Mr Meeseeks

It's working illegally and overstay. At one time in the early 2000's, some 80% of Thais visiting the US overstayed their visas. That's a lot.

That only works one way though as the criminal records' system is much more robust in the West than in Thailand. You can easily have your record falsified in Thailand for a few thousand Baht. I know Thai felons who have done jail time for drug dealing in Thailand that have obtained false criminal record checks, obtained visas and visited Australia and New Zealand, among other places. Then there is the issue of Thais overstaying, working illegally etc., which is the reason visas are so difficult to obtain for them, and rightly so. Thailand is so corrupt and untrustworthy that these ideas simply don't work with them.

☝️ This.

Don't worry, they will make up the shortfall by taxing all the foreign money inflows.

He's just had his house raided, what more proof do you need? ????

IIRC, one of the cops he alleges in that video was, funnily enough, Big Joke. ????

Or his flip-flop stuck under the pedal, which is why I never drive wearing them… Also, I am not a peasant, so I don't wear them at all unless I am at a swimming pool or sauna etc.

Good luck Gogs, you are gonna need it.

With that paltry amount of houses, no friends are going to lend him their luxury watches, dead or alive. ????

The only 'good' ones are the ones in power at any particular time.

I tried to tell folk on here. ????‍♂️ My Thai friends in high up places allege he is one of the worst! ????

As usual, they cannot manage a p*ss up in a brewery. It's been a total ill-conceived mess from start to finish. Pushed through quickly because the former Health Minister's daughter has a large cannabis farm in Buriram (allegedly).

There is no law that states it is illegal to consume cannabis for recreational purposes. It was legalized when cannabis flower was removed from the narcotics list. If it is not on the narcotics list, it is not illegal. Extracts with above 0.2% THC are still on the narcotics list, therefore illegal. It is currently legal to grow, possess, buy and sell (with an appropriate license).

A tribute to Soi 33. I may have to do a thread on that... ????

This whole pantomime should be lesson enough for anyone wanting to live or do business here. I'm glad things like this happen with regularity to remind us of what kind of place this really is.

If this government is so against drug use, why do they have a convicted heroin smuggler as Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives?

Never will a govt. sanctioned, politically motivated killing of another country's citizen on their home soil be acceptable. Sorry. ????‍♂️

The man in the high castle.

The original BTS is still billions of Baht in debt.

The only reason he was even considered for Mayor was because of his family. His family have controlled Chonburi for decades.

Can you blame him? He is part of the same criminal gang, after all.

The talent pool is pretty shallow for competent people here in our beloved Thailand. When you do find one, they often get led astray by the culture of corruption that is so prevalent.

If they all shut down due to a change in the regulations, billions of Baht will be lost by investors. That is no guarantee that it won't happen. Thailand is not renowned for making organised, planned, and sensible decisions. Knowing Thailand as I do after 33 years here, I did question the wisdom of an American friend of mine who has now invested over a million dollars in a cannabis farm. The simple question I asked him was, “are you prepared to walk away from that investment?” There was no answer. He simply could not comprehend they would or could do a u-turn on cannabis policy. And yet here we are, on the precipice. If I was doing a SWOT analysis on THREATS, I would have identified this government flip-flopping as the biggest threat to my investment. Too big of a risk for me. No safe money is in the hands of Thais with power making decisions.

Not in the case of this 'person'. From what I know of him (I've had indirect dealings with him before), he has not reformed or rehabilitated one bit. Indeed, what he has got away with has emboldened him to the extent we see today. He is widely known as a mafioso Godfather among local Thais. As a naturalised Thai, I thought you would have known this?

It's partly down to the poor knowledge and skill of the growers, but also the climate here is not conducive to growing great weed outdoors due to the high humidity and almost 12/12 light cycle year round. Thai growers won't spend money on good genetics either. You need to spend a little more to get good seeds or clones.