Australian Tourist in Coma After Wading into Pattaya Sea While High on Marijuana

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Pattaya — An Australian tourist was rescued after nearly drowning at Pattaya Beach on Monday, April 1st, 2024. The tourist smoked marijuana before the incident, said his wife.

The incident happened at 03:16 AM yesterday in front of Soi Jomtien 11, Pattaya City, Nongprue sub-district, Banglamung district, Chonburi province. The victim, publicly identified by Pattaya police as Mr. Loy Malcolm Ayles, 58, was swimming in the sea when he suddenly disappeared underwater. A good Samaritan saw the incident and swam to his rescue.

 

Mr. Loy was pulled unconscious from the water and brought to the beach. Rescue workers performed CPR and rushed him to a local hospital.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-04-02

 

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[flyingtlger]

Must have been some strong weed 😵‍💫....

[AlexRich]

I can’t help thinking that relaxing the weed laws will have dire consequences down the road.

[rattlesnake]

7 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

I can’t help thinking that relaxing the weed laws will have dire consequences down the road.

 

It did and they are tightening them again.

[pomchop]

I would bet an oz of good weed that there was also some alcohol involved in  a 3 am swim.

[ezzra]

You do get the odd numb-nuts (to say the least) among the tens of millions of tourists coming to Thailand as

these pages have been shown...

[2baht]

Damned weed again!!! Does anyone know the supplier??? Sounds like good weed, pity, he must have an underlying condition! 

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

A good Samaritan saw the incident and swam to his rescue

This is fake news. 

 

3am, all the 'good Samaritans' are sleeping. 

 

I reckon it one of those 'bad Samaritans', a ladyboy's looking for people's belongings on the shoreline. 

 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The victim, publicly identified by Pattaya police as Mr. Loy Malcolm Ayles, 58

I hope you recover quickly Mal. 

 

 

[stoner]

3 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

It did and they are tightening them again.

 

what dire consequences would those be ? i must of missed the memo.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, pomchop said:

I would bet an oz of good weed that there was also some alcohol involved in  a 3 am swim.

Yes, I suspect you are right there. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

An Australian tourist was rescued after nearly drowning at Pattaya Beach on Monday, April 1st, 2024. The tourist smoked marijuana before the incident, said his wife.

The incident happened at 03:16 AM

As dumb as it gets.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Damned weed again!!! Does anyone know the supplier??? Sounds like good weed, pity, he must have an underlying condition! 

No brain.

[daveAustin]

This one in a million kind of thing is all the ammunition smiling donkey needs to ban it again. 

[bradiston]

He had a couple of spliffs before going for a run, last seen heading for Calais. Lost Monty Python script, surely.

[roo860]

3 hours ago, pomchop said:

I would bet an oz of good weed that there was also some alcohol involved in  a 3 am swim.

Channel 32 news yesterday morning said he was drunk and his wife confirmed it. It showed him having CPR, he looked in a bad state.

[soalbundy]

well done that man, we knew you had it in you.

[Scouse123]

58 years old, Australian, 3 am, drunk on alcohol and high on weed.

 

What could go wrong?

[1sickpuppy]

4 hours ago, AlexRich said:

I can’t help thinking that relaxing the weed laws will have dire consequences down the road.

it will never be anywhere near as drunken idiots , fighting n road kills

[Pouatchee]

heart attack blamed on pot... anything to criminalise it again... pathetic

[Bday Prang]

And as I predicted the choreographed media assault on cannabis has started again,  Fake news without doubt, I'm not saying the incident didn't take place, but I am pretty much certain that cannabis was not responsible for him sinking,   If losing buoyancy was a side effect (which it is not) this would not be the first time this has happened, and as there is no evidence that cannabis was a contributory factor why was it even mentioned?  

[Bday Prang]

4 hours ago, pomchop said:

I would bet an oz of good weed that there was also some alcohol involved in  a 3 am swim.

an Oz or an Aus?

[nobodysfriend]

4 hours ago, AlexRich said:

I can’t help thinking that relaxing the weed laws will have dire consequences down the road.

 

At least he did not kill a whole thai family with his truck while driving drunk ...

[Bday Prang]

6 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

heart attack blamed on pot... anything to criminalise it again... pathetic

It is indeed absolutely pathetic but the uninformed prohibitionists will of course fully embrace this as the truth, we will hear a lot more incredible reports like this over the next few links, In the lead up to any proposed changes in legislation.  If this is the best they can do, they really are clutching at straws

      This regurgitation of reefer madness should be called out for the b/s that it is.  It really is an insult to (most)  peoples intelligence

[cowellandrew]

34 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

58 years old, Australian, 3 am, drunk on alcohol and high on weed.

 

What could go wrong?

Riding your motorcycle back to your hotel with two ladyboys on the back, after your swim!

😂

[KhunLA]

13 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

heart attack blamed on pot... anything to criminalise it again... pathetic

No mention of heart attack in news-blip ...

... but I'm confuses, was he wading or swimming.

 

So did the ganga cause the coma, or simple exposure to the seawater at Patt's beach ... 

[MarkBR]

Very unlikely to have just been cannabis.

[stoner]

1 minute ago, Bday Prang said:

It is indeed absolutely pathetic but the uninformed prohibitionists will of course fully embrace this as the truth, we will hear a lot more incredible reports like this over the next few links, In the lead up to any proposed changes in legislation.  If this is the best they can do, they really are clutching at straws

      This regurgitation of reefer madness should be called out for the b/s that it is.  It really is an insult to (most)  peoples intelligence

 

with cannabis possibly popping up on a few states ballot this coming election the timing couldn't be worse for them to do an about turn. 

[Thingamabob]

I very much doubt weed was the cause of this incident. Alcohol more likely to be the culprit, as the man's wife later confirmed.

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

I very much doubt weed was the cause of this incident. Alcohol more likely to be the culprit, as the man's wife later confirmed.

It is possibly a factor.... a mix of the two..... I  know that the two do not mix well with me.