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Totally fake news. It's been definitively proven (on multiple occasions and via thorough investigation) that prostitution does not exist in any form in Pattaya.

Thank you. I think I've seen these in use before. Would storing multiple strains of cannabis in one (1/2 pound sized) GroveBag with each strain placed in an individual Ziploc bag inside the GroveBag be a reasonable approach?

Totally fake news. It's been proven on multiple occasions that prostitution does not exist in Pattaya.

TBH, I bought a bottle of the last one mentioned in the article and felt absolutely nothing from it. I took a full, 30MG dose at least 4-5 times and concluded that it doesn't work for me. Other people swear that CBD oil is good for relaxation, sleep, pain relief, etc, but I felt none of the anticipated effects.

In theory I agree with @wombat, and this isn't meant to be a cheeky answer, but there probably isn't much utility in spending lots of time and money measuring the THC content if you are only trying to determine if the stuff you are growing is good quality with a high level of THC. I would say that if you inhale two full puffs of the cannabis, and feel the effects of it pretty strongly for the first 2-3 hours, and still feel some effect from it after 4 hours, then it's presumably pretty high grade stuff and one could assume the THC content is in the 22%-25% range (give or take).

Thank you for all the storage suggestions. I think there may be too many different strains to keep them in separate mason jars and would also want to be able to access them regularly. Thus, putting them in a cold storage environment probably wouldn't be ideal. I'm also not wanting to seal them away in a long term storage environment. So my question should be re-paraphrased as: How long can you comfortably store cannabis in Ziploc bags in Thailand before it starts to lose any of its quality? Or, how many months supply should one keep on hand in Thailand (without risk it going bad) before you have a chance to use it all up? It seems like keeping more than a 6 month supply on hand probably isn't the best idea if you want it to retain its full quality and potency?

Assuming storage is done using a double Ziploc bag, and kept in a dark place, I'm wondering how long one can store cannabis in Thailand, while having it remain fresh without losing much of its potency or developing mold or fungus, given the high heat and humidity in the country?

Great advice. Thank you. Yes, sending someone vitamins, or even pharmaceutical medicines (that you purchased from a Thai pharmacy) via the post, isn't an issue in Thailand. I've done that in the past and the post office also confirmed to me that sending these types of items is not a problem. But this is still somewhat of a gray area with cannabis and so applying logic (in a seemingly like situation) may not be the safest approach. Unfortunately though it's also not so convenient to have the vendor send it, but the vendor has provided me with a copy of their official business registration and I think I will insert a printed copy of that into the box together with the shipment.

Legal or not, I wouldn't hand carry any in a carry-on bag onto a domestic flight simply to avoid a potentially unnerving/uncomfortable experience if questioned about it during the baggage check process. If one must transport it with them though then the more sensical approach would seemingly be to place it inside a piece of checked-in luggage.

I saw highsostore[.]com sells packs of 5 online for 50 Baht and carries 3 different sizes.

I don't know if this topic has been covered before, but I'm wondering about the legalities of buying some cannabis flowers from a licensed cannabis shop in Thailand and then shipping some of it on to someone else domestically in Thailand via EMS from the post office. Also, this is not about reselling it, only sending some on to someone else in Thailand as a gift. Any information about the legality or illegality of sending cannabis via domestic postal mail (as a non-licensed seller or grower) in Thailand would be much appreciated.

I don't know if I should post direct links to articles, but the thaiger had an article last year listing what they claim are some of the best ones available in Thailand. The article was titled "CBD oil review: best cannabis oils to buy in Thailand in 2022". A Google search should get you to it. Perhaps you can find some of the ones they mention in the article on Shopee if you're interested. I noticed Lazada prohibits keyword searches for the word cannabis, so presumably the selection of CBD oils on Lazada will be more limited.

They do let you hold balances in Thai Baht however you are not able to remit Thai Baht into a Wise account. They only allow a select number of currencies to be remitted into a Wise account. Once the money is in there in one of the currencies they accept then you can convert it to Thai Baht and hold Thai Baht in the Wise account.

