Anutin: Reaffirms Thailand's ganja policy - speaks of HUBS

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

Anutin Charnvirakul's opening of a marijuana symposium in the NE of Thailand is all about hubs.

 

The DPM and health minister - not a medical man - was explaining how Thailand was a medical hub.

 

In fact it was now a ganja medical hub.

 

And a 4.0 hub as well. 

 

Picture: INN

 

The stage was set at the show in Bung Kan. The familiar leaf of the plant was used like a logo for the country's drive to make ganja and hemp become an economic boon for the people, or so Anutin reckons.

 

Meanwhile in Khon Kaen, a few hundred kilometers away an old granny was being locked up for having a plant in her front garden. 

 

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The Bung Kan show is all about the legal plants. No THC there just oils and other products that Anutin claims can cure every ill under the sun, it seems. 

 

Picture: INN

 

An entourage of several dozen people in white coats eventually took to the stage in a grasping gesture, reported INN. 

 

What they were grasping for was not clear. 

 

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[Pouatchee]

All herbs under the sun  are at man's grasp to use as god intended it.

 

A hub cap is what we are seeing in this country

[ThailandRyan]

Time to add a few smoking rooms to the Airports so the spleef can be enjoyed so as the flying high experience can be shared by contact highs through a outer room where you can just pop in and inhale.....

[Will B Good]

25 minutes ago, webfact said:

An entourage of several dozen people in white coats eventually took to the stage in a grasping gesture.....

....a clear indication that Anutin believes he will shortly have you all by the.........

[mtls2005]

It's amazing how much the poo yai here just "wing it", knowing no one will question them "kreng jai" and all that.

 

Most of us would want to be prepared, be well-read on a subject, be able to offer a clear plan/path, answer all questions, admit to not having all the answer but will follow up.

 

Here, verbal diarrhea is the go to.

 

The hand gesture thing is a hoot. Left-hand, right-hand, or in anutin's case both hands. Maybe they were handling some heavily resin-ed nugs?

 

 

[Misterwhisper]

Note to Mr. Anutin (in case he isn't aware):

 

- Portugal already has decriminalized "ganja" years ago.

- Hemp cigarettes are freely available in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium (and perfectly legal).

- CBD oils and extracts (the supposed panacea praised so highly by Anutin) for medical purposes are available on prescription practically everywhere in the EU. So are CBD e-liquids for vaping, while e-smoking in Thailand is banned, thus illegal.

- Very soon Germany will completely legalize cannabis, including the THC-rich varieties whose possession and/or consumptions still leads to lengthy jail terms in Thailand

- Canada and a number of U.S. states already have legalized cannabis, too.

 

In short: Europeans and North Americans do NOT need to embark on an expensive and time-consuming flight to Thailand just to partake in your ganja bonanza when they can legally obtain "the real thing" in their neighborhood.

 

Thailand's so-called "cannabis liberalization" is a complete misnomer, if not to say a sham. The only cannabis strains that are legal (if a license is obtained through an extraordinarily convoluted application process, mind you!) are those that have been cultivated around the world for millennia  for their fibers, which are used to make linen. All THC-rich strains - and particularly the female buds/flowers - remain just as illegal in Thailand as they have always been.

 

So... what "liberalization" are we talking about exactly, Mr. Anutin?     

[Emdog]

"No THC there just oils and other products that Anutin claims can cure every ill under the sun, it seems."

They really are clueless as to why most people use pot

next up: Thailand  challenging German beer with some of that alcohol free pee water. 

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

What they were grasping for was not clear. 

That's too many drugs and weed for you !

[daveAustin]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

What they were grasping for was not clear. 

Some common sense?

[Moonlover]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

An entourage of several dozen people in white coats eventually took to the stage in a grasping gesture, reported INN. 

 

What they were grasping for was not clear. 

They are supposedly mimicking the 'leaf logo'  that can be seen just to the right of Anutin's somewhat imaginative head.

[86Tiger]

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

 

.......They really are clueless as to why most people use pot........

 

 

 

They really are clueless as to why on most things in the world.

[lesmac]

He clearly shows he's not a medical person as CBD and the 0.5 medical use is good for milder issues for more serious issues you need to start at 15 percent and work up to the strongest your body will take. I am not medical but have studied this subject for a long time

[SuwadeeS]

Never. I will never trust them.

[Jimbo2014]

Anticipate numbers for medical diagnosis of pain to go through the roof in Thailand!  :D. 

[malibukid]

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Note to Mr. Anutin (in case he isn't aware):

 

- Portugal already has decriminalized "ganja" years ago.

