Anutin: No U-turn on marijuana - minister pressing ahead with use of drug in "two trillion baht wellness tourism"

[lujanit]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said that the committee scrutinising the change in the law and coming up with new guidelines will report at the end of next month and PM Prayuth Chan-ocha has promised to push through government, and subsequently Royal sssent, before the end of this parliament.

I would not be surprised if the recommendations included not being able to buy it online (like alcohol) and several other meaningless recommendations.  All just to placate the naysayers.

 

Of course the reference to the 'wellness industry' is nonsense.

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, stoner said:

no criticism for me ....then you go on to criticize. 

 

thats your personal opinion on how another human being should spend their time. you may see it as an indication and you are well entitled to that opinion. does not make it right though can we agree on that ? 

 

i don't see his cannabis intake as a problem. he seems to be living a productive life. not harming others(generally speaking) , working, contributing. 

 

does someone who spends 1500 a month on say marvel collectables....do they have a problem ? is there not a chemical rush happening in the human brain in similar ways that drugs bring on ? 

 

I never said how they should spend their time and spending money on collectables can be an investment in itself.

[ThailandRyan]

11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I was spending 100bht/day on alcohol.

Now I'm spending 2bht/day on brick.

 

It's a significant saving!

Can't imagine anyone spending much more than that .... why?

Yes sir a brick can do wonders for a persons wellbeing if used correctly either as a tool or for crushing those meds up....

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

I never said how they should spend their time and spending money on collectables can be an investment in itself.

Like the Governments Watch Collector........

[stoner]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

I never said how they should spend their time and spending money on collectables can be an investment in itself.

the implication was there. you judging him because of the money he spent on weed doesn't end at just that. your previous comment also indicates your bias. 

[Bkk Brian]

Just now, stoner said:

the implication was there. you judging him because of the money he spent on weed doesn't end at just that. your previous comment also indicates your bias. 

That's your opinion not the opinion I stated in my post as it was based purely on the financial aspect of the situation. At no point did I criticise his use of cannabis in fact made it clear its up to him what he does in his own home, got it? If I wanted to make a criticism I would probably have gone to question how he can speak to thousands of customers everyday.....???? but that would have been off topic

[Pumpuynarak]

19 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

                         The alleged concern by some regarding the "youth of Thailand" is nothing more than misplaced virtue signalling and  people grasping at straws .  "ban it if only for the sake of kids and the mentally ill"  etc etc

                          Kids ( and everybody else) have always had easy access to cannabis regardless of regulations. Something that the prohibitionists don't seem to be able to grasp is that its always been available and always will be.

                          I haven't heard any of these "concerned" people voice any opposition to the legal status of alcohol for the same reasons, Their "concern" for the youth of Thailand seems to disappear when they realise that it may impact their own consumption of the legalised and dangerous drug that they happen to like. They also complain on here frequently regarding any restrictions regarding the availability of alcohol that were put in place to protect kids 

                          Bearing that in mind , its  (almost) understandable that  objections are voiced from teetotallers, for obvious reasons !  but for anybody who enjoys alcohol to object to the  cannabis legalisation is absolute hypocrisy and based entirely on fear and ignorance.  After all 100 years of U;S funded "reefer madness" will not disappear over night

                           They smugly post links to any anti cannabis propaganda they can find on the internet whilst dismissing any other relevant facts as worthless.  However they all choose to ignore the fact that there is at least 100 times more information available on the internet highlighting the problems of alcohol consumption

                            Realistically how can cannabis be illegal, and, along with its users be vilified when alcohol is legal and embraced, to the extent that abstainers often need to explain themselves and are often viewed with a mixture of suspicion and disdain?

                           Surely If one is banned the other should be banned also

                            As they say ...."people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"   but I prefer "live and let live"

                            I'm not advocating a ban on alcohol or anything else for that matter but in the interests of "fairness" maybe its the only way forward hahahahaha

BINGO, great post.