Correct, they don’t issue debit cards to accounts having a Thailand address on them. Technically you can live in Thailand and get a Wise debit card as long as the address associated with your Wise account falls within a country where they can issue debit cards. This applies to all EU countries, the UK, AU, NZ, USA, and others. If you have a friend or family member residing in the country where your passport is issued from, and assuming it is a country where Wise can issue debit cards, then you could use that foreign address for your Wise account if you like. Also note that Wise will ship a physical debit card to Thailand as well.

That’s good to know, but what I read is that to get an HSBC global debit card it requires you to first have an HSBC expat bank account with a balance of at least £50,000 or a have an annual salary of at least £100,000. So the debit card is mainly geared towards HSBC Premiere customers. The good thing about Wise though is that they don’t require a minimum account balance to be maintained to get a Wise debit card, the account can be opened online from anywhere in the world, and they pay monthly interest on all account balances that are based in USD, GBP, and EUR.

Good point. If they wanted to start taxing that money though then they would probably start having Wise deduct it and withhold it directly from each transfer. And if they would impose it on Wise transfers then they would need to impose it on every incoming foreign bank transfer to a Thai bank too. But I don’t think it would ever come to taxing incoming transfers from foreigners. The money would simply stop coming in completely if they did that and it would be really devastating for the economy. Business would grind to a halt. In fact, I am not aware of any country that imposes a tax withholding like that. Also, any payment that can be made in Thailand using a debit or credit card can simply be made using a Wise debit card. Then the money never has to even be physically transferred in.

But that seemingly is the intent of the law. If you work in Thailand, and are paid your salary offshore for the work you are doing in Thailand, then you should still pay income tax in Thailand on that money. If however you are already paying tax in the domicile where the money is being earned then you wouldn’t be required to pay the tax in Thailand because that would result in double taxation, which I don’t think would be the intent.

Checkout Wise. No overseas transaction fees. FX rates are also based on the interbank rate, minus a small fee.

If they do redefine the classification on “tax residents” to include foreign retirees residing in Thailand for more than 183 calendar days per year then the tax due on 800K of retirement income would still be fairly minimal. The tax code provides for the first 150K of income to be tax exempt and the rest would be taxable on a sliding scale starting at 5%, then 10%, then 15%, then 20%. And the 20% rate only applies to income above 750K. In addition, these new guidelines appear to mainly be targeted at residents and non-residents on their assessable income derived from employment or business carried on in Thailand, regardless of whether paid in or outside Thailand. With this new legislation they are seemingly mainly wanting to tax Thai citizens who are conducting some form of e-commerce business from within Thailand, but where the revenue and income they are receiving from the business is paid into an account outside of Thailand.

Or live mainly from an overseas debit card and never physically bring much money in.

If the subject of the OP is a correct interpretation of the new guideline, which includes the words “tax residents”, then it only applies to residents in Thailand who regularly pay tax on their income in Thailand. Thus, mainly it would apply to Thai citizens and foreigners working in Thailand who do pay tax on income and are defined as “tax residents”. Therefore, that would not apply to foreign retirees who are not tax residents and who are not earning an income in Thailand. It could eventually apply to retired foreigners who show a pension income to satisfy the financial requirements for retirement visas, but that remains to be seen. If they change the classification of “tax residents” to include retirees who reside in Thailand for over 183 days per year then that could change things a bit more, but seemingly unlikely. Also, unlikely any new legislation would ever apply to money transferred into Thai bank accounts by foreigners from a source abroad or the money would simply stop coming in.

So what if they open all these extra clinics then all the added LGBTQ come but they don’t bring their STD and HIV and only bring their AC/DC?

Next announcement will be about increased health insurance requirements for LGBTQ retirees because of added STD risks. Followed by a general increase in the financial requirements for retirees to 1.2 million Baht as a performance bond frozen in a Thai bank account (earning only 1.5% interest and subject to a 15% withholding tax).

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A couple of reasons for their seemingly unpredictable behavior could also be that you might have (unintentionally) done something to make them feel uncomfortable, lose face, or embarrassed. In those instances they normally won’t say anything and just start distancing themselves. They may also start to think to themselves that you are a foreigner, so you are incapable of understanding Thai culture, and that there isn’t any point putting in much more effort into the relationship. And then they also start pulling back and slowly flaking out of the relationship over time (which is less confrontational) rather than just breaking it off straight away.