- Hemp cigarettes are freely available in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium (and perfectly legal).

- CBD oils and extracts (the supposed panacea praised so highly by Anutin) for medical purposes are available on prescription practically everywhere in the EU. So are CBD e-liquids for vaping, while e-smoking in Thailand is banned, thus illegal.

- Very soon Germany will completely legalize cannabis, including the THC-rich varieties whose possession and/or consumptions still leads to lengthy jail terms in Thailand

- Canada and a number of U.S. states already have legalized cannabis, too.

 

In short: Europeans and North Americans do NOT need to embark on an expensive and time-consuming flight to Thailand just to partake in your ganja bonanza when they can legally obtain "the real thing" in their neighborhood.

 

Thailand's so-called "cannabis liberalization" is a complete misnomer, if not to say a sham. The only cannabis strains that are legal (if a license is obtained through an extraordinarily convoluted application process, mind you!) are those that have been cultivated around the world for millennia  for their fibers, which are used to make linen. All THC-rich strains - and particularly the female buds/flowers - remain just as illegal in Thailand as they have always been.

 

So... what "liberalization" are we talking about exactly, Mr. Anutin?     

while the idea of enjoying the real deal on a tropical beach may sound attractive to many, those who do not read the fine print, are in for a world of pain.  busted.

[sead]

Guess I can't even buy into these companies opening up with elite society as owners. 

[Dialemco]

Would be far better if he concentrated on Covid vaccines and opening up the country without outdated conditions of entry. 

[Classic Ray]

That would be just the thing to revive the tourist industry if people were greeted with spliffs at the airport and wafted away to beach resorts playing Buddhah Bar music, where they could relax on sofas with those triangular cushions.

 

Beautiful ladies could serve cannabis tea and cakes, with resin hookahs to finish as the sun slips beneath the horizon.

 

After 14 chilled days they would be floated back to the airport and poured onto the planes with all their overpriced souvenirs, their wallets empty and their credit cards maxed.

 

Are you listening TAT and khun Anutin?

[multatuli]

2 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

They really are clueless as to why on most things in the world.

Except for one thing: how to make as much money as possible

[XJPSX]

I’m sure they are getting a chunk of “tax” for all legal hooch. Just how this place rolls.

[Millcx]

555555555555 It means lodsa money for the “Special Ones” 555555555

[spidermike007]

This lost in space, bottom of the barrel minister, should be explaining this to the RTP franchisees, and suggesting substitutes for the fortunes they would lose on ganga arrests, and the "threats of arrest, unless you pay up scheme". 

 

My prediction is it will NEVER be legal here for recreational use, and all of this is mere hyperbole, leading to restricted medical use. If Anutin lost a thousand baht for every time he lied, made up stories, opened his ignorant mouth, and went to the press, his entire fortune would be lost by now. 

[ThaiFelix]

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Note to Mr. Anutin (in case he isn't aware):

 

- Portugal already has decriminalized "ganja" years ago.

- Hemp cigarettes are freely available in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium (and perfectly legal).

- CBD oils and extracts (the supposed panacea praised so highly by Anutin) for medical purposes are available on prescription practically everywhere in the EU. So are CBD e-liquids for vaping, while e-smoking in Thailand is banned, thus illegal.

- Very soon Germany will completely legalize cannabis, including the THC-rich varieties whose possession and/or consumptions still leads to lengthy jail terms in Thailand

- Canada and a number of U.S. states already have legalized cannabis, too.

 

In short: Europeans and North Americans do NOT need to embark on an expensive and time-consuming flight to Thailand just to partake in your ganja bonanza when they can legally obtain "the real thing" in their neighborhood.

 

Thailand's so-called "cannabis liberalization" is a complete misnomer, if not to say a sham. The only cannabis strains that are legal (if a license is obtained through an extraordinarily convoluted application process, mind you!) are those that have been cultivated around the world for millennia  for their fibers, which are used to make linen. All THC-rich strains - and particularly the female buds/flowers - remain just as illegal in Thailand as they have always been.

 

So... what "liberalization" are we talking about exactly, Mr. Anutin?     

Ive said it before and I will say it again.  Facts, wide ranging research results and pure logic do not count here until Thailand does its own studies to eventually find results that suit their own ignorant belief systems and particularly if they help to fatten the rich and powerful even more.  

