Homeless Woman Using Illegal Drugs Openly on Pattaya Street Raises Concerns Over City Image

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Pattaya — A homeless woman was spotted openly using illegal drugs on Pattaya’s busy Soi Buakhao, drawing concern from locals and tourists.

A Facebook user recently posted about a woman who appeared to be homeless, sitting on the side of Soi Buakhao Road in Pattaya, apparently using illegal drugs openly.

 

The post included photos showing the woman holding drug paraphernalia in one hand and a lighter in the other. Many tourists, both Thai and foreign, passed by and witnessed the distressing scene.

 

Upon investigating the area on September 18th, local reporters found the woman still sitting on the roadside. She was picking at sores on her body, surrounded by heaps of belongings. Some foreign tourists passing by offered her money out of sympathy, while others looked on her with pity.

A local resident said that despite previous complaints to authorities, the woman returned to the same spot within two days with even more belongings.

 

The woman is often seen using drugs under the cover of a yellow umbrella, and she reportedly urinated and defecated near drainage pipes, which tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

PHOTO: TMN Cable TV Pattaya

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 

-- 2024-09-20
 

 

[MarkBR]

Maybe mental health problems involved and Pattaya authorities should do something to help.  Lack of effective mental health policy & treatment in Thailand (and many other countries generates far more problems).

[Bday Prang]

So great concern for the potentially tarnished image of  Pattaya,  but little concern for a very vulnerable , homeless woman who obviously has serious issues.

 Apparently some passers by offered her money , but what did the "local reporters" do other than stand and stare whilst taking photos of her on their mobile phones? 

 What image do the authorities think Pattaya has globally ?   and more importantly, how have they  actually arrived at that conclusion?   

   

[mikebell]

33 minutes ago, webfact said:

urinated and defecated near drainage pipes, which tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation.

Puts the tourists-peeing-in-the-sea story in the shade.

[steven100]

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

she reportedly urinated and defecated near drainage pipes, which tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation.

 

 

not sure which is worse,  the urinating and crap or the exposed drug use ....   

 

 

I thought Pattaya was a pristine gold family resort,    the family would need to be careful and not step in anything she left near the pipes. 

[lordgrinz]

"Tarnish"? I beg to differ, she is the perfect symbol for Pattaya, they should put this picture on a billboard when welcoming people to the family-friendly city.

 

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which tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation

 

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Puts the tourists-peeing-in-the-sea story in the shade.

 

oh but wasn't there a netizen uproar about him,   and now this but netizens have shut their mouths because it's a thai.  They make me sick. 

[MarkBR]

7 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

oh but wasn't there a netizen uproar about him,   and now this but netizens have shut their mouths because it's a thai.  They make me sick. 

Same effect in most countries those viewed as native to country get far more sympathy than those viewed as alien/foreign.  Note treatment of asylum seekers, immigrants & refugees by redtop media/internet media in UK.

[jacko45k]

5 minutes ago, MarkBR said:

Same effect in most countries those viewed as native to country get far more sympathy than those viewed as alien/foreign.  Note treatment of asylum seekers, immigrants & refugees by redtop media/internet media in UK.

You maybe present a contradiction.......?

Surely in the UK illegals seem to do better than homeless British veterans and mentally ill! What redtops print about it is not really 'treatment', just press seeking to  sell papers.

Edited 6 hours ago by jacko45k

[MarkBR]

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

You maybe present a contradiction.......?

Surely in the UK illegals seem to do better than homeless British veterans and mentally ill! What redtops print about it is not really 'treatment', just press seeking to  sell papers.

I agreed that mental health & physical health policy & treatment of British veterans & the mentally ill is appalling. The existence of foodbanks is appalling.  But they are still viewed far more sympathetically (although, I think it is just words often rather than effective help) than those who are asylum seekers (one of my ex-students was from Benghazi, Libya - a very good decent human being - but had  to escape when Force Majure was declared as it was disintegrating), immigrants or refugees.

Your statement/comment illustrates my point.

[Grumpy one]

These officials who claim this woman is tarnishing Patts good name need to undergo some serious drug testing.

The rat's nest is not a family friendly resort.

[Grumpy one]

Just now, Grumpy one said:

These officials who claim this woman is tarnishing Patts good name need to undergo some serious drug testing.

The rat's nest is not a family friendly resort. 

Ask any Indian they will tell you 

 

[MalcolmB]

44 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

oh but wasn't there a netizen uproar about him,   and now this but netizens have shut their mouths because it's a thai.  They make me sick. 

If you read the Facebook comments on this one you see similar, or perhaps worse comments about this incident. So you are just imagining things and making yourself sick.

 

Get well soon.

 

Drugs and mental illness with this woman, the beach pisser was drunk?

[Tropicalevo]

Another Thai who will not get the 10,000 baht voting bribe.

Simple reason - no address, no vote.

[Udom]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

"...tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation."

It's a joke, right?😁😁

[TheFishman1]

Yeah, this government should be ashamed of itself corruption from the top to the bottom, but it comes to helping a person that obviously has some mental issues. They do absolutely nothing justice in Thailand so where is the Red Bull TIT?

[bbbbooboo]

hmmm…… you mean it’s image as a family friendly city…..? Quelle horreur?

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A Facebook user recently posted about a woman who appeared to be homeless, sitting on the side of Soi Buakhao Road in Pattaya, apparently using illegal drugs openly.

 

The post included photos showing the woman holding drug paraphernalia in one hand and a lighter in the other. Many tourists, both Thai and foreign, passed by and witnessed the distressing scene.

I wonder if TAT have thought about twinning with California?

[eastlight]

4 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

These officials who claim this woman is tarnishing Patts good name need to undergo some serious drug testing.

The rat's nest is not a family friendly resort.

Patts?

[Sig]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

....which tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation.

Finally, at the very end of the article, their real concern comes out. They couldn't give a rat's a** about the woman, just the reputation of the world class family friendly tourist destination.🤮

[MarkBR]

3 minutes ago, Sig said:

Finally, at the very end of the article, their real concern comes out. They couldn't give a rat's a** about the woman, just the reputation of the world class family friendly tourist destination.🤮

 

3 minutes ago, Sig said:

Finally, at the very end of the article, their real concern comes out. They couldn't give a rat's a** about the woman, just the reputation of the world class family friendly tourist destination.🤮

Indeed - bitter laughter.

[Slocum]

Perfect Country to legilise Drugs...What a beautiful Scene...Go back to basic...it's all the country doing......nobody to blame....

[black tabby12345]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Pattaya — A homeless woman was spotted openly using illegal drugs on Pattaya’s busy Soi Buakhao, drawing concern from locals and tourists.

...tarnished Pattaya’s tourism reputation.

-- 2024-09-20
 

 

 

What makes them so worry about 'its image'?

Pattaya is nothing like the sacred site.

Developed to function as  the  Sin City for military R&R during Vietnam  War Era in the first place.

In which way, that town's image can be stained that much, just because someone filmed one drug addict in the street?

Looks like tourism promoters simply want to pretend that sort of negative phenomenon doesn't exist there.

 

 

 

Edited 52 minutes ago by black tabby12345

[black tabby12345]

5 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

"Tarnish"? I beg to differ, she is the perfect symbol for Pattaya, they should put this picture on a billboard when welcoming people to the family-friendly city.

 

 

 

LOL.

[ignore it]

Homeless

Getting high on the side of the street

Where the heck does she think she is.

San Francisco?