Popular Post webfact Posted April 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2023 A foreigner customer sits in front of Royal Queen Seeds, on the so-called 420 World Cannabis Day in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 April 2023. EFE-EPA/NARONG SANGNAK By Nayara Batschke Bangkok, (EFE).- Home delivery services, interactive maps with online products, relaxation spas and stores with brownies, cookies and joints. The marijuana business has become a profitable activity in Thailand, where many benefit from a legal limbo in the absence of clear regulation of the businesses. Since the country legalized the cultivation of marijuana for medical use – the first to do so in Southeast Asia – on Jun. 9, Thailand has experienced a boom in cannabis dispensaries, framed by a confusing law that does not penalize consumption for recreational purposes. With nearly 8,000 stores countrywide, more than 1 million local producers and some 11 million users in the last year, according to industry sources, Thailand seems to have entered the global marijuana circuit. The nation has even seen the blossoming of a new career: the “budtender.” Full story: https://efe.com/en/other-news/2023-04-20/amid-joints-and-cookies-marijuana-business-booms-in-thailand/ -- © Copyright EFE 2023-04-21 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. The most versatile and flexible rental investment and holiday home solution in Thailand - click for more information. 1 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stoner Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 my cookies are so good....some even say that best. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pique Dard Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 54 minutes ago, webfact said: The marijuana business has become a profitable activity in Thailand, all nice and new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Seems like every block of shops here in Phuket a new joint is opened 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinsdale Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 So it seems as though it's good for the economy. Societal problems? Not really especially when compared to yaba that's for sure. Narcotic? No. Addictive? No. Should it be avaible for adults to purchase? Yes. Can the jeannie be put back into the bottle. Doubt it the only thing that will happen is it will be criminalized and go back underground. Prohibition does not and has never worked. 7 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bunnydrops Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 I worked in the marijuana fields in Oregon for 4 years. 800 plants the largest. Now the fields are bear, the bottom dropped out. A good grade joint, sold in a plastic tube, one US dollar. I think it will be the same here in a year or two. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StayinThailand2much Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) There seem to be more marijuana shops now in Bangkok and Pattaya than 7-Eleven outlets. Different to 7-Eleven, though, I've never even seen one customer entering these shops... Edited April 21, 2023 by StayinThailand2much 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Skallywag Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said: There seem to be more marijuana shops now in Bangkok and Pattaya than 7-Eleven outlets. Different to 7-Eleven, though, I've never even seen one customer entering these shops... I have seen people enter and purchase weed, and have entered and purchased myself many months ago. Online sellers are usually selling same for about half what you pay in retail shops, how I purchase nowadays Unlike 7-11, selling 3 or 4 grams of marijuana can likely net a profit of 1000 baht or so. You get a few customers a day and you paid the bills... yet with so many shops I do not see them all prospering. Good thing is they have taken many shops and refurbished them with new tile and wall board, and it looks better than having old dirty empty shops everywhere as was the case since the pandemic. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h90 Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 As many things he did were strange, the Kratom and Marijuana laws were a big step forward from Anutin. 4 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, dinsdale said: So it seems as though it's good for the economy. Societal problems? Not really especially when compared to yaba that's for sure. Narcotic? No. Addictive? No. Should it be avaible for adults to purchase? Yes. Can the jeannie be put back into the bottle. Doubt it the only thing that will happen is it will be criminalized and go back underground. Prohibition does not and has never worked. It can be addictive actually but in a different way than drugs we associate with addiction. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/marijuana-addiction-rare-but-real-072014#Legalization-and-addiction- 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, StayinThailand2much said: There seem to be more marijuana shops now in Bangkok and Pattaya than 7-Eleven outlets. Different to 7-Eleven, though, I've never even seen one customer entering these shops... I have entered but the better deals are online. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Jingthing said: It can be addictive actually but in a different way than drugs we associate with addiction. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/marijuana-addiction-rare-but-real-072014#Legalization-and-addiction- https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive Give this a read. It's interesting. As you say it's not addiction in the true definition. Nicotine addiction is. Opioid addiction is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 22 minutes ago, dinsdale said: https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive Give this a read. It's interesting. As you say it's not addiction in the true definition. Nicotine addiction is. Opioid addiction is. Yeah but it can still be very real. I know from many years of personal experience in my youth. I really think teens shouldn't do it but of course they do and harsh punishments are much worse than the weed itself for them. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h90 Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 17 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Yeah but it can still be very real. I know from many years of personal experience in my youth. I really think teens shouldn't do it but of course they do and harsh punishments are much worse than the weed itself for them. And it is not for the state to decide...people can be addicted to many things, the country can't ban it all...people are even addicted to jogging.... