal due to the DTs, but no one discusses that. People can die from alcohol poisoning, but only fall asleep from too much weed, or possibly some negative thoughts from its psychoactive properties, but I'd still argue alcohol is way worse - amplifying whatever feelings they are currently going through, like depression.

I was willing to take the side of the Thai authorities, until I read the part that they asked to come in and they were allowed. If they went in without asking to make sure it was ok and stared reporting on the issue, then they are for sure in the wrong, but from what this article states, if they were allowed in after asking, that falls on the Thai authorities for probably doing something they should not have. After reading about what has happened to them as a result of their actions, I would say that there is more going on here then you and I will ever know. I'm not going to speculate, but military regimes generally like to make sure that they control any narrative.