Thailand’s experiment with weed goes up in smoke

[JimTripper]

I stopped liking grass after I got out of college. It just stopped doing what I need as an adult. There’s something odd about older people getting stoned. Just feels weird.

[Jingthing]

Just now, JimTripper said:

I stopped liking grass after I got out of college. It just stopped doing what I need as an adult. There’s something odd about older people getting stoned. Just feels weird.

The medical aspect is real. 

[Bday Prang]

12 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Well, there is a difference.

 

Not everyone who drinks alcohol has the express purpose of getting blitzed. Some people just enjoy the flavor of, for example, a nice Barolo with a filet.

 

I suspect nobody lights up a joing because of the flavor. The sole purpose of weed is to get stoned.

 

Granted 'junkie' implies addiction, and isn't exactly fair, but alcohol need not be consumed to excess, while weed is always consumed to excess; there's precious little reason to light up except to get buzzed.

Perhaps this explains the absolutely astounding popularity of alcohol free beer ?

Your post is absolute rubbish, you clearly have no idea!   "Always consumed to excess"   " sole purpose is to get stoned"   absolutely unbelievable,  One could not make this up

[BritManToo]

25 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

I suspect nobody lights up a joing because of the flavor. The sole purpose of weed is to get stoned.

My sole purpose for smoking weed is to get rid of my arthritis (finger joints).

Not only does it eliminate the 24/7 joint pain, but the swelling has also gone.

Now my hands can open jars and bottles again, grip fully restored.

 

Nothing will stop me smoking now.

It's given me a new lease on life.

And I no longer need to take 8x paracetamol a day for partial pain relief.

[IamNoone88]

I looked at this business closely prior to the de-criminalisation and then again after. Not on a retail level but as commercial cultivation as a cash crop. Done right it had good potential. However, the legislation was a mess and no where close to what I understood was intended. There just too much free interpretation of the law or lack of it. Under such circumstances, better to wait for clarity. Either your investment could potentially be gone or, perhaps worse, open up to be squeezed by breaking a law. Neither were appealing as potentially worse outcomes. And no .. I don't touch the stuff - it was simply an attractive sector worth consideration and even less so now.

[VinnieK]

I can't wait for ganjato be illegal again .

Reason?

Enough insanity out on the roads with bad/unqualified drivers who sometimes happen to be drunk ..who sometimes happen to be high on ganja also ????

Most ppl are stupid f...ks 

They should need special permit to operate a spoon let alone smoke ganja to their heart's content.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Walker88]

17 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

And what happens to all the Thais that spent money creating shops etc?

They will join the ranks of those who bought Blockbuster Video franchises, set up Internet Cafes, installed sidewalk telephone booths, owned 1 hour film developing shops, sold asbestos insulation...or they will just revert to the Indian Tailor shop or Family Mart they were before weed was made kind of legal.

 

Capital will be reallocated and banks will add to their NPLs.

 

Capitalism is dynamic, buffeted by changes tastes, innovation, and perhaps in this instance, democracy.

[h90]

So the opposition that is here supported by most got their will and Thailand goes back into the dark ages and against personal freedom....
I hope many people vote "freedom"

[WilliamSmits]

The good news: In Chinese press it is used to keep the tourists at home.. - beside the stories of abductions and organ harvesting.

The bad news: It seems to attract more of the "quality tourists" that Thailand is looking for. (not visiting temples & shopping malls)

 

 

[h90]

21 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

There are benefits to decriminalising all drugs. One of them (there are many) is it takes the criminal elements of distribution out of the sector. It is for this reason alone that drugs in many countries are not decriminalised because very rich and powerful figures run the show. The so called war on drugs has done nothing other than people dying and small fry players or users being incarcerated whilst the big bosses increase their fortune.

You are wording it too soft. If you decriminalize drugs, the drug dealer goes bankrupt. He has no interest to get people addicted. There won't be any bad mixed drugs. There won't be any criminality because addicted people need money for the next shot. Therefor much less police, border control etc is needed. And if someone dream up some scenario of kids randomly use drugs, than you can make them prescription from a doctor and sold by pharmacy only.
But there is a huge industry behind the narcotics and an equal one in fighting them.
So not only you are right it is much more.

[h90]

5 minutes ago, WilliamSmits said:

The good news: In Chinese press it is used to keep the tourists at home.. - beside the stories of abductions and organ harvesting.

The bad news: It seems to attract more of the "quality tourists" that Thailand is looking for. (not visiting temples & shopping malls)

 

 

Yes in the Chinese press it is like people with an overdose Marijuana are dying on the sidewalks.....One of our supplier sent me an email about it after seeing it in TV......China is quickly catching up with fake news...

[Pink Mist]

A troll post with an off-topic link has been removed as well as off topic unrelated troll posts. 

 

The OP is:

Thailand’s experiment with weed goes up in smoke

[Toby1947]

16 hours ago, redwood1 said:

There are 4358 weed shops  https://weed.th/  in Thailand... I bet more like 6000-7000.....Plus loads of growers and online sellers...

 

There are rental contracts, emplyees, taxes, loans, suppliers to be paid etc etc etc....

 

Point is HUGE  numbers of people have invested every thing they have into this..

 

It CAN NOT BE SHUT DOWN fast...Maybe a slow slow shut down over 2-4 years might be possible....But any shutdown faster than this is not possible without paying out $$$$$$ in compensation....

Thailand and compensation should not be mentioned in the same paragraph ????????

[MrJ2U]

I still haven't seen anyone actually smoking weed or even considering buying it. 

 

I don't think it's as popular as people thought. 

 

Although I think it should be legalized I don't think but a few would actually make money selling it. 

