Legal pot does not appear to be working for Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party in latest opinion poll

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Last week, Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul intervened after two women were arrested in Khon Kaen for the possession of a cannabis plant leading to an intervention by senior police officers and a message to the ranks of Provincial Police Region 4 to exercise restraint in prosecuting people for possession of cannabis plants for personal use at this time. In a statement following the affair, the deputy prime minister, in strongly worded terms, said that the prosecution of such people in such a situation, given the regulatory and legal changes in train, could amount to bullying.

 

by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

 

The drive to legalise pot or marijuana pursued by the Bhumjaithai Party may, in time, prove popular with Thai people as a source of income or potential health benefits but for now, it has left law enforcement agencies and the police facing a minefield and a new challenge to determine what is legal and what is illegal even after June 8th next when the ministerial order to remove cannabis as a schedule 5 listed narcotic has full legal effect. For now, however, it does not appear to be such a big vote winner with the electorate as the country faces the rising prospect of a General Election.

 

A shock opinion poll on Sunday shows that Bhumjaithai Party and Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul lagging far behind other political contenders despite the party’s mission to legalise pot in Thailand which is causing legal confusion for law enforcement agencies across the country as Thai officials try to balance the finer aspects of laws and regulations which, so far, has resulted in a grey area over what exactly is legal and what is not. 

 

On Sunday, in a National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) opinion poll published in the Bangkok Post newspaper, the Bhumjaithai Party, Thailand’s populist and nationalist political grouping which took 10.33% of the vote in the 2019 General Election and 51 seats in parliament, only managed to register 1.88% with the two main opposition parties, the Pheu Thai Party and Move Forward Party, dominating the field with over 42%.

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

A shock opinion poll on Sunday shows that Bhumjaithai Party and Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul lagging far behind other political contenders

Some good news at last.

[BritManToo]

If Anutin wants any credibility, cannabis needs to be 100% legal in all situations.

[RocketDog]

Continuing to wag our jaws about this disgraceful situation just gives it legs.

 

Anutin will see his errors or he won't.

[RichardColeman]

22 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

If Anutin wants any credibility, cannabis needs to be 100% legal in all situations.

Stuff reeks, should totally be banned from use for smoking unless you are half way up a mountain in a weed community ! Not against it, just don't do it in my fresh air space.

[sammieuk1]

You put your left POT in Your left POT out In out, in out, You shake it all about You do the Okey-Cokey And you turn around That's what it's all about Oh, Okey-Cokey-Cokey Oh, Okey-Cokey-Cokey Oh, Okey-Cokey-Cokey Knees bend, arms stretch Rah-rah-rah ????

[mtls2005]

Looks like he's taking a tablet? Paxlovid? Favipiravir? Sildenafil?

 

And what's with the garlands? Are those stinkbeans?

 

Time for a fifth rebranding of the "party'?

 

 

 

 

[MrJ2U]

I think the majority of the people don't care either way (marijuana).

 

I know pots no big deal but I don't know of any friends or aquantenses that actually smoke the stuff or use the oil.

 

I wonder if its really a non starter in relation to tourism.

Edited March 29, 2022 by MrJ2U

[jvs]

2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

You put your left POT in Your left POT out In out, in out, You shake it all about You do the Okey-Cokey And you turn around That's what it's all about Oh, Okey-Cokey-Cokey Oh, Okey-Cokey-Cokey Oh, Okey-Cokey-Cokey Knees bend, arms stretch Rah-rah-rah ????

I see you already have some?lol.

[Misterwhisper]

That OP pic is hilarious! Very... uhm... psychedelic.

 

That woman on the right seemingly already has enjoyed her bong, judging from her uncontrollable laughing fit as Anutin croons his rendition of "Born to Be Wild".

 

Next up: Anutin starts raiding the fridge.

[Will B Good]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Stuff reeks, should totally be banned from use for smoking unless you are half way up a mountain in a weed community ! Not against it, just don't do it in my fresh air space.

Agree.....sickly, repulsive stink.

 

The novelty of it wears of quickly walking around Amsterdam.

[zzaa09]

Uh-huh.

Lighting one up, this morning, as we speak. 

 

????

[leba]

... but the illegal one is working very well for me !!!

 

❤️

 

 

[Thingamabob]

There's no buzz from legal pot.

[Metapod]

They need to actually make it legal to get any benefits

[mtls2005]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Stuff reeks, should totally be banned from use for smoking

 

2 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Agree.....sickly, repulsive stink.

 

So you're both OK with edibles then?

 

Will chew with mouth closed.

 

 

 

Many people feel the same as you both do, especially with regards to second-hand cigarette smoke and mega-vapers.

 

 

[pacovl46]

Well, no one wants the 0.2% %^#^@&!!!

 

Should've legalized it across the board with no restrictions instead.

[Will B Good]

54 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

 

So you're both OK with edibles then?

 

Will chew with mouth closed.

 

 

 

Many people feel the same as you both do, especially with regards to second-hand cigarette smoke and mega-vapers.

 

 

Funnily enough....as a non-smoker I love the smell of cigarettes and cigars, in particular,......not in an enclosed space though.......but ganja...yuk.

[Caldera]

People seem to be looking at the whole package, not just at a single popular policy. And that package, in the case of this party and its nut job leader, looks pretty bad.

[cncltd1973]

Thank god he isn't running on a "jobs and low prices" platform, glad he's stuck with this anchor to sink his party with! Time for an honest and properly educated candidate to give it a try, and Anut to go back to building in concrete

[bendejo]

Sorry folks, bongs and joints are going the way of horse-drawn carriages and landline telephones: these days it's vaporizers.  The vapes don't smell as much, and the smells nothing like when it burns.  I don't do edibles, no comment there. 

But being an old relic, I still appreciate a bong hit.  Supposedly it was invented in SEA, and maybe these guys can parlay that into a marketing ploy. 

 

A few years back I saw a vid of an interview with some country boys in the deep south of LOS who were smoking it mixed with the powder from inside fluorescent lighting tubes.  They looked as bad as American meth heads, but came off as pretty mellow.

 

 

[AMcC]

14 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

There's no buzz from legal pot.

Unless you're in Canada!

Legal strains in Canada range from 5% to 30%, as stated on gov't packaging.

As far as I know, there is no strain of marijuana that is at 0.2% when properly grown.

0.2% is called hemp.

[Damrongsak]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

...  But being an old relic, I still appreciate a bong hit.  Supposedly it was invented in SEA, and maybe these guys can parlay that into a marketing ploy. ...

Back in 1979/80 I was working in a refugee camp in Loei which was mostly Hmong people from Laos.  I saw an old guy smoking tobacco (?) from a bong.  I asked my interpreter what the guy called it.  The old man replied "bong".  I suppose that name was adopted by troops who served in Vietnam and Thailand.

[kwonitoy]

17 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

There's no buzz from legal pot.

I disagree.

Bought from the dispensary down from my grocery store.

27% THC, one puff before bed and sweet dreams.

But then I'm in Canada where it's legal. At absurd prices. $48 CDN for this 

It will never be legal in Thailand

 

 

 

Edited March 29, 2022 by kwonitoy