Thai PM: If you've never smoked weed before, don't try it now!

[Snig27]

Meanwhile god knows how many have died drunk on the roads since Goofy took the reigns compulsorily back in 2014. 50,000? 80,000? 

And the response is ....

[SchuetzRob]

5 hours ago, Henryford said:

The Government spend weeks promoting weed and then say don't smoke it duh!

Ok, ok. The government also said for medical use. If I am not mistaken the government did not encourage recreational use. Just to be fair????

[Tracyb]

Is anyone surprised about how messed up this is?  That the powers that be didn’t think it through? Really??  If you are surprised that it’s a cluster (mess) then I want what *you're smoking!

[DjSilver]

The Thai government only wants to make the people in Thailand more stupid. Better to have had a campaign about nootropics so Thai people learns to use their brains instead ????????????

[wombat]

If you've never smoked weed before, don't try it now!...
possibly the most sensible thing i have read for ages

[findlay13]

Thailand's authorities continued to show that they had not fully thought through the consequences of the change in the marijuana laws 

 

Surprise surprise!

[sambum]

5 hours ago, Henryford said:

The Government spend weeks promoting weed and then say don't smoke it duh!

Par for the course with this lot. Same fiasco with masks and Covid - now you wear them, now you don't!

[wombat]

8 minutes ago, Tracyb said:

Is anyone surprised about how messed up this is?  That the powers that be didn’t think it through? Really??  If you are surprised that it’s a cluster (mess) then I want what *you're smoking!

Your applying western values to a Buddhist country which aren't going to fly.
this is being done along the lines of basic Buddhism.....

Out of chaos and confusion comes clarity.

Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
Have a happy 420 day.

[Thunglom]

the Cannabis laws appear to have to set new "highs" in confusion and incompetence in Thai legislation. Could they all have been taking samples whilst trying to legislate?

[ikke1959]

He said out of experience.... ?????

[SunsetT]

6 hours ago, connda said:

Give it a year to assess the economic effect.

Don't smoke are the same wise words you tell a child when talking about alcohol.  Too young don't drink, or smoke cigarettes, or marijuana.
Smoke responsibly are the wise words you talk to the public about marijuana.  Just like 'drink responsibly if you chose to drink.'   It's the same concept.

No not the same  as 'drink responsibly'! You are forgetting to mention the 'Big C'! Not the supermarket but 'CANCER'! Smoking kills on a massive scale, not to mention it's negative, and potentially deadly effect on others through passive smoking.

[Elkski]

Once again the land of small brains does it again thinking  they are the center of the universe and can legislate.   With all the countries and states with legal weed laws why couldn't they go copy some? 

 

From my direct experience as a underaged daily user it was addicting. I had to drop all my friends to quit and it took many times falling off the wagon.  I also saw how it changed an adult fishing buddy I had.  He now has to smoke first and last thing of his days and all day long.  Plus he needs to keep 3 types in hand so he can rotate them as he says his body requires higher and higher doses of he doesn't change up. 

I have access to it but don't use it but I think current prices are like 10-20$/gram at the legal shops in Colorado a nearby legal state.   That's 350-700 baht.   With such low labor costs like by a factor of 7 in Thailand.  It should cost like  100 baht/ gram and the quality should go up once more people learn how to clone.  

I have one more question.  Where are all these tourist smoking zones and hotels that allow smoking?   

[starky]

Maybe if you can't verify the accuracy of a story, don't print it. Or at least say those story is total bs but we gonna publish it anyway. Cos there is just not enough threads about ganga on asean now atm.

[sansaihashbars]

reefer madness to ganja fever...hahahaha.  how many weeks or months before 700 baht a gram ultimately turns into 200 baht a gram? 

[starky]

5 hours ago, chalawaan said:

There will definitely be some tidy profit made selling good bud and by-products to discerning tourists, but for the most part, weed will be as cheap as rice in most Thai markets.

 

Unlike rice, many locals will grow their own because each strain has specific qualities, and even back in the day, there were grower videos in Thai on you tube that were very good advice. So home grower education will explode. The Thai people know a thing or two about getting the best from the land as it is.

In so many ways, decriminalising weed will be seen as a watershed moment in Thai history.

I can't think of a single better move to boost tourism, than promoting the stoner culture right now.

There will be challenges ahead, it's not all wine and roses, but, there's almost no other single thing they could do to recover the tourist economy, than go easy on tourists who come here to enjoy good weed and everything that goes along with it, in peace.

Doesn't matter how good you are on the land pretty hard to compete with lab grown hydro. 

[TigerandDog]

5 hours ago, chalawaan said:

No, it's important that misinformation in this case, is countered with science.

It's also important that we users are mature in recognising everything has a down side, and weed is not for everyone.

Having said that, I find the hysteria around genuine mental health risks hilarious.

If I came to learn that cannabis was detrimental to my mental health, well I would simply not partake!

They go off as if these unfortunate people are being held down and force fed the drug! 

Same with kids, just keep it out of their hands, punish severely anyone who supplies minors, and don't panic if a child consumes active THC edibles they may throw up, they may be distressed at feeling stoned, but they will not become addicted or otherwise harmed by an accidental intake (raw weed is inactive one will never get stoned no matter how much is consumed).

