Strong Thai Public Support For Cannabis Reclassification

[gargamon]

1 hour ago, sidneybear said:

How do you know this? 

It's obvious.

[sidneybear]

12 minutes ago, gargamon said:

It's obvious.

Only to those who adhere to the atheist faith. Religion brings joy to millions. Why knock it, and why go to a religious country like Thailand when your atheist home country beckons? Are you a masochist?

[Bday Prang]

1 hour ago, Metapod said:

 

who said people do drugs to escape reality? you are clueless grandpa

 but he's used the Dr. prefix in his username to imply a sense of superiority.  

[Bday Prang]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

Your memory is good to a point, but your paraphrasing is inaccurate.

I was not 'proud' at chucking them out. It was my job. And I did not 'direct' them onto their motorbikes. I was amazed. I could not believe it.

And quite a few more 'stoned out of their heads' since then.

It not not a resort, nor my property.

Nice try at a misquote. Back to the drawing board?

       Well my recollection regarding what you posted is somewhat different than yours, I actually replied to your comment at the time, stating how irresponsible your actions were, and asking if you would do the same if they were drunk.  But nice try at wriggling out of it

       I am almost inclined to trawl through my post history to find a few quotes, not only to confirm what you wrote, but also to debunk the myth that cannabis adversely affects ones memory, but, unsurprisingly I couldn't be arsed

       I find it very difficult to believe that anybody who has spent 20 years in the hospitality industry has never encountered any problems with a drunken guest, where were you working? at a teetotal temperance retreat ?  

[ignore it]

The only thing that would put me off the weed might be an intrusive advert that I couldn't escape. 

[JimboB4]

Extremely misleading headline 🤣

[atpeace]

11 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Recreational cannabis is a problem.

Having to deal with stoned guests is a real PITA.

It is bad enough having to check them out of the villas, but then when I see them getting on a scooter or into a car and driving off - that is a real danger to innocent people.

And before we get the distractors, in more than 20 years in the hospitality business, I have never had a problem with a drunk guest.

Sorry, you're full of it.  We all live here and stay at resorts. Maybe in the last week? 

 

Recreational cannabis though can be problematic but comparing it to alcohol is silly.  Just watch all the drunks causing mayhem on Youtube here in Thailand.  Now compare that to stoned fools.  Maybe people just like filming drunks...

[dinsdale]

9 hours ago, Dr Jon said:

Some people must have a very sad existence if they need drugs or alcohol to escape from reality. I genuinely feel very sorry for anyone who has such a miserable life.

I guess all the religious people are firmly grounded in reality then. An almighty, omnipotent entity that created everything  and that nobody has ever seen and there is no evidence of is reality.  I'll take the alcohol and the odd puff over that any time. 

[Woof999]

4 hours ago, sidneybear said:

How do you know this? 

 

Because he's older than 5.

[daveAustin]

12 hours ago, Dr Jon said:

Some people must have a very sad existence if they need drugs or alcohol to escape from reality. I genuinely feel very sorry for anyone who has such a miserable life.

What about those that do these things socially and don’t need them to ‘escape reality, whatever that means’? Would that be acceptable to you or still get all bent out of shape? Why are you even concerned at what others do or don’t do? I genuinely feel sorry for those that judge or control others. Actually really yanks my chain, like this shyster, fake pissant government. Pure agenda. Leave people alone!

[JackGats]

16 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

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And before we get the distractors, in more than 20 years in the hospitality business, I have never had a problem with a drunk guest.

Must have been because you were drunk yourself.

[Bert got kinky]

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

When I die, I will be going to hell.

I have worked hard for that one.

Sadly, wifey will not be there. She was an angel.

 

PS if it is full of weed smokers, I may ask for a transfer.

 

PS if it is full of weed smokers, I may ask for a transfer.

 

Don't worry, I'm sure that there will be plenty of your alcoholic (yet peaceful 🤣) friends to keep you company.

 

[Sydebolle]

Is it just yet another smoke screen for something much bigger happening behind the curtains? 

 

I - for one - never tried the stuff and have no intention to start now. Most of these weed shops are empty, the hype is over and will settle to what the market can absorb. The move was brilliant as it de-criminalized the trade (which takes place irrespective of legality) and I do not think that it would create more "customers". Maybe one or the other will try it once and conclude that it is not worth the (legal) money. 

Thepsuthin's statement would have to rechecked, the 100,000 people questions (I question the figure already) were from all walks of life, all over Thailand and all over gender/age range? 

