Now mind you, I havent been down to Khao San in 6 months but I was amazed at the crap on the tables. Same as when I was last in Silom and Sukhumvit (June), although there was a Nepalese-Myanmar dude on the corner of 3/1 that back last winter, had some great Moon Rocks. Unfortunately he had cop trouble so he faded out.
The stuff I smoke here at $2 a gram is 450 baht there. I remember earlier this year where we were smoking diamond encrusted buds here at $20 a gram and it was 3000B over there.
The only problem here is the customer base. Weed is limited to westerners and locals, because its not legal you dont have an Asian tourist market like the shops in Bangkok. Many of the weed smoking westerners are, to be kind, the type of expat who cant get into Thailand or cant afford it, so the suppliers cant really stock up on a kilo of high grade that would require a price of $20 a gram. Thats a slow seller when you have jokers everywhere selling bags of $5 a gram weed. Hell I buy fab kief at $10 a gram.
The other problem is variety, even the big guys here dont menu 1/3 of what I see from the Thai menus. Simple economics.
You roll over here ever, let me know Ill hook you up. Meanwhile, I have a trip into Weed City coming up next weekend, ooh rah, prices are sooooooooo down. I like that place near Thermae, the seed dudes