"Reefer Madness": Thai media continue to attack marijuana use blaming it for violence/addiction

[firemans35]

Haters gonna hate

[cncltd1973]

interesting they are blaming weed for headlines that have been going on in Thailand since the beginning of news. it's as if they want to blame their problems on weed instead of getting to the actual problems

[steven100]

21 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

This is the source of A's problems.  He's a kid who has fallen through the cracks, is desperate for a father figure and has fallen in with a bad crowd as a result.

 

You would think that he might have some sort of relationship with a male teacher and actually want to go to school.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if his "friends" were older than him and simply want to mess his life up because they can.

 

(Also he's under age so any weed he buys is illegal weed anyway.)

I think alot of what you mentioned is correct,  if he had a mama & papa family upbringing ....  papa would give him a clip under the ear for smoking,  he would ban him from mixing with the pot head kids and he would make sure he attended school.  

 

Not sure the 'friends'  would really do it deliberately, I think it's just a hang out ... chill out type of thing and '  I don't care about school or anything '  attitude. 

 

I think boredom causes alot of this,  as when kids are bored they get into mischief.  If they don't experience boredom as in ... play sports, go jogging,  get a hobby or whatever .... then they don't have time for drugs or drug kids.

[Gknrd]

Nothing to do with weed. But, my ex GF of many years had a son that did not know she was his mom until the age of 10.  Dumped him at he mom's house to work in BKK. All of her sisters had a close relation with their children. Strange

[riclag]

On 3/21/2023 at 1:13 PM, IamNoone88 said:

There is no need to be concerned in Phuket with the PSI index from the annual burning in Indonesia as it drifts across. The island is awash with pot shops and the pungent smell of weed on the beach and in the bars which can be an unbearable thick haze. Personally, I don't care if people want to trip out the stuff ... just don't subject me and my like minded friends to the same pungent smoke .... <deleted> off outside and smoke yer joints.

In December we went on Vacation to Phuket from Issan!

Just so you know I used all kinds of mind altering drugs in the past except for meth/ice.

I did notice a huge presence of pot

establishments in Patong and thought that they would over take the massage shops, as far as commercial establishments!

What was concerning to me was watching the parasailing staff on the beach smoking blunts and carrying on.imop

That being said many Thai children aren’t supervised properly ! The grans let these kids do as they please while the mother is off working!

I don’t want cannabis being used willy nilly especially when kids have

access to it!

Phuket is a fun place but beware!

Thai culture isn’t ready for a cannabis society !Maybe the tourists spots but not everywhere in Thailand!

Just my opinion.

 

 

Edited March 22, 2023 by riclag

[Reigntax]

22 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Well, maybe 95% of your friends, but only 5% of mine.

You probably set the bar at your level of competence

Edited March 22, 2023 by Reigntax

[Jerno]

Ya right.  Find one or two mentally unstable idiots who use weed and blame the weed.  Weed....that's why there's so much violence in Netherlands.  And now 3 years legal in Canada and it's horribly violent there.....NOT.  Incidents of violent crime are fewer!  

[IamNoone88]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

In December we went on Vacation to Phuket from Issan!

Just so you know I used all kinds of mind altering drugs in the past except for meth/ice.

I did notice a huge presence of pot

establishments in Patong and thought that they would over take the massage shops, as far as commercial establishments!

What was concerning to me was watching the parasailing staff on the beach smoking blunts and carrying on.imop

That being said many Thai children aren’t supervised properly ! The grans let these kids do as they please while the mother is off working!

I don’t want cannabis being used willy nilly especially when kids have

access to it!

Phuket is a fun place but beware!

Thai culture isn’t ready for a cannabis society !Maybe the tourists spots but not everywhere in Thailand!

Just my opinion.

 

 

I have a business in Isaan and find it refreshingly pleasant to visit. Not a blunt in sight and genuinely nice people.

[steven100]

1 hour ago, riclag said:

I used all kinds of mind altering drugs in the past

yikes .. !     as you know there's enough nut cases running around Thailand without adding all the pot heads into the mix.  Now they have this problem with kids at school smoking and selling.   It should never ever have been legalized.

 

[watchcat]

On 3/21/2023 at 3:22 AM, connda said:

Anutin For PM!

You like cheap concrete?

[watchcat]

22 minutes ago, steven100 said:

yikes .. !     as you know there's enough nut cases running around Thailand without adding all the pot heads into the mix.  Now they have this problem with kids at school smoking and selling.   It should never ever have been legalized.

 

BS. Weed is not to be used by children. If you can't control them, you shouldn't have any.