[paddypower]

35 minutes ago, VinnieK said:

I can't wait for ganjato be illegal again .

Reason?

Enough insanity out on the roads with bad/unqualified drivers who sometimes happen to be drunk ..who sometimes happen to be high on ganja also ????

Most ppl are stupid f...ks 

They should need special permit to operate a spoon let alone smoke ganja to their heart's content.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Criminalize ganja and, therefore, the medicinal products which my wife needs for severe pain management. while at the same time it is ok with you that 'drivers who sometimes happen to be drunk'. RATFLOL.

[paddypower]

51 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The medical aspect is real. 

yep try living 24/7 with back and hip pain, at 81  years of age. some negative posters here seem to suffer from anal retentive syndrome. 

[ignore it]

A couple of comments for anybody that has gotten this far in the thread. 

1.  Just how often do politicians deliver on their promises?

2.  The RTP Extortion Unit is totally for recriminalizing weed.

3.  Worst case scenario for me is going back to good old unbranded cheap Thai Brick weed smoked at home as in prior years.

[sungod]

1 hour ago, Walker88 said:

Well, there is a difference.

 

Not everyone who drinks alcohol has the express purpose of getting blitzed. Some people just enjoy the flavor of, for example, a nice Barolo with a filet.

 

I suspect nobody lights up a joing because of the flavor. The sole purpose of weed is to get stoned.

 

Granted 'junkie' implies addiction, and isn't exactly fair, but alcohol need not be consumed to excess, while weed is always consumed to excess; there's precious little reason to light up except to get buzzed.

Really, you obviously know nothing about having a causal puff/ the odd edible then.

 

The problem with the whole debate is that people (like you)  who do not even understand the effects are passing their own moral judgement over those who do.

 

 

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Xonax said:

10,000 Baht in the wallet is more important to the majority of Thais than free Marihuana. Most voters are not even tax-payers and will be more than happy to let others pay the bill.  Why hasn't the Pheu Thai party not been banned for this vote buying policy?

Because it will NOT become a government policy unless the PTP becomes the ruling party with or without a coalition partner.

[Dogmatix]

17 hours ago, Denim said:

Yes. There is a ban on sales during election. Big problem for tourists.

But no ban on sales of weed.

[No Forwarding Address]

16 hours ago, BenStark said:

I could do that 30 years ago as well, in Soi Pattayaland 1.

 

Forgot the name now, started with blue. Run by the police

Blue Iguana?

[JimboB4]

Ran this article by a few of my dealers and they laughed at it something about the source of the article. Basically not to be taken seriously. Basically it’s not going anywhere. Might be a little more controlled worst case. And mysteriously everything else this site posts about the subject is usually bs or over exaggerating or downplayed if it’s in favor of it. 

[billd766]

1 hour ago, h90 said:

So the opposition that is here supported by most got their will and Thailand goes back into the dark ages and against personal freedom....
I hope many people vote "freedom"

Very few posters on ANN are entitled to vote in the election tomorrow.

 

It will be what the Thai people vote for, and not necessarily what the farangs want.

 

If the Thais vote against it, there is always somewhere in Thailand where it can be bought, as there has been for decades.

 

 

25 minutes ago, paddypower said:

 

 

[billd766]

22 minutes ago, paddypower said:

yep try living 24/7 with back and hip pain, at 81  years of age. some negative posters here seem to suffer from anal retentive syndrome. 

At 78 I have been living with back and knee pain for over 20 years and have not resorted to medical marijuana yet.

[stoner]

5 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

1,000/baht for 20 gram packages when illegal. 

ouch. i was in pain even reading this. brick was 5k a kilo before. 

[Freddy42OZ]

 

1 hour ago, Walker88 said:

I suspect nobody lights up a joing because of the flavor. The sole purpose of weed is to get stoned.

I use it to relax myself at the end of the day and get to sleep.  Getting stoned is no different to popping some sleeping tablets so that you get really drowsy and fall asleep.

I quit drinking almost 3 years ago. 

Alcohol for me was never a problem, except it cost me a huge of money (into the millions of baht), caused me to lose lots of income opportunities, wasted hundreds of Saturdays and Sundays to hangovers and quite often made me unproductive at work during the week. 

Weed does none of that.

 

[KhunLA]

18 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

And what happens to all the Thais that spent money creating shops etc?

Another new coffee shop ☕ ???? ????

[transam]

1 hour ago, h90 said:

So the opposition that is here supported by most got their will and Thailand goes back into the dark ages and against personal freedom....
I hope many people vote "freedom"

Well, the junkies will vote freedom, sadly those farangy's  here can't........????...........????

[billd766]

12 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

The special permit to operate, would be more effective if it was for those who drive ICE vehicles that burn 100,000's of gallons of gasoline and diesel every year.  80% of the people on the roads really do not need to be driving.  They do it because they are bored and go to a mall or coffee shop which they could do by walking or taking a baht bus or bicycle. 

Allowing anyone who can afford a vehicle to pollute the air that others have to breathe is a huge health and safety issue, which is 1000X more harmful than smoking some cannabis,

Yes this will likely be removed by the mods as off topic , but it is true 

Obviously you don't live in rural Thailand.

 

The nearest baht bus to where I live is 6 km away in the big village and does not come this way.

 

The nearest mall, BigC, Makro, Robinsons etc is 65 km away.

 

I don't know anybody who spends over 2.5 million baht per year and 100,000's of gallons of gasoline and diesel every year. 

 

Do you? 

 

My most expensive month this year was April and I spent 4,320 baht on diesel and I drove 1,433 km.

 

In 2022 my most expensive month was August at 7.780 baht and 2,491 km.

 

If you are going to make outlandish claims try researching the topic first.

[onthedarkside]

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