[stoner]

9 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

That's your opinion not the opinion I stated in my post as it was based purely on the financial aspect of the situation. At no point did I criticise his use of cannabis in fact made it clear its up to him what he does in his own home, got it? If I wanted to make a criticism I would probably have gone to question how he can speak to thousands of customers everyday.....???? but that would have been off topic

ok lets go with that then. 

[Bday Prang]

12 minutes ago, CashMoon said:

55000/800 = 68 gr weed per month. Its normal. I buy weed for 800thb/per gram..   It's nothing to be surprised, it's really normal.

Its up to you how much you want to smoke, but paying 800bt per gram is a major expense,  when consuming 68 g per month

Personally I have overindulged at certain times in the past and have found that its quite easy to become immune to the effects especially with the newer high % thc strains. ( I never had the same problem with brickweed though)

          Just an Idea but have you considered a "tolerance break"  just for a few days ?  It would save you money of course, but even if that is not an issue, much more importantly it would give your cannabis receptors a break and enable you to experience the effects better when you resume,  works for me, but its entirely up to you,  

[stoner]

6 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Its up to you how much you want to smoke, but paying 800bt per gram is a major expense,  when consuming 68 g per month

Personally I have overindulged at certain times in the past and have found that its quite easy to become immune to the effects especially with the newer high % thc strains. ( I never had the same problem with brickweed though)

          Just an Idea but have you considered a "tolerance break"  just for a few days ?  It would save you money of course, but even if that is not an issue, much more importantly it would give your cannabis receptors a break and enable you to experience the effects better when you resume,  works for me, but its entirely up to you,  

try a dab. youll feel like a virgin again.

[CharlieH]

Reported flame removed.

[stoner]

2 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Perhaps influential people have invested?

 

you didnt get in on it ? sorry to hear that.

[Bobbie Davies]

Marijuana, ganja, gakyo (not sure of the anglicized spelling), has been used extensively in Thailand for many many moons by Thais and the Farang who love them. Hence short term profits from criminalization and focusing on the Farang and entertainment industry users. Those profits are of course eaten away by imprisonment. Now there is the possibility of a new national income driver the ganja. Of course they will legalize. Surrounding countries are severe in penalizing the use. Poach tourists. It is a multi-billion dollar money making machine in those countries, and states in the US that have legalized or at least decriminalized its use. I have no problem with it and have always been kept supplied by my manfriend s mom when I go there. Hell I even have online gakyo parties with my manfriend and his friends. Me with my electric vape pen and them with their weed and tobacco mixed cigarettes. There are legitimate medical uses of marijuana and they want to use that. They also are being realistic that if they open it up to large scale production people will want in on the action. What’s wrong with that?

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, CashMoon said:

55000/800 = 68 gr weed per month. Its normal. I buy weed for 800thb/per gram..   It's nothing to be surprised, it's really normal.

I buy weed at 3,000bht/Kg ........ why pay more?

It gives me the same effect as your 800bht/gm weed.

[CashMoon]

30 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I buy weed at 3,000bht/Kg ........ why pay more?

It gives me the same effect as your 800bht/gm weed.

I don't like the effect of brick weed for some reason. Maybe I haven't come across a really good brick weed before. It makes me cough up a lot of phlegm. The scent is very different and bad. I need to clean it thoroughly or it's giving me a headache. It has a lot of branches and leaves in brick weed.

 

  

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

Its up to you how much you want to smoke, but paying 800bt per gram is a major expense,  when consuming 68 g per month

Personally I have overindulged at certain times in the past and have found that its quite easy to become immune to the effects especially with the newer high % thc strains. ( I never had the same problem with brickweed though)

          Just an Idea but have you considered a "tolerance break"  just for a few days ?  It would save you money of course, but even if that is not an issue, much more importantly it would give your cannabis receptors a break and enable you to experience the effects better when you resume,  works for me, but its entirely up to you,  

Yes, I like to take a tolerance break. Because after a while, you don't get the feeling you expect. It's starting to feel like a regular cigarette.

