A staff holds a cannabis plant at the Government Pharmaceuticals Organisation (GPO) medicinal marijuana greenhouse outside Chon Buri, south of Bangkok on October 8, 2020. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

 

The Royal Thai Police has been asked to educate its officers across the country about the new legal status of cannabis and hemp, following the arrests of two elderly women growing the plant.

 

A ministerial announcement conditionally removing cannabis and hemp from the banned narcotics list was made in February but has not yet become effective. Recreational use of cannabis, however, remains banned as extracts from cannabis which contain more than 0.2% of THC per its weight are not removed from the list.

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Friday) that there is widespread confusion, among police and the public, about the new legal status of cannabis, hemp and extracts from cannabis during the transition period until the change of status becomes effective on June 8th.

 

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Hey muppets.

 

Debate the law. Then legislate. Then enforce.

 

It's not that difficult. More advanced countries have been doing it for centuries. Just copy us again and pretend "certain people" invented it if it makes you feel better about yourselves.

What he said ????

People will be routinely tossed into jail after June has come and gone. 

Where is the confusion? Ganga is still illegal. Asking the RTP to give up the massive income stream from arrests, and threats of arrests, is like asking Chang to lower it's beer prices.

 

It is like asking the Highway patrol to actually patrol the highways, and pull people over for reckless driving.

 

It is like asking this administration to consider the welfare of the people, over money and power. 

 

It just will not happen. Not until they man up and realize that alcohol is 50x more dangerous, and destructive to society than pot, and legalize it's recreational use. 

 

The confusion comes when desperado publicity hounds like Anutin continue lying, and creating false impressions, when nothing has really changed. 

 

 

Edited March 25, 20224 yr by spidermike007

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Royal Thai Police has been asked to educate its officers

????

 

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Friday) that there is widespread confusion

Lol

Educate its officers, that in itself is an oxymoron, how ?  Never succeeded yet !!!

The whole mess is confusing so people are confused....LOL

 

Even the worst dirt weed ever sold has more than 0.2% THC.. I think even hemp plants have more that 0.2% THC.....

 

Weed will stay illegal until this 0.2%  nonsense changes...

 

 

Edited March 25, 20224 yr by redwood1

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Friday) that there is widespread confusion, among police and the public, about the new legal status of cannabis, hemp and extracts from cannabis during the transition period until the change of status becomes effective on June 8th.

He should know he's the instigator of the confusion.

Yet another botched job by the BiB. 

Old grandmothers being led away while murderers are getting off scot free, boss boy for example.

Next they will be rounding up babies.

Edited March 25, 20224 yr by Andycoops

Why can they not get this all done and dusted in a flash?  Still bickering about who gets a monopoly or a decent cut of the big bucks they will reap from being ganja dealers?  Who gives a <deleted> about weed, which has been around forever?  Just those who hope to profit from regulations.

The Royal Thai Police has been asked to educate its officers across the country about the new legal status of cannabis and hemp, following the arrests of two elderly women growing the plant.

 

Everything that is wrong within the RTP is declared in this one sentence, which should read:

The Royal Thai Police has been asked ordered to educate its officers ............ Failure to do so will result in their immediate dismissal!

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Friday) that there is widespread confusion

And whose fault is that, minister? Hmm? But nothing unusual, because Thais are utterly unable to think things through. They come up with an idea and that's it, with no thought at all given to any possible consequences, reactions, effects. We see it every day with the way people drive or ride any vehicle. I'll speed/overtake on a bend/pull out of a side road without looking to see if it's safe/ride in the bed of a pickup/ride in a motorcycle sidecar etc etc etc.

12 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Hey muppets.

 

Debate the law. Then legislate. Then enforce.

 

It's not that difficult. More advanced countries have been doing it for centuries. Just copy us again and pretend "certain people" invented it if it makes you feel better about yourselves.

Spot on if you expect the rule of law equally applied. I don't see that as a stated objective in Thailand. Unmet, unshared expectations are a source of suffering.

Yesterdays media said that the plants had flower buds, that makes them illegal under the law as stands. The only thing that needs education is how to react when they get bad press. Just legalize the stuff.

I mean, in all honesty, it was silly to remove Cannabis from the level 5 category BEFORE passing the associated law(s), and publicizing it BEFORE (120 days) it came into law.

 

There is a lengthy draft of the proposed law floating around, but I haven't seen nor heard about much debate or parliamentary progress.

 

That law needs to promulgated before June 1, I think, as this is required in the decree already gazetted. But thai law is fluid so who knows.

 

 

 

 

Even when its "legal" the one we want will still be illegal. Its like an exercise is mass confusion causing.

Edited March 26, 20224 yr by Whale

2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

The whole mess is confusing so people are confused....LOL

 

Even the worst dirt weed ever sold has more than 0.2% THC.. I think even hemp plants have more that 0.2% THC.....

 

Weed will stay illegal until this 0.2%  nonsense changes...

 

 

Couldn't agree more, you could chain smoke hemp all day, the only thing you'd get is a headache and a cough, wouldn't get a fly high. they should stop using especially the name Marijuana (a completely different strain), and even Cannabis, just call it what is, HEMP. 

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said today (Friday) that there is widespread confusion

Well, the Ministry for Misunderstandings put its stamp of approval on the announcements, and there you have it.

What a pathetic Nut-In Government we have, he used this rubbish as part of his ruse to get elected, and appears knows nothing about Marijuana  V  Hemp. Nice try though, to get money for old rope.

When I was in OZ years ago Hemp was grown and sent to China to be made into fabric, then in OZ made into some of the strongest lightest clothing I have ever worn. China was/is still making rope also from Hemp.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

He should know he's the instigator of the confusion.

I thought disinformation was illegal here. Lock up Anutin. End the confusion. 

The first country to legalise mass crop production of regular marijuana will change an entire global industry.  

Well this is annoying i might have to get rid of my devil's lettuce plant.

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

I thought disinformation was illegal here. Lock up Anutin. End the confusion. 

No chance, they have that avenue sewn up already, the pokeys only for old ladies.

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Where is the confusion? Ganga is still illegal. Asking the RTP to give up the massive income stream from arrests, and threats of arrests, is like asking Chang to lower it's beer prices.

 

It is like asking the Highway patrol to actually patrol the highways, and pull people over for reckless driving.

 

It is like asking this administration to consider the welfare of the people, over money and power. 

 

It just will not happen. Not until they man up and realize that alcohol is 50x more dangerous, and destructive to society than pot, and legalize it's recreational use. 

 

The confusion comes when desperado publicity hounds like Anutin continue lying, and creating false impressions, when nothing has really changed. 

 

 

same same with the burning in the north.  too much of a good revenue flow for the cops.

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6 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

Still bickering about who gets a monopoly or a decent cut of the big bucks they will reap from being ganja dealers?

This, always this.

"The Royal Thai Police has been asked to educate its officers across the country about the new legal status of cannabis and hemp, following the arrests of two elderly women growing the plant."

 

Now there's a job and a a half! How about educating them in a bit of tolerance, or a friendly warning or two? 

8 hours ago, daveAustin said:

????

 

Lol

In high places?