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Weed smoking cafes now illegal - checks made on shops in Khao San Road

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Siam Rath reported that the director of the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, Phra Nakhon officials and the Chana Songkhram police visited Khao San Road yesterday inspecting shops selling marijuana. 

 

Five shops selling ganga were checked with one found to be in contravention of the law after they applied for a licence in Lopburi rather than Bangkok.

 

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All the others were totally legal.

 

The main thrust of the visit was to check that smoking was not allowed in cafes on the premises.

This is now illegal after health ministry directives declaring flowers a controlled herb.

 

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This came into effect last week.

 

Establishments with a licence are allowed to sell flowers but not allow smoking on the premises.

 

This is a measure seen as trying to rein in the surge in overt recreational use seen since decriminalization in June. 

 

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15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Establishments with a licence are allowed to sell flowers but not allow smoking on the premises.

Another mistake, why not contain it in a known area that can be policed plus it is a place that will not upset other people.

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43 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Up in a puff of smoke!

Not sure it really changes anything. You can't smoke ganja in the shop. It's been legally that way now for months, but not enforced. Now it is (briefly) enforced to satisfy the frothing ignorant paranoid moral guardians. Most people don't seem to care and can see there really isn't a problem. 

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1 hour ago, Snig27 said:

Not sure it really changes anything. You can't smoke ganja in the shop. It's been legally that way now for months, but not enforced. Now it is (briefly) enforced to satisfy the frothing ignorant paranoid moral guardians. Most people don't seem to care and can see there really isn't a problem. 

Agree but why bother to upset more tourists spending a lot of baht. Khao Sarn is nothing like it was in the early 90's. Let the people MAJE  some money!  2 1/2 years of corona BS 

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I think the problem that they have is the hypocrisy of saying that you can not smoke in buildings, You cannot smoke shisha but you can smoke Maiojuana.

 

There is a bit of a WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. to that rule.

 

Personally I could not see making pot legal but keeping shish as illegal.

 

Will be interesting to see what happens.

 

Question for my indulging friends here.

 

If a bar was set up and you could buy beer and smoke weed would it be legal

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16 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

I think the problem that they have is the hypocrisy of saying that you can not smoke in buildings, You cannot smoke shisha but you can smoke Maiojuana.

 

There is a bit of a WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. to that rule.

 

Personally I could not see making pot legal but keeping shish as illegal.

 

Will be interesting to see what happens.

 

Question for my indulging friends here.

 

If a bar was set up and you could buy beer and smoke weed would it be legal

Most beer bars I know in  allow people to smoke marijuana, whether its legal or not, well..............??

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1 minute ago, mikeymike100 said:

Most beer bars I know in  allow people to smoke marijuana, whether its legal or not, well..............??

LOL so really if we think about it buying pot is a lot like buying cigarettes or beer in 711  you can buy it there but have to go somewhere else to consume it.

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1 minute ago, Burma Bill said:

In my opinion (Google)

 

IMO, let anyone who wants to smoke, vape or eat Marijuana, Weed, Ganja, Pot....whatever you want to call it, anywhere they want to.

I guess we have differing opinions.

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1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

 

IMO, let anyone who wants to smoke, vape or eat Marijuana, Weed, Ganja, Pot....whatever you want to call it, anywhere they want to.

I guess we have differing opinions.

Like surgeons in operating theatres? Or airline pilots/bus drivers?

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19 hours ago, webfact said:

Establishments with a licence are allowed to sell flowers but not allow smoking on the premises.

 

This is a measure seen as trying to rein in the surge in overt recreational use seen since decriminalization in June.

So you can buy the flowers legally, take them home and smoke them?

The law is an ass.

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18 hours ago, Snig27 said:

Now it is (briefly) enforced to satisfy the frothing ignorant paranoid moral guardians. Most people don't seem to care and can see there really isn't a problem. 

But everyone is allowed to have and voice their own opinion... as you seem to have yours.

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16 hours ago, DezLez said:

Do you mean "make" some money?

If not what does "MAJE" mean?  Google is no help, too many answers!

Aren't they making money hand over fist with the nitro? That seemed to be very popular last time I was there.

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12 hours ago, KannikaP said:

But not whilst working, same as booze.

But then that is introducing rules and controls which rather flies in the face of the anyone, any time, anywhere philosophy.  With rights and freedoms come responsibilities.

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