[internationalism]

good on him for standing to defend ganja. I agree with him but don't support in any sense.

Do bear in mind that he is a leader of a mafia-style political party set up by a criminal clan of Chitchobs. 

Their purpose has nothing to do with health, boosting economy, improving lives of farmers, wellness industry and other altruistic motives.

They have made a big political capital, from which they will profit in the general elections and they have already invested billions in cultivation in Buriram province (their cradle) for almost 2 years now. 

They have already cashing 300-800b/g. Legal money. They don't have to launder them, as before.

They have and will control all processing and future export. Dr Anutin was promoting ganja spray against covid over a year ago, at time of Delta (at the same time the PM was spraying reporters with alcohol).

They will control licencing for growers, sellers, pharmaceutical use. 

They have already started wellness industry in Buriram - that's why this very airport was included in thailand opening as a potential sandbox.

Dr Anutin will be very likely the next health minister, deputy prime minister with large portfolio or even the PM - that despite his vax shambles which left thailand vaxless for a long time.

 

Now, those over 2.3 trillion  is about and international potential for wellness tourism and thus should be quoted in $, not in baht. Some would mistakenly believe, that Thailand can make $68bln per year only on wellness (they have made $62bln in 2019, that also includes domestic tourism which is some 30%).

How much thailand can get out of this international wellness trend is just a small fraction - maybe only 5% and some $3.4bln (so only less than half of what they were doing on health tourism pre-pandemic).

[John Drake]

2 hours ago, CashMoon said:

Tens of thousands of digital nomads who like cannabis like my friends will come here.

Tens of thousands of digital potheads? I prefer the Chinese.

[CashMoon]

36 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Tens of thousands of digital potheads? I prefer the Chinese.

Better than being a troll on the forum.   

[scubascuba3]

i was on a Navy base today playing golf, one area where the lads hang out was stinking of Marijuana

[JCauto]

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

he means kids in schools 

Careful Steven! By proxy, you're actually criticizing his boss, the great man you have admired slavishly since he stole power in a coup. Wouldn't want to go back on years of undeserved praise and defense for the sake of ganja now, would you? Perhaps you ought to try some, could maybe help your muddled brain.

[The Hammer2021]

Anutin is brilliant and let's be honest he was right about 'dirty farang' in some cases anyway...lol

[sungod]

4 hours ago, CashMoon said:

There really is a huge difference in the articles I write when I smoke quality weed. When i work high, i can do my work much better. I'm not kidding it really makes me awesome at my job.

Michael Bridge, please take note. There is hope yet.

[JimHuaHin]

No U-turn?  What about a flip-flop?

[cnx101]

5 hours ago, CashMoon said:

Anutin is my favorite politician now . We love you so much. The man who sees the future ????

Yes hope he becomes prime minister makes opium legal because I don’t like ganja makes me paranoid 

[Jimbo2014]

He knows if you keep the people stoned they wont notice bad governance ????

[Pedrogaz]

What a storm in a proverbial teacup. The whole thing was botched with really poor communication from the start......conflating hemp and cannabis in all communications, meaning no one understood them. 

[apetryxx]

This is probably one of the dumbest ideas this guy has had, added to a long list of dumb ideas.

[JimboB4]

Well yeah they Uhm already passed the law 

[Skeptic7]

Thai translation...Prepare for a "Yewie"!

U ????

 

[stoner]

3 hours ago, CashMoon said:

I don't like the effect of brick weed for some reason. Maybe I haven't come across a really good brick weed before. It makes me cough up a lot of phlegm. The scent is very different and bad. I need to clean it thoroughly or it's giving me a headache. It has a lot of branches and leaves in brick weed.

if possible please do not smoke this stuff. ever. it is full of nasty chemicals and a whole bunch of who knows what. the oil is brutal. black liquid garbage. 

 

ive never come across a brick higher than 10.5 to 11 percent. so youll not have much luck finding anything better.