Just RELAAAAXXXX the sky isn't going to fall.

(raw weed is inactive one will never get stoned no matter how much is consumed).

 

Not entirely true. Made a pot of marijuana tea just steeping the leaves in boiling water and some milk, no buds, and was high for around 8-10 hours after drinking just 2 cups in the space of an hour. 

[HappyExpat57]

I've a friend who lives way out in the sticks of Issan. The head man there (pun VERY intended) has had a huge hot house full of pot plants for months. He saw this coming, and there's no way of putting that genie back in the bottle.

[AussieinThaiJim]

7 hours ago, Hayduke said:

8 hours ago, webfact said:

"If you've never smoked it don't try it now"

As always....Uncle knows best.

Back to the 70’s WOW  now all the gardens in Issan are full of pot!

[sawadee1947]

7 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

100 baht at my local 

Probably real WEED????

[cyril sneer]

3 hours ago, whereyougo said:

I have both on my dresser a high grade 700 baht skunk and compressed rubbish 100 baht. 

Anybody want the 100 baht <deleted>? 

its not that bad

 

buy a grinder and its better than what i used to have at home, no need to mix with tobacco

[alex8912]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

Once again the land of small brains does it again thinking  they are the center of the universe and can legislate.   With all the countries and states with legal weed laws why couldn't they go copy some? 

 

From my direct experience as a underaged daily user it was addicting. I had to drop all my friends to quit and it took many times falling off the wagon.  I also saw how it changed an adult fishing buddy I had.  He now has to smoke first and last thing of his days and all day long.  Plus he needs to keep 3 types in hand so he can rotate them as he says his body requires higher and higher doses of he doesn't change up. 

I have access to it but don't use it but I think current prices are like 10-20$/gram at the legal shops in Colorado a nearby legal state.   That's 350-700 baht.   With such low labor costs like by a factor of 7 in Thailand.  It should cost like  100 baht/ gram and the quality should go up once more people learn how to clone.  

I have one more question.  Where are all these tourist smoking zones and hotels that allow smoking?   

It's not physically addictive. Same for " your friend " your tall tale is just your own little experience.  You can smoke weed for years and take a vacation somewhere where you can't get it. You won't have any withdrawals. 

[whereyougo]

3 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

its not that bad

 

buy a grinder and its better than what i used to have at home, no need to mix with tobacco

Good idea. 

[whereyougo]

16 hours ago, wombat said:

If you've never smoked weed before, don't try it now!...
possibly the most sensible thing i have read for ages

Most school kids will try it once as they will alcohol.  As a 14 year old if one of your mates said <deleted> school today i got some weed... What school? 

[Lemsta69]

8 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Asean now have promoted many "reefer madness"  type stories on here, yet, somewhat perversely have also  started an informative "cannabis forum"  I wonder why

Misinformed outbursts by people quoting the tired old anti cannabis propaganda should be classed as fake news and removed

 

you know the answe to that bro. the more clicks the better. ad revenue, the way she goes.

[freedomnow]

8 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

100 baht at my local 

Do expand...what grade would that be - brick weed ?

[cyril sneer]

Just now, freedomnow said:

Do expand...what grade would that be - brick weed ?

yes, and 500 baht for 1 gram of organic which is basically 'skunk'

[freedomnow]

16 hours ago, findlay13 said:

Thailand's authorities continued to show that they had not fully thought through the consequences of the change in the marijuana laws 

 

Surprise surprise!

Wait for the flop after the flip...it's coming...!

[JimboB4]

It’s here to stay all they are doing is reducing any restrictions even more 

[Bday Prang]

8 hours ago, DezLez said:

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion even if it disagrees with your position.  I assume you will object to this statement;

Misinformed outbursts by people quoting the tired old anti pro cannabis propaganda should be classed as fake news and removed.

    No I don't disagree that people are entitled to their own opinions, But when those opinions are based personal prejudices formed from incorrect propaganda spread by governments and other institutions (refer madness etc) they need to be called out. Times are changing.

     For example,  person may still have reservations about his daughter marrying a black man or his son being gay, but to vocalise any objections to the lifestyle choice of his children regarding those matters  on a public forum would be considered inappropriate these days.

      People need to understand that they have been fed misinformation for years, and that their "reefer madness" fears are unfounded and really have no basis in fact.   That relaxation of the restrictions will not bring their world to an end.  That their daughters won't be getting raped, and that there will not be carnage on the roads.  It really will be of no consequence to people who don't partake, but will make life  somewhat more enjoyable for those who do

      A little research on the internet might put the minds of the unnecessarily concerned at rest, but there is still a lot of misinformation out there, I would suggest that people look into exactly why the prohibition was implemented in the first place. Perhaps starting with googling https://timeline.com/harry-anslinger-racist-war-on-drugs-prison-industrial-complex-fb5cbc281189  and then look at the connection to Nixon and the anti-Vietnam war protests it might open your eyes a little

[JimboB4]

Doesn’t matter what some of you who write these articles think it is apparently driving you nuts now that they fully legalized it. If they went backwards on it now they know it would be the final crushing blow to their economy. So they’re going full steam ahead.