Cannabis ban imposed on schools, pot smoking in public banned from Friday

[snoop1130]

 

The Thai Ministry of Education has issued a set of regulations, applied in all schools since yesterday (Thursday), to prevent abuse of cannabis and hemp among students and teaching staff, while another regulation, from the Ministry of Public Health, banning the smoking of marijuana in public and its use by minors and pregnant becomes effective today.

 

The new rules come as concerns grow after a few youths have been admitted to hospital after consuming the herbs since they were decriminalised on June 9th, resulting in a boom in cultivation, especially of cannabis, and the widespread use of the plants in food and drinks.

 

According to the youth regulations jointly developed by the Education and Public Health ministries and the Royal College of Paediatricians of Thailand, students and personnel of all educational institutes and organisations under the Education Ministry are forbidden from using cannabis or hemp on the premises. They are also required to ensure that staff or students under their supervision do not use either of the two plants for recreational purposes.

 

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[thaitom]

Since when has smoking at schools been allowed ? All of a sudden, people will start smoking pot at schools ? Isn't there an age limit to purchase pot ?  And why does the DPM say weed that is 0.2% is legal to smoke, but every other article says extracts 0.2% .....?   you suppose to smoke the leaves and throw out the Buds ?  

[jonclark]

I don't think the baning of smoking weed outside in public should be a surprise. There are fairly tight restrictions on smoking tobacco in public spaces. It is only logical that the same standard is applied to weed.

 

 

 

 

Edited June 17, 2022 by jonclark

[peter zwart]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

to prevent abuse of cannabis and hemp among students and teaching staff

 

That last part is briljant 

 

[2long]

In the civilised world, the government would have thought about, discussed, and implemented these laws BEFORE making the stuff legal.

It really does beggar belief how inept these Muppets are!

[peter zwart]

13 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

 

If only I had a teacher who tried to explain pitagoras' theorem stoned. Would liked to see the outcome.
 

[Lingba]

this is a riot...now they are making up rules as they go along...have no idea how to handle this new cannibis thing

 

[kiteman9]

Is it okay in HIGH school?????

[Bert got kinky]

46 minutes ago, Lingba said:

this is a riot...now they are making up rules as they go along...have no idea how to handle this new cannibis thing

 

 

And they are near enough saying it is fully ok to smoke in private, the situation is totally out of control with full strength cannabis being openly sold and I'm as stoned A.F. as I'm writing this.

What a great side show this has become.

 

Now, where did I leave my Pizza?

 

 

[simon43]

58 minutes ago, peter zwart said:

If only I had a teacher who tried to explain pitagoras' theorem stoned. Would liked to see the outcome.
 

Pitagoras' theorem?  Sounds like he is already stoned!!

[pacovl46]

11 hours ago, thaitom said:

Since when has smoking at schools been allowed ? All of a sudden, people will start smoking pot at schools ? Isn't there an age limit to purchase pot ?  And why does the DPM say weed that is 0.2% is legal to smoke, but every other article says extracts 0.2% .....?   you suppose to smoke the leaves and throw out the Buds ?  

Initially only growing plants that contain only 0.2% was legalized, which was essentially hemp, which is only good for making paper, ropes and clothes out of it.  Then they did away with that and the 0.2% rule now applies only to extracts like hash oil for example. The buds, no matter how high the THC content, are still legal, although they recently put buds back on the list of narcotics, which means smoking in public places is prohibited and is punishable by law, plus pregnant women and people under the age of 20 are prohibited from buying and smoking cannabis products. That's how I understood it.

[vandeventer]

Once you let the Jeannie out of the bottle school kids will always be at risk.

[KhaoYai]

58 minutes ago, pacovl46 said:

That's how I understood it.

Then you're lucky - I don't undertstand any of it.  The only thing I do understand is that the proposal to 'legalise' cannabis has been brought about by a government that has no knowledge of the product at all.

 

First its medicinal use only. Then the inuendo, if not the actual wording, was cleadly going towards 'recreational'. During both those phases Anutin sought to appease opponents and concerned members of the public by stating that the strength would be limited to 0.2% - no mention of that being applicable to certain parts of the plant or extracts. More recently it appears that recreational use is accepted but even more recently, whatever the actual law says appears to have been changed to only extracts being limited to 0.2%. 

 

People seem to be taking that as meaning the bud can be whatever strength you want as long as you don't extract any part of plant and understandably so.

 

What the hell are they talking about? - apart from those who extract resin through various methods for real medicinal use, I know of very few people who do any 'extracting'.  Why would they want to?  The vast majority of cannabis use is via smoked, ground, bud. The last stuff I grew had a claimed THC content of between 27 and 30% THC - you don't need to extract anything from that - just one joint will put you on another planet. Does Anutin think weed is still the same as it was in  his college days - Superskunk and K2 at around 15% THC.?  Just about all of the popular Cali strains are capable of 30% THC if they're grown correctly.

