Popular Post webfact Posted April 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2023 Weed is sold on street corners in various forms, including the popular Thai stick By Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent A new symbol has appeared in the kaleidoscopic jumble of neon signs that light up Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok's most international street. The sudden ubiquity of the five-pointed marijuana leaf, in lurid green, announces the spectacular boom there has been in weed-related businesses in Thailand since cannabis was decriminalised last June. Walk two kilometres east of the BBC office in Bangkok, and you pass more than 40 dispensaries, selling potent marijuana flower buds and all the paraphernalia needed to smoke them. Travel in the opposite direction, to the famous backpacker hangout of Khao San Road, and there is an entire marijuana-themed shopping mall, Plantopia, its shops half-hidden behind the haze of smoke created by customers trying out the product. The website Weed in Thailand lists more than 4,000 businesses across the country selling cannabis and its derivatives. Full story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65345274 -- © Copyright BBC 2023-05-01 - 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. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 3 hours ago, webfact said: Walk two kilometres east of the BBC office in Bangkok, and you pass more than 40 dispensaries, selling potent marijuana flower buds and all the paraphernalia needed to smoke them. Medicinal use only Anutin promised... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Karma80 Posted April 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2023 Stay classy, Thailand. The uncontrolled weed shops outnumbering 7-11 is a great look... 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jacko45k Posted April 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2023 Just now, Karma80 said: Stay classy, Thailand. The uncontrolled weed shops outnumbering 7-11 is a great look... Weed shop, massage, 7-11 and tattoo parlour, that is all four corners covered everywhere! 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Weed shop, massage, 7-11 and tattoo parlour, that is all four corners covered everywhere! 2/4 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Karma80 Posted April 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, jacko45k said: Weed shop, massage, 7-11 and tattoo parlour, that is all four corners covered everywhere! I'm just glad there's no prostitution. Can you imagine the harm to the image that draws all the targeted high-end wealthy tourists? 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Akin of the 1970s. We've been there already, have we not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoner Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 weed has brought new opportunity in life for many thai. im sure the thousands of thai who now made a decent living off the industry are upset about the wonderland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wombat Posted May 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2023 As a kick start to an economy after covid. I dips me lid to the bloke. Smartest bestest political move ever. KUDOS OLD MATE KUDOS. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted May 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2023 It never hurt Amsterdam tourism. Let a billion pot plants bloom. 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignore it Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Pattaya 2d road all Indian restaurants, weed shops occasional 7/11, and massage places. Bless em all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JackGats Posted May 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) Kudos to Thailand and its allegedly undemocratic government for having brought this to pass! If something as pointless and as totalitarian as the war on drugs can ever be won, I wish it to be won by the drugs, not by the other side. Edited May 1, 2023 by JackGats nuancing 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted May 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2023 Weed may be a double edged sword but at least decriminalization allows both the public and the cannabis businesses pursuit of happiness. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 11 hours ago, Jingthing said: It never hurt Amsterdam tourism. Let a billion pot plants bloom. It still is not "legal" in Holland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted May 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2023 6 hours ago, jvs said: It still is not "legal" in Holland. It's not legal in Thailand either wink wink nod nod. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 5 hours ago, Jingthing said: It's not legal in Thailand either er...yes it is...weed has been removed from the narcotics list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 13 minutes ago, wombat said: er...yes it is...weed has been removed from the narcotics list. Decriminalized. Not legalized. It's in limbo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 7:43 AM, wombat said: As a kick start to an economy after covid. I dips me lid to the bloke. Smartest bestest political move ever. KUDOS OLD MATE KUDOS. Agreed, best thing since sliced bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 11:29 AM, Jingthing said: Weed may be a double edged sword but at least decriminalization allows both the public and the cannabis businesses pursuit of happiness. Not to mention freedom of choice, as one can always refrain if one really wants to. The way some create on here one could be forgiven for thinking consumption was compulsory 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jingthing said: Decriminalized. Not legalized. It's in limbo. Decriminalised is a better option , there's a lot to be said for limbo, eg it can still be smoked on election day, Edited May 2, 2023 by Bday Prang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 4 hours ago, wombat said: er...yes it is...weed has been removed from the narcotics list. It should really never have been on the narcotics list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 9:58 AM, JackGats said: Kudos to Thailand and its allegedly undemocratic government for having brought this to pass! If something as pointless and as totalitarian as the war on drugs can ever be won, I wish it to be won by the drugs, not by the other side. Its pretty obvious the other side can never win, whatever happens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 16 hours ago, jvs said: It still is not "legal" in Holland. Its "legal" enough for most people 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Pot is a loser drug. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2023 On 5/1/2023 at 6:05 AM, hotchilli said: Medicinal use only Anutin promised... That was just to keep the reefer madness types quiet, and other than a few narrow minded die hards it seems to have worked, 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post josephbloggs Posted May 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, bignok said: Pot is a loser drug. Thanks for your contribution. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted May 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, bignok said: Pot is a loser drug. Looser more like. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Bday Prang said: Decriminalised is a better option , there's a lot to be said for limbo, eg it can still be smoked on election day, Yeah but still always the threat of going backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackGats Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 18 minutes ago, Bday Prang said: Decriminalised is a better option , there's a lot to be said for limbo, eg it can still be smoked on election day, In many countries that would be true. But maybe not in Thailand where "decriminalised" could mean no problem for Thais but still arrestable for foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, bignok said: Pot is a loser drug. It is not being forced on anybody ! You are perfectly at liberty to refrain, if that is what you think. But you have to accept that millions of people disagree 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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