All of this because of a battle between yes or no casinos,very sad.

20 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

unless of course one is a drug smuggler,  Seriously though anybody who needs to be told this should not be allowed to travel internationally. However, if cannabis is to become a "prescription" drug I see no reason for it to be treated any different than any other prescription drug  IE  if one has a script from their home country for medical cannabis there really should not be a problem.  I wouldn't put it to the test though, not yet anyway

No, this way of thinking does not take into consideration that there's no universal standard. In your home country cannabis has been decriminalized, it's considered a medicine, wonderful. But in country X, cannabis is still stigmatized, it's seen as a harmful drug that destroys the youth, not only that they created an expensive way of catching and arresting the possible violators to this. You country's standard is NOT universal! 

4 minutes ago, Shocked farang said:

No, this way of thinking does not take into consideration that there's no universal standard. In your home country cannabis has been decriminalized, it's considered a medicine, wonderful. But in country X, cannabis is still stigmatized, it's seen as a harmful drug that destroys the youth, not only that they created an expensive way of catching and arresting the possible violators to this. You country's standard is NOT universal! 

Duh!  I come from the UK . cannabis is and always has been illegal, 45 minutes away is Holland were cannabis is effectively legal. I made many trips there but was never stupid enough to try smuggling anything back to the UK.  Its a  simple matter  to establish the legality . I thank the lord daily that my countries attitude to cannabis  is not universal

9 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

i would imagine back ache would get you nowhere,,  Cancer and epilepsy have been mentioned, but the easiest on the list if I remember correctly would be insomnia 

Chronic pain is generally covered by medical marijuana.

BBC News, 

I know,

Basically greedy money makers selling to smuggling gangs for mules to take to Europe and beyond including those 2 girls who face long prison sentences in Georgia and Sri Lanka.

Now the pressure is on the Thai Government from the rest of the world to clean its act up.

To many lives ruined for gullable people 

11 hours ago, Magictoad said:

And your point is? How many industries voluntarily self regulate? Hotel? Bars? Cars? Building? Construction? Water supply? Why do you expect dope to self regulate? It's a bit silly.

Business groups are fond of saying how they can self regulate. There are people in this forum who regularly complain about government meddling in business affairs. And now we see why some people cannot be trusted to self regulate. 

The Thai media sector is in large part self regulating, and the self regulations have been expanding

https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2300386/calls-for-over-the-top-video-industry-to-be-self-regulating

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thailands-film-industry-set-for-transformation-with-new-self-regulation-bill

 

 

11 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

so with so many illegal things in Thailand being widespread  as you say , why do you think new regulations will make any difference

Because now  actions can be taken  against irresponsible shop owners. It's like the bar regulations. Get enough complaints and there is an enforcement action.

12 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

There is a list of approved medical conditions for which cannabis can be described, I have seen  it , there were only about half a dozen conditions on the list and I'm sure erectile disfunction was not there. It may not be as easy as California 

 

You got the list? I mean, isn't pain on the list? I need major joint surgery. There is pain. I need a joint replaced (no pun intended). This is not adequate? They're really going to require we're dying of cancer? This place has really taken a step back to the 1950s. Very disgusting. I'm going on a ganja run today. I'm going to fill my <deleted> hatchback with it. 

13 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

There is a list of approved medical conditions for which cannabis can be described, I have seen  it , there were only about half a dozen conditions on the list and I'm sure erectile disfunction was not there. It may not be as easy as California 

 

Ministry of Public Health issued the list yesterday with the form... i think i'll pick one a month lol

 

The 15 eligible conditions include chronic pain, muscle spasms, joint pain, cancer, nausea, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, asthma, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease.

 

 

 

duplicate post.. 

1 hour ago, roietfortress said:

 

The 15 eligible conditions include chronic pain, muscle spasms, joint pain, cancer, nausea, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, asthma, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease.

 

When are they going to set up this licensing bull<deleted>? When will they publish to the Royal Gazette? I assume they are closing down all dispensaries and it will take them like a year to figure out how to get a licensing scheme in place. I'm stocking up, to put it mildly. 

 

Chronic pain, muscle spasms, joint pain, nausea, insomnia, anxiety. If I report this, does my insurance company see this? Do I get dropped potentially by insurance? I doubt it. But god know. Are there going to be monthly limits? What are they? Can I pick my strain?

 

This is so backward thinking. Alcohol is fine. Bars everywhere. But this is somehow more dangerous. Oh, and I can get kratom, which is basically an opiate. I can buy that online. But cannabis is somehow worse. Oh, and they dusted off the old "cannabis addiction" mythology. We're back in the bad old days of Anslinger. Thais don't know the American history of cannabis prohibition. Same propaganda, different language. 

 

Anyway, where do I get the stupid license? /rant 

Info straight from a big supplier, provided to them by the Provincial Health Authority

 

1. Normal trading for next 2 months.

2. No smoking in the shops

3. Medical cert. not currently required (form in process of being designed)

4. No advertising at all.

The question is, will a prescription be a blank check to buy the kind of cannabis I like from whichever source I see fit? If it means all I'm allowed to do is buy a particular overpriced cannabis oil from a pseudo-pharmacy, that will be the end of legal cannabis in Thailand as far as I'm concerned.

