Bday Prang

Very true indeed but I just think most people will not be searching for the "best" weed, in the same way that most people are happy drinking bottles of Chang or glasses of "Mont fleur" wine do you see where I'm coming from? I just think most people are not that bothered, not to mention the fact that with the price of everything rising, a lot of people don't have as much disposable income as they did. No doubt there will be a market for "premium" weed, but i really expect it will only ever be a niche market in real terms Time will tell I guess

I think it will be even cheaper than that, as even in the the UK which is still tainted by the scourge of prohibition perfectly good weed is available for around £200 per ounce which at todays exchange rate is 300 bt per gram although it can reach nearly double that when its wrapped in an official looking California type bag (easily available on ebay) The first thing that will bring the price down from 500 / gram will be when somchai learns to grow it properly and decides to sell it for 450 / gram then suporn follows suit and sells it for 400 and so on The "right" price will be, as for everything else , assuming it remains a "free" market, which would equate to what ever the market can stand, and that in turn will ultimately be based on the cost of production + a reasonable profit margin, which even for weed grown under lights, is nowhere near 500bt per gram As I suggested in a previous post the only other factors affecting price will be what ever tax is levied on sales and peoples susceptibility to aggressive advertising and peer pressure from self appointed connoisseurs.. Bearing that in mind there will always be people who are prepared to pay over the odds for what they perceive to be a quality product in the same way that they do for wine and to a lesser extent "craft" beer but that's a niche , and tiny and almost insignificant part of the market compared to the amount of Chang and Leo that gets flushed down the drains every night I guess we will all just have to wait and see how it all plays out

For me at the moment its the girl in the nescafe advert , not sure if she counts , but F.W.I.W. I would ride her like a stolen bike

Wow nostalgia alert !! I'd completely forgotten about that strain hahaha

I think that its highly ( no pun intended) unlikely that current prices will be maintained

Absolutely correct , discounting the possible effects of any future changes in legislation, the novelty value for people who live here will indeed soon wear off. The basic driving force of the market (supply and demand) must eventually prevail. The only reason cannabis was ever expensive was the fact that it was illegal, that excuse is no longer valid. The only people who might be prepared to pay over the odds will be the naive tourists coming from countries where prohibition is still enforced, as for them, there will still be a novelty factor. As for the rest of society, the fact that cannabis , despite what some people would have you believe, is no more difficult to grow than tomatoes or any other plant, must inevitably bring the price down to an appropriate level, Not sure what plans there are to tax cannabis but if one looks at tobacco here for example, One can buy a fair sized bag of rolling tobacco at the local shop for 10=15 baht so if cannabis was taxed at a similar rate, there would be no reason for cannabis to be anymore expensive, which is pretty much the case with the indigenous "brick" weed, at present , 10 baht per gram and still dropping which in my opinion is about right, and I actually resent paying anymore than that, to the extent that I would grow my own should it ever cost much more! There is only one or two other reasons why anybody would be prepared to prepared to pay ridiculous, hyper inflated prices for cannabis in the future, the first I would call a form of elitism or maybe more correctly "connoisseurism" Its already well established within the wine drinking "community" and its clearly starting to reveal its self on this forum, with certain members on here berating others for smoking weed that they , for some reason , consider "inferior" its a sad aspect of consumerism that will no doubt be further exploited by the the advertising and marketing firms employed by the large producers who will inevitably seek to dominate the supply The other "phenomenon" is people searching for and proudly boasting about smoking stronger and stronger strains and paying handsomely for the "privilege" Stronger cannabis does not in real terms cost any more to produce than "normal" weed but that illusion is easily propagated based on the manipulated price of alcohol were stronger brews are generally more expensive due to higher excise duty and not due to any real increase in production costs. Beer drinkers are not constantly searching for stronger and stronger beers, in fact the stronger brews like "Carlsberg Special Brew" in Europe and the red version of "Cheers" beer here like are not that popular with normal drinkers and are considered the sole preserve of "problem drinkers" This phenomenon, the obsession with THC% will fade as the market for cannabis and the users of it mature over time Anybody charging 1000 bt per gram for any sort of weed should be prepared to revise their business plan as it wont be tolerated by many for very long and anybody paying 1000 baht a gram for cannabis needs their head examining' To keep things in perspective, Just bear in mind that Gold is currently "only" 2000bt per gram

who rattled his cage?

And people should brush up on how due legal process is based on facts and evidence before blundering about acting as judge and jury and condemning a man based on a photograph that has triggered their sensitivities.

