Jail time to return for Cannabis players as PM describes the trade as a threat to Thailand

[spermwhale]

How do you put the genie back in the bottle? There's a lot of money invested in the industry now. I know an American fellow who is advising a former Army general on growing weed upcountry. TreHe

[Bangkok Barry]

Meanwhile in Germany:

Cannabis users 'will have a new place within our society': Germany prepares to legalise home cultivation

[Muzzique]

5 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:

never thought I'd be able to say this but this guy is worse than Prayut

 

Isn't it ironic that the bottom of the barrel you are already scraping always seems to have a false floor where you can scrape much deeper when it comes to Thailand.

[Colabamumbai]

I'm  D I Y guy myself. Hashman. 

[Gandtee]

And what does Anutin say? "Don't blame me. It's all a misunderstanding. Those dirty falangs just stirred it up for me."😉

[tandor]

6 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Will it  be a  public stoning for Anutin then? didnt  think so

...different type of 'stoning' OP

[Bobthegimp]

Comedy gold!  Thank you root admin for bringing a smile to my face on this most auspicious day. 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai PM Srettha vows crackdown on cannabis trade, labelling it as a massive threat to the kingdom. Calls for the return of jail time.

But you allowed the instigator, Anutin into your coalition....

[Classic Ray]

On the one hand he talks about liberalizing the law on one drug, alcohol (which benefits a few rich monopolistic families) and on the other he wants to tighten the law on cannabis (which only benefits the SMEs). I wonder why?

[1happykamper]

Thai government loves using that ON/OFF switch for soooo many things 

[eumenades]

There must have been people like this during 20s America. Equating sobriety with conservative middle-class values. Prohibition as the answer to all that Cheech and Chong nonsense, not to mention Freewheelin' Franklin. Marijuana as the root cause of all society's ills. Do you reckon opinions like this are genetic? Has he ever tried a puff? History repeats. (The photo below has obviously not finished its fermentation!) 

 

 

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Bravo PM, you're on the right track! Keep up your good work.

[Thingamabob]

6 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

I see recreational drugs, tobacco, now cannabis, as having young Thai men, some that are still kids, as main users.

They start early morning to come get their bottle of cannabis, hemp products, cigarette in the mouth, as these immature men need something like that to make them feel part of a crowds, and feel like men. And a lot of money is spent on these products. Just one seller close by here, bought a new Honda car, and a new motorbike as well.

 

Men that are already immature, not wanting to take responsibility for their actions, even responsibility for children that they father along.

Now the number of cannabis shops are on a course to surpass the number of 7-11 shops.

 

I do not see anything good coming out of that in Thailand.

 

Perhaps the government had good intentions at the onset of the liberalization of cannabis, and what they see makes them question their first decision...

What a load of depressing banality. Lighten up for heaven's sake !

[Modern Coding]

April Fool's Day.

[GregBow]

6 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

love it.

 

Jail and deport.

Not so long after his sit down meeting with Thaksin!

Coincidence?

But it is being globally over pushed on social media by foreigners espousing huge brocolli and other product sales and I think this attention was not anticipated and is not welcomed.

Hopefully a less dramatic solution than Thaksin or Duerte ones in history.

 

[JCauto]

6 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

I see recreational drugs, tobacco, now cannabis, as having young Thai men, some that are still kids, as main users.

They start early morning to come get their bottle of cannabis, hemp products, cigarette in the mouth, as these immature men need something like that to make them feel part of a crowds, and feel like men. And a lot of money is spent on these products. Just one seller close by here, bought a new Honda car, and a new motorbike as well.

 

Men that are already immature, not wanting to take responsibility for their actions, even responsibility for children that they father along.

Now the number of cannabis shops are on a course to surpass the number of 7-11 shops.

 

I do not see anything good coming out of that in Thailand.

 

Perhaps the government had good intentions at the onset of the liberalization of cannabis, and what they see makes them question their first decision...

 

Right, so before cannabis was legalized here, what you described simply didn't occur? Or since legalization, things have gone on a downhill slide?

Or the only major real change was that they made sure for the nth consecutive election that those receiving the most votes and clear mandate from the population were disqualified on spurious reasons?  Would that be a bigger impact that legalization of a plant?

[wombat]

"not a positive for the kingdom’s economy at all"

 

At this point I laughed.

 

 

 

 

 

[Thingamabob]

PM's true colours now revealed by a covert interview conducted abroad, including a comment that he intends to eliminate any sense of a  'free wheeling liberal atmosphere' in Thailand. What a miserable prospect.

[Purdey]

Seems like there's a lot of things that cause violence and vehicular deaths like alcohol, Yaba, etc., but they can't be controlled. 

[CM Dad]

The real danger to the country is the air pollution every spring that is getting worse and worse each year, but let's not talk about that - we don't want to upset the agri-business.

[Cabradelmar]

The only threat to THA is a hi-so boomer of chinese descent pretending he knows how to govern a nation #donkey

[Marco51]

6 hours ago, daveAustin said:

He and his ilk are the biggest threat to Thailand, not some harmless plant. A total idiot and a bogus pm at that, put in place by cheating. 

He isn't in charge, his puppet master and the chinese ambassador tell him what to think. He is there to grin and wave.

[Spock]

7 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

love it.

 

Jail and deport.

I'd rather see you deported.

[charleskerins]

7 hours ago, Celsius said:

 

love it.

 

Jail and deport.

They are going to jail and deport their own people -   to where Gangi land?

[AustinRacing]

Sounds like the sort of thing Taksin would say. Has the REAL leader spoken?

[Lanny Wilkinson]

Once you open Pandoras box it is hard to close. 

 

[zhounan]

The first guy to be put in jail should be Mr.Anutin

[sabai-dee-man]

Too many rich, influential, and dangerous [Thai] people involved in the cannabis trade to ever stop it now.

Going against these people is like signing your own death warrant. The proverbial genie's already out of the bottle.

[Chivas]

Excellent news

Have a lead in time of 3 months (to play nicely) and then hard cut off point

 

Then any foreigners stinking the place out immediate lifetime persona non grata in passport and deportation

 

No messing.....

[Srikcir]

6 hours ago, dinsdale said:

makes some profit which is injected back into society.

You can add VAT going to the State for all the purchases resulting from sale of cannabis as well as additional income tax to the State on business profits.