 

Anutin has kept his promise and given ganga back to the people.  For example those people who are connected and rich can legally commercially grow the weed.  Those who are super rich can just sit back and skim from the others doing the work.  Our Pu Yai Ban has been trying to get the locals to form co-ops to get registered and grow.  It started off at 10 to 12 people to form a co-op and because of the disinterest it has now come down to only 6 people currently.  The disinterest has been partly caused by a lack of start up finance and a distrust of each other to not rip off the crop. 

 

The biggest problem however is the lack of any real information and planning by the authorities.  Firstly all seeds must be purchased only from the local authority at a cost that is not yet clear just as it is not clear if their will be a reliable supply.   Secondly 100% of the crop yield must be sold only to the local authority at a price that is also not yet clear.  The farmers may be simple people but they are well aware that if their is money to be made out of this new venture they certainly wont be getting any where near their deserved share of the cake.  Now try and put that on paper as a business plan in order to approach your bank for a business loan lol!

 

Some are also concerned about how the police will react to such a venture.  The police dont always follow what the government says here and a prime example is the recent arrest of the sick granny caught growing just one plant for medicinal reasons.  And this not long after Anutin assuring the people that if anybody is caught in possession of or growing weed to contact him and he will fix it because its all perfectly legal now??!!

 

I'm all for legalising weed however maybe it should be kept illegal if only to keep it out of the hands of these politicians.  Its bad enough now, imagine the mess we would be in if politicians started choofing up during break time in parliament!!

[connda]

4 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

So... what "liberalization" are we talking about exactly, Mr. Anutin? 

Liberalization means that the laws are changed so that wealthy Thai who are connected to politians like Anutin are allow to cultivate and process cannabis plants and products without worrying about being throw into jail.
Liberalization means that the laws are not changed for the majority of Thai citizens who are not allowed to participate in the cultivation and processing of cannabis plant and if they attempt to - they will be thrown into prison.

Liberalization means the connected businesses can promote cannabis products with marketing a logos that will confuse average citizens and tourist alike, and will end in much grief for the public who believe they can participate in the economic boom of cannabis - but in actuality will be fined, sanctioned, and jailed if they try.
It anything, the numbers of plebs and commoners now in jail for cannabis related offenses will skyrocket, especially among very confused foreign tourists.

[Misterwhisper]

1 hour ago, malibukid said:

while the idea of enjoying the real deal on a tropical beach may sound attractive to many, those who do not read the fine print, are in for a world of pain.  busted.

With all this misinformation and half-truths spread by Anutin as per the "legality" of cannabis and the expected "Thailand Ganja Hub", he better should start planning to build a "foreigner-compatible gaol", as I fear this country will soon fill up with convicts from all corners of the world who unfortunately fell victim to the "fine print" that you mentioned in your post. 

[DefaultName]

Last time I was in Cambodia, I queried why the law banning it wasn't being enforced.  Was told to look around; it grows everywhere.  Apparently, years back, users made a conscious effort to throw any "spare" seeds into waste around, road verges, etc.  And there it grows, lots of it, making any ban unenforceable.

 

Of course, I couldn't possibly suggest that the same should happen in Thailand, the people here are much too law-abiding.

[RocketDog]

1 hour ago, ThaiFelix said:

I'm all for legalising weed however maybe it should be kept illegal if only to keep it out of the hands of these politicians. 

As inverted as your argument seems, I agree with you Felix.

 

I'm at a bit of a loss over the whole furor. I'm not in any way more than marginally connected to the local Thai community on these issues, though I have hired day labor frequently for odd jobs. It's clearly apparent to me that it's not always tobacco they smoke when taking a break and they don't attempt to hide it.

So I conclude that it's pretty readily available to 'the Thai people' and does not have to be 'returned' to them as this pompous a$$ bloviates about.

 

All the government could possibly accomplish is to really ball things up when they 'fix' them.

 

In short, anybody, tourists included, can get what they need at minimum risk with a bit of perseverance, some humble good manners, and a few bucks.

 

Although the big man is attempting to bring tourism into the picture, he's badly mistaken about it helping anybody. He's nothing but a second rate carnival barker and third rate flimflam man.

 

Pure hubris. He richly deserves the derision and scorn he is garnering.

 

My advice to him: quit while you're behind.

[Swampy999]

An entourage of several dozen people in white coats eventually took..............Anutin back to his padded room for him to dream up another hub.

[RubbaJohnny]

6 hours ago, Emdog said:

alcohol free pee water. 

Is that the famous HighBrau?

[RubbaJohnny]

52 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

hubris

HUB risk , well "at least one member of the regime is an expert on drugs" said Sydney Pattayer