 

Now kids under 20 and pregnant women are banned from using cannabis and everyone is banned from smoking it in public.  How long before Thailand's sizeable anti smoking lobby start chipping in and demanding smoking weed is banned completely?  Remember the proposal a couple of years back to ban people from smoking cigarettes in their own homes?

 

How long before its completely banned again?  The man in charge seems to have very little actual knowledge of cannabis at all.

 

Legalise it fully or ban it - this ever changing situation is just a joke. Its like announcing the removal of all speed limits from all roads and then slowly saying 'but only if you're driving this sort of car' and 'except for this road and that road' oh 'and only if you're over this age'.

Edited June 17, 2022 by KhaoYai

[jacko45k]

Saturday already.... missed that opportunity!

[malibukid]

11 hours ago, jonclark said:

I don't think the baning of smoking weed outside in public should be a surprise. There are fairly tight restrictions on smoking tobacco in public spaces. It is only logical that the same standard is applied to weed.

 

 

 

 

remember where you are. logic does not exist. East is East and West is West.  and the two minds will never meet.

Edited June 18, 2022 by malibukid

[ThaiFelix]

11 hours ago, 2long said:

In the civilised world, the government would have thought about, discussed, and implemented these laws BEFORE making the stuff legal.

It really does beggar belief how inept these Muppets are!

Exactly!  Kinda makes one feel all snug and secure knowing that if a disaster was to strike here we have the very best looking after our interests. lol!  (tho I think you were a little hard on Muppets everywhere)

[Misterwhisper]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

to prevent abuse of cannabis and hemp among students and teaching staff

I can only imagine the scenes that must've been going on in faculty lounges since June 9. Afternoon classes probably had to be suspended most days as teachers were incapable of crawling to the class rooms after "lunch". Not that the students were in any better shape...

[Misterwhisper]

So.... at which school was that picture taken? Just curious...

 

[thaitom]

15 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

Initially only growing plants that contain only 0.2% was legalized, which was essentially hemp, which is only good for making paper, ropes and clothes out of it.  Then they did away with that and the 0.2% rule now applies only to extracts like hash oil for example. The buds, no matter how high the THC content, are still legal, although they recently put buds back on the list of narcotics, which means smoking in public places is prohibited and is punishable by law, plus pregnant women and people under the age of 20 are prohibited from buying and smoking cannabis products. That's how I understood it.

If I may post this link ?  How is this possible ? I really do not understand.    https://prikpot.com/?tap_a=114340-911ad0&tap_s=2932157-79232a     They even deliver COD.

[sammieuk1]

A crackdown before the wheels come off this crackpot idea ????

[San Fran Dan]

I think the govt has been very progressive on this subject , I think it’s fantastic I have Severe Insomnia, Thank you,  Thailand 

[papa al]

On 6/17/2022 at 7:58 PM, peter zwart said:

If only I had a teacher who tried to explain pitagoras' theorem stoned. Would liked to see the outcome.
 

a high pot in use.?

[papa al]

On 6/17/2022 at 7:44 PM, peter zwart said:

That last part is briljant 

yes. briljant

indeed.

[starky]

On 6/17/2022 at 7:03 PM, thaitom said:

Since when has smoking at schools been allowed ? All of a sudden, people will start smoking pot at schools ? Isn't there an age limit to purchase pot ?  And why does the DPM say weed that is 0.2% is legal to smoke, but every other article says extracts 0.2% .....?   you suppose to smoke the leaves and throw out the Buds ?  

I thought the same as you. But like everything in Thailand not all is as it seems 

 

nothing there .2% and its all totally legal .....

[connda]

They had the opportunity to turn Thailand into a Mecca for those seeking a cannabis buzz, like in Denmark.

[MAF666]

7g bags were b50 or 5 bags for b200 at the market yesterday.

[bendejo]

8 minutes ago, MAF666 said:

7g bags were b50 or 5 bags for b200 at the market yesterday.

 

Looks like a whole lotta leaf.

 

[MAF666]

17 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Looks like a whole lotta leaf.

 

Mostly buds with a few seeds. 

Best time sleeping last night...

[Karma80]

in my late teens and early twenties, I smoked pot. I have to say that overall it had a negative impact on my life. albeit fun at the time.

Take a cold hard look at what has happened in Vancouver or California. Can anyone genuinely say that a free for all with weed is a positive contribution to society?

And that's with countries that at least had a plan, other than - here's your weed plants everyone.

[freedomnow]

Does that mean no weed for the teachers outside also...?

Their bloodwork checks if they have to submit that ?

Buuuummer.....probably first in line for weed stress relief dealing with brats.