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 8 hours ago, webfact said: Home delivery services, interactive maps with online products, relaxation spas and stores with brownies, cookies and joints. Medicinal use only... worked out well didn't it for Anutin. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Medicinal use only... worked out well didn't it for Anutin. I didn't like Anutin before I liked him. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h90 Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Medicinal use only... worked out well didn't it for Anutin. Worked well for country and society and that matters. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post h90 Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jingthing said: I didn't like Anutin before I liked him. I don't forget Kratom...used since forever....and than government banned it and put people in jail because they have some leaves in their pocket.....While maybe he was not so great in other issues, he did something very big here 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d4dang Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) How many of these businesses will survive in the long run? Thais jump into any business opportunity and throw money at it. Now 8,000 shops and counting. How many weed businesses are laundering money? In Canada legal producers are struggling as lots of Canadians buy from friends or grow their own. In Canada you can not see the product before buying it and you can not open the package while in the shop. The shop has a list of products without photos. In Canada prices dropped a lot and prices here are dropping. Edited April 21, 2023 by d4dang 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 But what is going to happen to all those businesses and the investment that went into them when Anutin's bill to legalise doesn't pass???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 7 hours ago, ChipButty said: Seems like every block of shops here in Phuket a new joint is opened I was back for three weeks and it was ridiculous. Yet I don't think I saw more than one person in all these shops together. One shop in a street would be plenty but it's like the watermelon sellers at the side of the road; one opens, that son becomes two until there are fifty people selling exactly the same thing, simply splitting the limited amount of business between them. Unless they are money laundering operations, I don't expect too many of them will last. I will add that the shops are possibly off-putting for family holidaymakers with kids. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignore it Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Weed shops and cafes competing. It's the highest form of capitalism. It'll all rationalize. Remember photo film processing, overseas call, internet places. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Burma Bill Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 11 hours ago, webfact said: The marijuana business has become a profitable activity in Thailand, IMO Thailand's gone to pot!! Glad I no longer live in the country (personal choice). 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Pedrogaz said: But what is going to happen to all those businesses and the investment that went into them when Anutin's bill to legalise doesn't pass???? They will employ "doctors" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted April 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Burma Bill said: IMO Thailand's gone to pot!! Glad I no longer live in the country (personal choice). Party proper comes to mind. Don't bogart that joint. 2 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy42OZ Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 7:11 AM, stoner said: my cookies are so good....some even say that best. Making yourself? I got a free cookie when buying some other stuff. The cookie was delicious but the claimed 40mg of THC was probably not accurate as I felt very little from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NextG Posted April 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2023 18 hours ago, Burma Bill said: IMO Thailand's gone to pot!! Glad I no longer live in the country (personal choice). But here you are, still posting and reading about Thailand and trying to convince yourself and us that you are happy to not be here ???? 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Burma Bill Posted April 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, NextG said: But here you are, still posting and reading about Thailand and trying to convince yourself and us that you are happy to not be here ???? Yes, I do read about Thailand and post on AN whilst no longer living in the country (as do many others I am sure). During my 20 years living up north in Lanna and Isaan, I gained a lot of local knowledge and as a former Tourist Police Volunteer it has always been my main intention to pass on useful knowledge when requested or for advice. Yes I do make the occasional quip but not in an offensive manner. I can assure you I am very happy not to be living in Thailand and have no intentions of ever returning - except possibly as a tourist like in November 2022 when I travelled from Siem Reap to attend the Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Service in Chiang Mai. I hope to continue to contribute to AN unless someone decides otherwise. Edited April 22, 2023 by Burma Bill additional information 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NextG Posted April 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2023 19 hours ago, Burma Bill said: Yes, I do read about Thailand and post on AN whilst no longer living in the country (as do many others I am sure). During my 20 years living up north in Lanna and Isaan, I gained a lot of local knowledge and as a former Tourist Police Volunteer it has always been my main intention to pass on useful knowledge when requested or for advice. Yes I do make the occasional quip but not in an offensive manner. I can assure you I am very happy not to be living in Thailand and have no intentions of ever returning - except possibly as a tourist like in November 2022 when I travelled from Siem Reap to attend the Royal British Legion Remembrance Day Service in Chiang Mai. I hope to continue to contribute to AN unless someone decides otherwise. So what useful knowledge did you pass on when you wrote that you are glad that you are no longer living in Thailand? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, NextG said: So what useful knowledge did you pass on How to obtain hassle free Cambodian visas to folk who enquired of me. Places to visit and sights to see in Northern Thailand (with photos) Thai Road, rail and bus travel information etc. Edited April 23, 2023 by Burma Bill additional information 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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