Bday Prang

I think most have been released already

Sure Britain is broken, probably beyond repair, Its slowly sinking just like the Titanic. It really should not be accepting any more passengers and should have started evacuation procedures a long time ago. Convicted foreign criminals should be put at the front of the queue and then a last in 1st out system implemented until we have lost enough excess ballast. That works for me , I don't care what the UK hating lefties think,

don't envy you with the dentist appointment but strangely whilst i may be in favour of cannabis for many reasons I really can't agree that it has any significant pain killing properties, (for me anyway) especially with regards to toothache ! personally I prefer lao khao for that

out of interest where are you thinking of going?

I doubt any foreigners were actually defrauded or recieved a cut I suspect a misprint ... many foreigners (WERE Allegedly) paid 30,000 to 40,000 baht for a training seminar that never took place."

Its not that difficult to see how it works, once the money has been identified by a certain person of the appropriate standing in the relevant department who then decides he wants it. He would literally just take it, part of it would be set aside to either pay those required to facilitate the extortion or to buy the silence of others. They are all at it here they can't help themselves, I don't know why foreigners here get so upset. it has its advantages if one has money, and most of us do

Or, its the thieves you talk of who really "obviously" have not yet perfected their art

I'm sure they mean well, They were being proactive and following through on policies that have come from the chief of police Gen Damrongsak Kittipraphat, This is not exactly his own idea though .. It was advice given to colledge students in the US probably because these events are almost a daily occurance there and I think i've heard it from the Uk gov too ..https://www.smcm.edu/publicsafety/run-hide-fight-active-shooter-protocol/ bit pointless trying to teach it to under 5's though As a last resort, fight. If you cannot evacuate or hide safely and only when your life is in imminent danger, take action. Attempt to incapacitate or disrupt the actions of the shooter. Act with physical aggression toward the shooter. Use items in your area such as fire extinguishers or chairs. Throw items at the shooter if possible. Call 911 when it is safe to do so. probably more effective to equip them with anti stab / bullet proof vests or maybe arm the toddlers even the teachers all just as useless Can't see the authorities being able to teach any Thai kid anything about social media either, It would be the other way round Will they also bother wasting time telling this to the older students (thugs) at the bangkok technical colleges who seem to need very little encouragement to start and enjoy a "10 on to one" fight and always manage to run away afterwards to hide successfully from the police This is what happens when some people feel obliged to say something to justify their existence, when not caring how moronic it actually sounds, as they arrogantly feel the public are too stupid understand how incompetent they actually are They would be much better off remaining silent , this kind of incident is extremely rare here and there is nothing whatsoever to be gained by half baked attempts to prepare for the next. Half baked attempts that will soon be forgotten about

So what if he has? its the same with just about everything is it not?

I don't understand the issue with him making any money from the legalisation of cannabis, So many others were making so much more when it was illegal and continue to do so from the continuing illegal status of other drugs, yet I don't hear the prohibitionists complaining about that. Considering the complete ineffectiveness of the illegality one can't help but wonder who's interests the illegality actually serves, It certainly doesn't help the general public or the users but its a real earner for those involved in the supply As other members oh here have suggested ...follow the money, its really not that difficult

He was actually fired in june and he had no drugs in his system , two facts that, for some reason many are choosing to ignore, or are unable to understand

Oh dear I must be hallucinating I was sure you wrote this... ." but I think cannabis should be available to those who can benefit from using it, like Parkinson's sufferers, as an example." Perhaps you would like to correct me ? Should be an interesting read when you try to.

Thaksin ?

I was enquiring as to why you asked a question to which you already know the answer,

Of course its an unsubstantiated claim, how could it be anything else but i think most would agree its a reasonably credible figure. when considering not just those incarcerated for simple possession who will have received a criminal record but also their families who will have been deprived of a breadwinner , How many would you estimate have been negatively affected. ? I read 80,000 were released in Thailand alone It shouldn't stretch your intellect too much to imagine how many others have suffered and are still suffering worldwide Whilst criminal organisations have made billions ( again a reasonable estimate in my opinion even if unsubstantiated) The issue of Police and drug taking is its self a deflection in the context of reporting the tragic event that happened last week, Firstly the guy was not a policeman , he had been sacked, and Secondly a drugs test indicated he had not recently taken any drugs So you have no wish to smoke cannabis, that's up to you, but why on earth would you wish to restrict its use to those with chronic diseases? It demonstrates a weird desire to control the lives of others , based on your own irrational fears. At the risk of being accused of "deflection" again, do you also think (irrationally) that alcohol should also be criminalised and restricted to those with a chronic debilitating disease in light of the recent tragedy? as that was not found in his blood either

i used alcohol as an example not a deflection, anybody who thinks methamphetamine is in anyway related to cannabis is totally misinformed, and those that make comments based on that fallacy deserve to be called out, in a similar manner to "flat earthers" and those that believe in ghosts etc. There have been millions of lives needlessly ruined by anti cannabis legislation, do you think that should continue?

Which outfit are you referring to? Are you sure it was Pattaya police who said that ?

Forgive them , they really don't know what they are talking about, they are literally victims of government produced propaganda based purely on misinformation. its probably best that you don't encourage them to "get out and live a little" I would prefer it if they stayed in their houses and kept their ridiculous thoughts to themselves

Difficult to believe the ignorance of those who cannot see the difference between these two completely different substances who's only thing in common was that they were both illegal ! Even more unbelievable is posting rubbish to publicly demonstrate one's complete ignorance, Thailand and the rest of the civilised world is already a legally sanctioned alcoholic paradise (despite the "war on drugs") but you don't mention that. "ganja paradise" a phrase straight out of reefer madness

Of course he has an interest and I have no problem with that, are you jealous?

Surely as a more relevant response to last weeks incident they should be testing those who had recently been dismissed from the police . This is nothing more than a knee jerk reaction publicity stunt, are inhouse drug tests normally conducted in front of the press ? No of course not

More predictable posturing give it a week or so all will be forgotten

so why did they legalise alcohol ? this has nothing to do with either

for the benefit of educated people who know about this sort of thing

And they call them corrupt and inefficient ? I won't hear a word of it