As has been pointed out several times, the captain is in sole charge of the boat, passengers have no control over where he drops anchor and i doubt any captain would appreciate a "troublesome" tourist trying to tell him what they think he can and cannot do. I suggest you try it sometime and see what happens. I would also suggest that people should inform themselves a little better regarding the facts of what actually happened in this incident before vilifying a possibly innocent tourist based on a photograph , his dress sense, his perceived nationality and the opinions of a few outraged "netizens"

since when has smoking been discouraged for foreigners ? I think you are making things up or have been misinformed

He might actually be a really nice guy, what makes you so sure he's a bully

And how many people would want to live here then ? You can count me out for a start If you consider that system to be so ideal why not just move there ?

naughty boy tut tut tut

Thank you for the education, but what is your point

No, it does not ! I am not "an angler" i have been on a few fishing trips

I wouldn't bother arguing with him any more and when he's read what I'm going write now he will have a bit more to think about. About 20 years ago me and an irish guy bought an ex fishing boat and used to do (amongst other things) fishing trips at a popular seaside resort. We had a crew of 5 including the captainall Thais of course and all had worked on commercial fishing boats previously. Just like fishing with rods, trawlers have no control over what they catch, They told me dolphins occasionally got caught in trawlers nets and although they couldn't be sold at the fishmarket , they were considered a welcome addition to the menu for the crew, the young ones being the tastiest apparently ! I wonder if that puts things into perspective for him he didn't seem to like it the last time I mentioned perspective

They don't care or even know if he broke the law or not. but that trivial detail won't stop them when there is a lynch mob mentality

And why let facts get in the way eh? So, for the benefit of me and the others on here ,could you please advise on several legal points the first being the legal position of using an anchor in an area of protected coral reef ? the second being who is in legal charge of a boat A) the captain or B) a fare paying tourist ? In fact while your at it you could tell us all how far from the shoreline the no fishing zone extends?. and then give us your best guess as to how far from the shoreline the tourist was when he caught the fish ? take your time thinking about it I wouldn't want you to answer incorrectly and lose any credibility you might have left you could always pass on all or any of the above questions if you don't like the answers

oh yes that would be normal behaviour for a tourist wouldn't it ? I can imagine the conversation .......... "fancy a days fishing tomorrow dear" ? "Oh yes that sounds like fun but can we make it the day after as I need to go to the marine authorities first to check out the credentials of the captain" "Of course we can't be too careful when dealing with those crafty Thais and whilst you are at it check that the bait is ethically sourced and that the boat runs on bio diesel too" " will do dear and whilst I am doing that could you study the local marine charts and enter the co ordinates of the perimeter of the no fishing zone in to our GPS receiver"? " and don't forget we need a written guarantee that we wont accidently catch a parrot fish" Do you really expect that anyone (except you of course) would have a conversation like that ? Do I Think that ignorance is an acceptable excuse in this case on ? well on the part of the tourist yes I do, on the part of the captain absolutely not. He would of been well aware of what he was doing. Your drunk driving reference is irrelevant as "every body else does it" was not an excuse that was offered by the tourist however, in that situation ,ignorance of being drunk, for example if your drink had, unbeknown to you, been spiked and you could prove it. would probably at least be considered as mitigating circumstances probably resulting in a more lenient punishment. Neither you nor anybody else on here knows where he caught the fish but a lynch mob has already been formed I find that astonishing

Good point, several people have draw attention to the fact that he is white. topless, hairless, muscled and without tattoos but wearing "tight " shorts . Call me naive but I can't see the relevance either

I think its quite likely that he dropped his anchor so it probably would have been an offense but once you have explained your fantasy legal system we will be better able to decide,

I've been on several fishing trips here over the years and never once did I have any control over where the actual fishing took place, its all handled by the Captain Sorry but I never thought to study any maritime charts so as to be able to advise the captain where we could and couldn't fish, neither would any other tourist, its the skippers responsibility and nobody else's the only exception would be if he was forced to be in the area against his will Obviously there is no boundary marked so how on earth would the tourist have known he was in an illegal spot?? He couldn't have known Maybe if he had known he would have refused to fish he would certainly have been more discreet . The fact that he posted his catch on the net kind of implies he didnt think anything was wrong and why would he.? People can spout off ald day about "ignorance is no excuse" but on a boat somethings are out of your control. If you were on a bus and the driver crashes are you responsible ? Of course not

not really prejudice more like a statement of fact

my kind of shop ????

64 baht for an evenings relaxation !!! Spot on I can't fault you I noticed ZIGZags the other day too for the first time, also saw some mascotte skins I think german but they were only the small size (why do the refer to them as 1 1/4 size ) most common seem to be Raw and OCB, Rizzla seem to be very underrepresented at the moment, their marketing department need a wake up call !