[Smilin in Thailand]

Thepsuthin's poll is clearly contrived.

 

Why?

 

Read the comment section of any post on this topic and the overwhelming majority of them speak in favor of keeping recreational cannabis legal.  True even at the Bangkok Post website.

 

Furthermore, almost all comments in favor of reclassifying cannabis as a narcotic are suspiciously troll like.

 

20 years in the hospitality industry and never seen a drunk customer?  Absolutely ludicrous, when they're people drinking their fill every single night at these places.
 

[billd766]

15 hours ago, atpeace said:

Sorry, you're full of it.  We all live here and stay at resorts. Maybe in the last week? 

 

Recreational cannabis though can be problematic but comparing it to alcohol is silly.  Just watch all the drunks causing mayhem on Youtube here in Thailand.  Now compare that to stoned fools.  Maybe people just like filming drunks...

Not everybody who posts comments lives in Thailand and not everybody lives in resorts.

 

"We" as in you might so speak for yourself and perhaps those who may agree with you. You certainly don't speak for me.

 

I don't think I know anybody who lives in a resort permanently, and most of the people that I do know, farangs and Thais alike, live in houses with their families, over their businesses or in condos.

[Bangel72]

Interesting turn around in the poll results.

 

Earlier in month it was inferred most voters wanted regulation over criminalisation.

 

Suspect that triggered a few more voters. might be worth looking for anomalies in voting.

 

Some pro groups were asking customers to provide feedback via the and were open about this, guessing some anti groups did the same once it was felt the results did not match what they wanted.

 

 

[atpeace]

8 hours ago, billd766 said:

Not everybody who posts comments lives in Thailand and not everybody lives in resorts.

 

"We" as in you might so speak for yourself and perhaps those who may agree with you. You certainly don't speak for me.

 

I don't think I know anybody who lives in a resort permanently, and most of the people that I do know, farangs and Thais alike, live in houses with their families, over their businesses or in condos.

I stay at resorts and don't live.  Sorry for the confusion.  I thought most would understand what I was saying but possibly not 🙂

[Chris Daley]

And on your left, food being sold next to an open sewer.

[droopy swingers]

it's very smelly isnt it.

 

[billd766]

1 hour ago, atpeace said:

I stay at resorts and don't live.  Sorry for the confusion.  I thought most would understand what I was saying but possibly not 🙂

I misunderstood your post so the fault is mine. Sorry.

 

I can't remember ever staying at a resort in Thailand, even when I was working here. Probably because I was moving every day to another job somewhere else. I used to live in Bangkok on Friday and the weekend, then back up to the Issan region from Monday to Thursday night and back to Bangkok for the weekend.

[kiwikeith]

On 6/27/2024 at 9:57 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I live in lower Sukhumvit in Bangkok, and I am aware that this is a little different than the rest of Thailand. But here it seems weed is available on every corner with big advertisements. That looks like 100% recreational usage to me.

 

Personally, I think having it legal is better than illegal with gangs. But it must be properly regulated. Advertisement and open sales everywhere are not good for the nation's health.

 

 

The THC isn't controlled, so organized crime will have a hand in this, they must have thought Xmas came to their doorstep, it's making certain people filthy rich, just as casino's will, and the nation will get sicker, the poor will become poorer and crime will get worse and worse, casino's changed NZ,crime increased, drug use is out of control, does Thailand think this wont happen, it's only about money. 

[OneMoreFarang]

58 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

The THC isn't controlled, so organized crime will have a hand in this, they must have thought Xmas came to their doorstep, it's making certain people filthy rich, just as casino's will, and the nation will get sicker, the poor will become poorer and crime will get worse and worse, casino's changed NZ,crime increased, drug use is out of control, does Thailand think this wont happen, it's only about money. 

Illegal casinos are all over Thailand. I "knew" one between Sukhumvit Soi 5 and Soi 7. They didn't even try to hide it. And every time I walked by it was full of people, including police.

Making the existing casinos legal and tax them might be a good idea.

 

[sidneybear]

On 6/27/2024 at 10:06 PM, Woof999 said:

 

Because he's older than 5.

How do you know that? 

[jtrump]

On 6/27/2024 at 1:38 PM, cncltd1973 said:

did they get this backward? why care about the non-narcotic parts?

What is funny is THC is not a narcotic until you heat it.  raw cannabis will not get you high.  THCA will though which is what it turns into after heating.