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1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Says who? I'll guantee there is more evidence that says alcohol abuse does more damage. Keep in perspective we are talking about drug abuse not simply drug use. As for drug abuse legal or illegal it will continue to happen. 

Don’t think the issue at hand is whether drugs do more damage than alcohol.

The issue is whether drugs do damage. Lots of opinions on both sides of that one.

2 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Nothing in your post suggest harm from dope. It seems like individual choices. As for your 3rd friend are you saying he lost his will, his job and his house simply because he smoked dope?

I think the answer to your question is yes. He is suggesting simply that.

The problem with cannabis is the same as alcohol. Some people can’t take it in moderation. 
 

in my village in Isaan the norm for locals is to drink until falling down drunk. There is no few drinks or one drink. I only have anecdotal evidence, ie the few people I know, but I see the same thing happening with cannabis.

Tobacco is slightly different. Yes it causes significant long term health risks  and is addictive, but it doesn’t alter the state of mind while being consumed. At least not to the same degree.

9 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

When was the last time you tried to open a new account with a new bank then as you've lived here soo long ?

Only 3 years ago to open a new account with the BKB I had to take my wife and marriage certificate along, even though I've been on a marriage extension for 9years. Many people also have to get a letter of residence from immigration.

I have to confess that I opened a mule account only recently.
 

My daughter is 16 but couldn’t open a bank account in her name because her Thai ID card was a juvenile variety rather than adult. So I opened it in my name, using her phone number, and I put a bit of money in it for her each month. Now she can use her phone to pay for grab orders or to scan at shops. No difficult questions were asked, took longer to queue than open the account.

she has her adult ID card now, but we haven’t got round to opening an account in her name. Guess we’d better do that before we get swept up in the new stringent crackdown 😂

45 minutes ago, new2here said:

to me there’s a somewhat easy fix .

 

Mandate that any account that is used for purely immigration purposes (ie holding X baht for visa issuance/renewal basis) be done so at Krungthai Bank … and concurrent with that, mandate that any Krungthai bank will open accounts for any foreigner IF said account will be used for his/her immigration purposes.

 

Id choose Krungthai as they are the defacto state bank for retail and institutional affairs (but also true they are also partially publicly held and whose shares trade on the domestic equity exchange) and the one most integrated into the governments business. 

 

for consumer protection you could add restrictive language like these accounts must earn a minimum of the BoTs BIBOR (or some other consumer based rate) and that it is liquid to the extent required by Immigration.  That way there is little financial downside to holding your funds at Krungthai, you’re assured that you be an actually get an account and that they account type meets the immigration rules. 

 

Two upsides.. As Krungthai is largely a SOE you’re essentially providing capital to a SOE.. and #2, you’d essentially kill off that catch-22 of needing an account to get your long term visa/renewal, but can’t get an account until you have that long term visa/renewal.

I appreciate your taking the time to make a suggestion, but I can’t help think that you are making a problem where one doesn’t exist.

Or if there IS a problem, you’re using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. A few random farang struggle to open a bank account here when they first arrive because they don’t know which bank has less strict requirements. And for that you propose forcing every farang in Thailand who makes use of a long term visa, to open an account with a specific bank. You are having a laugh, surely?

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Yes the Catch 22 situation, Immigration want an account in your name, most banks say No you can't you need a 1 year Visa/extension.......

Some say that, others don’t. Have to pick the right colour

In terms of compliance, how about doing something about the rampant mis selling by banks that goes on. A major bank bundles accident insurance with the purchase of an atm card. If you want the card, you MUST buy the accident insurance, paid for with an all inclusive fee.

Funny thing is, I actually already have accident insurance, not only that, accident insurance FROM THAT BANK.

British banks paid out billions to customers who were mis sold insurance they didn’t need when applying for loans. The practice of forcing customers to buy insurance along with an atm card is no different.

So comply that!

16 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

What are these negatives he's talking about. Road accidents, domestic disputes, sexual assaults and other crimes are always fueled by alcohol or yaba, not marijuana. Pot smokers can barely move after smoking weed with THC levels of 20-30 percent. This is Thaksin returning favors to the people who brought him home.

That barely move thing. Not such a good thing when people are driving or riding a motorbike 

I’m not bothered if people want to smoke cannabis, but it’s more anti social than normal smoking because of the smell. Indoors only and at dedicated cannabis shops would help protect other people who are eating, drinking, socializing and don’t want the stink around them.

imho if people want to use cannabis, it’s because it alters their state of mind, much as alcohol does. So driving whilst high should also be out of the question.

its not the people who use cannabis that are the problem, its the impact that it has on people near them. At the moment its out of control.

I don’t think he was working illegally online. He was working illegally. He solicited business online  for his illegal activities.

A slight difference.

4 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

On a tourist visa applicaiton a criminal background or warrant check is not conducted.  Therefore, what kind of people are actually entering LOS on tourist visa's or visa exemption?  

Anyone who wants to do so?

If he was bleeding in a ditch, he probably would have been found and his family informed. He was on holiday so probably is in a tourist area. Check his hotel room as it’s much more likely to be where he is if he has encountered some problem. A heart attack or stroke or some other illness is more likely than the bleeding in a ditch scenario. Or, he could just be ok and not have been in touch.

5 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

The real question is: why would you make a child with a woman who's clearly a nutjob. The signs must've been there before it happened.

 

And do it all over again, either with these children, or after she makes new ones. Reminds me of the first girl I met in Bangkok- by the time I met her, at 26, she's already had 4 (one died), and from the time I dumped her (for being crazy and violent) within a few years she made 3 more. Textbook example of someone who should NOT reproduce yet she can't stop.

He didn’t. The child was from her previous marriage