Why do most people NOT smoke weed even though it's legal?

[JoseThailand]

After the 3 years of legal weed in Thailand, we can see that weed is still a very niche product. Not many people are using it. Many weed shops stay empty all day and  probably survive only because of the few regular customers.

 

Why is it so? Why do most people not smoke weed? Why are most people absolutely okay with alcohol, but not weed?

[BritManToo]

I pay 2-5bht/g for cannabis using LINE, hardly anyone (except tourists) will pay 200bht/g from a shop.

 

Yesterday's order 100gm, 229bht cod.

 

[marin]

8 minutes ago, JoseThailand said:

Why is it so? Why do most people not smoke weed? Why are most people absolutely okay with alcohol, but not weed?

For me its not so simple. Why would I go into a weed shop that charges 200-800 baht a gram for weed when I can buy it online for literally 1/10th of that price. 

[transam]

I don't need it, a beer is quite adequate for me................🤗

[ElwoodP]

Troll posts and emojis removed.

This section of the forum is not for trolls that don't use cannabis.

Continue, and official warnings will be given.

[JackGats]

Why do many people NOT drink alcohol even though it's legal?

[RSD1]

4 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

After the 3 years of legal weed in Thailand, we can see that weed is still a very niche product. Not many people are using it.

 

You must be joking. You’re completely lost. There was an article a few months ago from one of the Thai government agencies stating that cannabis use in Thailand jumped from around 1 million users to about 7 million after it was decriminalized. If those numbers are accurate, that means roughly 10 percent of the population is using it.
 

4 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

Why is it so? Why do most people not smoke weed? Why are most people absolutely okay with alcohol, but not weed?

 

Again, what are you basing any of this on? The alcohol industry in Thailand has taken a big hit since weed was decriminalized.

 

It seems like you’re drawing all your unfounded conclusions just by walking past those high-end tourist-trap weed shops in Sukhumvit with their expensive fit-outs and no customers. That’s not where the 7 million cannabis users in Thailand are getting their weed. Most people either grow it themselves, buy it from someone in their village who’s growing it, or get it online from local vendors selling at much lower prices.

 

[HappyExpat57]

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I pay 2-5bht/g for cannabis using LINE, hardly anyone (except tourists) will pay 200bht/g from a shop.

 

Yesterday's order 100gm, 229bht cod.

 

I can just about SMELL this picture.

As Homer says, "mmmmmmmmmm."

[mogandave]

A lot of people’s lives are such that they do not need to get loaded. 

[zmisha]

Legalization of soft drugs makes it easier to get involved in the world of drugs. And after that, some people easily move on and try harder and harder drugs.