[watchcat]

On 3/21/2023 at 6:18 AM, asf6 said:

Reefer Madness. LOL 

 

Have we moved on from 1936?

Not much.

[rankric]

I never thought about it but the mrs did mention that cigarette smokers are choosing the weed over fags as its a cheaper option. 

[kwilco]

You have to prove usage has increased and crime is up....then connect the two ... unlikely on all counts

[Eleven Seven]

All these people on here deluding themselves that cannabis is harmless. Pathetic.

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, Jerno said:

Incidents of violent crime are fewer! 

Even IF the "Incidents of violent crime are fewer" where is the correlation to state that related to drugs or whatever the cause is and where is the link to that case(s) study?

Just more unprovable BS from weeders.

[steven100]

1 hour ago, Eleven Seven said:

All these people on here deluding themselves that cannabis is harmless. Pathetic.

agree ....  I have known dozens of pot heads over the years and most if not all of them are either wasted or lost souls. Don't want work, lazy, sleepy,  just want the fix.

Is that harmless ?

 

 

Edited March 22, 2023 by steven100

[BritManToo]

27 minutes ago, steven100 said:

agree ....  I have known dozens of pot heads over the years and most if not all of them are either wasted or lost souls. Don't want work, lazy, sleepy,  just want the fix.

Is that harmless ?

 

 

It is if you're over 60 years old!

[scottiejohn]

57 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

It is if you're over 60 years old!

It does not matter what the age is!

The results are the same!

[William C F Pierce]

Underage children will find ways to buy weed, the same way as they do for cigarettes. 

 

Whilst a number of drunks will fall over when they are legless. Those high on weed are less likely to be legless and more likely to be a violent danger to others, if their emotion become intense.

 

Legalised weed; next is the legalisation of prostitution. Is Thailand so desperate for tourism that it needs to turn it into the world's number one depraved state to cater for it.

 

Politicians in most countries are expected to improve society with the laws they create. Not decline it by pandering to a small minority.

[quake]

1 hour ago, William C F Pierce said:

 Those high on weed are less likely to be legless and more likely to be a violent danger to others, if their emotion become intense.

Bs, from the Bs brigade. 

 

[MrMuddle]

On 3/21/2023 at 3:55 PM, robertson468 said:

And your medical qualification is?

I'm a Doctor of lurve, baby.

Once went out with a lass with your surname, she gave the best BJ I ever had, any relation?

[William C F Pierce]

5 minutes ago, quake said:

Bs, from the Bs brigade. 

 

You have not seen the violent behaviour of those on weed that I have witness. It would be better if you stuck your BS Latte right back up your Cappuccino.

[quake]

41 minutes ago, William C F Pierce said:

You have not seen the violent behaviour of those on weed that I have witness. It would be better if you stuck your BS Latte right back up your Cappuccino.

Stop your lies.

 

[wombat]

On 3/22/2023 at 5:32 PM, Eleven Seven said:

All these people on here deluding themselves that cannabis is harmless. Pathetic.

as opposed to what?

[wombat]

15 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

You have not seen the violent behaviour of those on weed that I have witness. It would be better if you stuck your BS Latte right back up your Cappuccino.

am I allowed to say you are full of excrement?

[wombat]

On 3/22/2023 at 6:42 PM, steven100 said:

agree ....  I have known dozens of pot heads over the years and most if not all of them are either wasted or lost souls. Don't want work, lazy, sleepy,  just want the fix.

Is that harmless ?

 

 

by virtue of your wording you are trolling.

[kwilco]

On 3/22/2023 at 10:32 AM, Eleven Seven said:

All these people on here deluding themselves that cannabis is harmless. Pathetic.

So can you tell us is so harmful about it?

[kwilco]

15 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

You have not seen the violent behaviour of those on weed that I have witness. It would be better if you stuck your BS Latte right back up your Cappuccino.

So you claim to have witnessed a correlation between violence and cannabis?..... this is only you or can you back that up with any factual evidence.

I'd like to know how you observed this and cane to that conclusion because in short,  I don't think you can

[kwilco]

18 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

Underage children will find ways to buy weed, the same way as they do for cigarettes. 

 

Whilst a number of drunks will fall over when they are legless. Those high on weed are less likely to be legless and more likely to be a violent danger to others, if their emotion become intense.

 

Legalised weed; next is the legalisation of prostitution. Is Thailand so desperate for tourism that it needs to turn it into the world's number one depraved state to cater for it.

 

Politicians in most countries are expected to improve society with the laws they create. Not decline it by pandering to a small minority.

This sort of nonsense was pumped out by the US government in the 1950s. 

It is now just laughable nonsense.