JimboB4

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

AseanNow, itself, does not report on anything, it is a news aggregator.

Previously they had nothing but disparaging things to say about it but as I told them would happen it’s here forever. 

7 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

What brand are you smoking?

 

Hybrid vape 

💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨 

Presenting you with a nice warm cup of I told you so. 

Care to write a retraction of all the negative articles you did on cannabis that are now proven false? Goes back quite sometime. 🙂 

On 8/19/2024 at 9:39 AM, sabai-dee-man said:

 

Thaksin hates drugs. Just saying!

They’re friendly towards cannabis 🙂 

15 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

As we found with marijuana recriminalization, once real money is at risk, legislative proposals vanish into the ether.

Except they’re not recriminalizing it. There’s a new government in place now that support it and I told you all on here that this was happening. 

2 minutes ago, Kenneth White said:

I wonder if the Thai government intends to tax Social Security from America. That would be considered a double tax. 

They can’t. The tax treaty prohibits it. Just more misinformation from this particular sight. 

US government pensions and military retirement is off limits for taxes under the US Thai tax treaty 

With legalized cannabis you shouldn’t have to worry about the economy much with the billions of dollars it’s bringing in. 

They took it off the narcotics list for a reason and they are not going to put it back on the list for a reason because it actually shouldn’t be classified as a narcotic or a drug whoever it was who posted that. 

8 minutes ago, schweizer said:

The important words in my statement are "not totally true" as opposed to "totally untrue" my experience is that in small doses drugs and alcohol are fine. Unfortunately people too easily move on from small doses. The drug of choice is not always the problem its peoples lack of will power

 

the original words were "People should realise that alcohol is a FAR more dangerous "drug"

 

so saying that druggies are better people than alcoholics, there is no winner in addiction

 

first read then comment 🙂

Using the term “drugie” you obviously know Sh!t about weed. 

Yes!! And Anutin for US President as well. Or Harris. 

I’m going to keep buying it you don’t have to scare the market into buying it more. Regardless it appears the legalized future of weed is extremely certain at this point. If that’s what these totally ridiculous articles are really about. 💨 💨 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Anutin Charnvirakul supports the legalisation of Cannabis in Thailand. (FILE PHOTO)

 

A hundred years ago, cannabis was completely legal in Thailand and was widely used in food, medicine, and for making hemp fiber. Today, it is also legal, but this might change soon.

 

Recently, there have been signs that cannabis, known locally as ganja, might be classified as a narcotic again, like it was for most of the last century.

 

**Herb with History**

 

Humans have been using cannabis for thousands of years. It is believed that cannabis arrived in Thailand from India, where it is used in religious ceremonies and traditional medicine, reported Thai PBS.

 

Over the centuries, Thais have used ganja for various purposes, such as soothing tired muscles and relieving pain. However, concerns about its intoxicating effects led to the banning of cannabis possession, sale, and use in 1934.

 

 

Thailand's stance on cannabis became stricter over time, especially after signing three United Nations conventions: the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

 

In 1975, Thailand issued a law on psychotropic substances that included cannabis. In 1982, the country reinforced its stance with the Narcotics Act, imposing jail terms and fines on those caught using, possessing, or trafficking cannabis.

 

When Thailand decriminalized marijuana in June 2022, 4,075 prisoners convicted of cannabis-related offenses were released.

 

**Journey to Legalization**

 

Five years ago, few imagined that marijuana would become legal in Thailand again. Decha Siriphat, director of the Khao Kwan Foundation for sustainable agriculture, faced trouble for giving cannabis oil to cancer patients in palliative care. Decha studied the benefits of cannabis after seeing his mother suffer from cancer.

 

Hope grew that Decha would avoid jail after the Bhumjaithai Party made marijuana legalization a key election policy. The policy allowed each household to grow up to six cannabis plants to help with pain and poverty.

 

After the 2019 election, Bhumjaithai joined the coalition government, and its leader, Anutin Charnvirakul, became the public health minister. Under his leadership, cannabis for medical use was legalized before the end of 2019.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the Marijuana and Hemp Act, but cannabis was finally decriminalized on December 9, 2021. Anutin also removed ganja from the narcotics list, making it fully legal.

 

The cannabis market boomed, with shops and dispensaries opening nationwide, and the herb being used in everything from food to cosmetics.

 

**Returning to the Narcotics List?**

 

However, the unregulated use of recreational marijuana caused concern. Several medical groups warned about rising cannabis consumption and abuse. In response, the Public Health Ministry banned smoking cannabis in public and restricted the sale of cannabis buds, the plant's psychoactive part.

 

The ruling Pheu Thai Party has long opposed marijuana legalization. In May, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin instructed the Public Health Ministry to reclassify marijuana as a narcotic and limit its use to medical purposes only.

 

On July 5, the National Narcotics Committee decided to reclassify marijuana as a narcotic. The National Narcotics Control Board will soon meet to discuss this issue.

 

If the board agrees, cannabis will become illegal again. However, Anutin, now a deputy prime minister and interior minister, is trying to prevent this.

 

Meanwhile, the status of cannabis in Thailand remains uncertain.

 

-- 2024-07-25

 

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🤣😂😂 the uncertainty is literally gone they announced no reintroduction to the narcotic list. The people on this site who writes these articles in English are idiots. 

Just now, JimboB4 said:

And the Elite Visa is still worth it based on all the other benefits like not having to renew it for 5 years. 

Would love to have that removes the annual shuffling