10 minutes ago, JackGats said:

The question is, will a prescription be a blank check to buy the kind of cannabis I like from whichever source I see fit? If it means all I'm allowed to do is buy a particular overpriced cannabis oil from a pseudo-pharmacy, that will be the end of legal cannabis in Thailand as far as I'm concerned.

Why ask a question, when nobody knows the answer to future rules, if they even happen.

3. Medical cert. not currently required (form in process of being designed)

 

19 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Info straight from a big supplier, provided to them by the Provincial Health Authority

 

1. Normal trading for next 2 months.

2. No smoking in the shops

3. Medical cert. not currently required (form in process of being designed)

4. No advertising at all.

 

I got one as well.

 

Full translated text:

Summary from what the department announced and I asked the provincial public health office myself:

Not yet required for GACP

In the meantime, a brief summary while waiting for the provincial public health offices of each province to come out and summarize:

1. Normal trading for 2 months

2. No smoking in the shop

3. Submit information for Por Tor 27 and Por Tor 28

4. Buyers do not need a medical certificate yet (in the process of making the form) ***I repeat, you do not need to use it yet.

5. Do not post any advertisements at all.
No need to be alarmed, this is the time for capitalists to rake in money, GACP work, low farm prices, G25-35.

As for normal grade farm work, it is still the same.

*If the shop owner wants to consult on the next approach, please inform the admin for my contact number.

 

i'm not going into a government database of medical users.

 

however i could see a problem if i have a major health issue and they test for cannabis. health insurance might not cover the cost. then again this wasn't a problem before May 2022.

 

stock up and ride it out. get seeds too. things change here all the time. 

 

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13 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Business groups are fond of saying how they can self regulate.

Yeah right. Do we know who are the 'big' players in owning/operating marijuana shops? There seem to be hundreds if not a thousand of them. So it's 'highly' unlikely all are sole-proprietors with money to get a lease in a prominent place, kit a place out and stock it - when there doesn't appear to be a big market to sustain all of these shops month in, month out. Of course that leads to suspicions of a shop (many?) existing solely for the purposes of money laundering in some cases. So yeah, business 'groups' - whoever they are, and operating in that latter category - will be trying to figure out how they fake doctor's prescriptions and what happens if raided.

So if this goes through, how would it work?

So you get a scrip related to your health conditions.

Then what?

Are you then restricted to specific strains that are meant to help with your ailment?

Will potent high THC flowers still be for sale, or only very low THC stuff?

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

So if this goes through, how would it work?

So you get a scrip related to your health conditions.

Then what?

Are you then restricted to specific strains that are meant to help with your ailment?

Will potent high THC flowers still be for sale, or only very low THC stuff?

 

 Dont worry regulating strains and THC levels is far far far to complicated it will never happen.

On 6/27/2025 at 10:55 AM, Patong2021 said:

Because now  actions can be taken  against irresponsible shop owners. It's like the bar regulations. Get enough complaints and there is an enforcement action.

if you say so. 

11 hours ago, Jingthing said:

So if this goes through, how would it work?

So you get a scrip related to your health conditions.

Then what?

Are you then restricted to specific strains that are meant to help with your ailment?

Will potent high THC flowers still be for sale, or only very low THC stuff?

will they even supply bud ?  maybe it will only be oil

On 6/27/2025 at 8:38 AM, jvs said:

All of this because of a battle between yes or no casinos,very sad.

not just casinos, you can include a number of anti cannabis stalwarts  , those who are still infected with the reefer madness of the early 20th century

On 6/26/2025 at 5:49 AM, Bday Prang said:

If you actually read what was written in the royal gazette announcement that a member has already uploaded here, you would see that it is not a requirement to have a Dr present for sales , only if people are smoking on the premises

I suggest you read it before commenting further

What now? Still dismissing or disagreeing existing pharmacies could be replacing the existing dispensaries? After all pharmacies who handle classified drugs needs a dr or similar required present as the proposal as I said in my previous post you disagreed with

Licensed premises will be required to have medical professionals, such as doctors or pharmacists, on-site. Additionally, retailers need approval from local administrative bodies due to public nuisance concerns related to the strong smell of cannabis
 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1365076-thailand-delays-some-requirements-of-new-cannabis-rules/

 

On 6/26/2025 at 5:07 AM, Hummin said:

If it’s for medical use, and need an dr present for sales, wouldn’t it be more natural the existing legal pharmacies takes over the distribution ?

 

9 minutes ago, Hummin said:

What now? Still dismissing or disagreeing existing pharmacies could be replacing the existing dispensaries? After all pharmacies who handle classified drugs needs a dr or similar required present as the proposal as I said in my previous post you disagreed with

Licensed premises will be required to have medical professionals, such as doctors or pharmacists, on-site. Additionally, retailers need approval from local administrative bodies due to public nuisance concerns related to the strong smell of cannabis
 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1365076-thailand-delays-some-requirements-of-new-cannabis-rules/

 

 

You are dreaming   Mark my words pharmacies will not be selling weed, and   weed shops will not be employing doctors (for gods sake what for).   Furthermore pharmacies are not and have never been required to have a doctor on the premises.

You can't have been here long , you have no idea how things work,  approval from "local administrative bodies"  

 

i'm heading out to set up my new broccoli greenhouse ☮️✌️

 

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3 hours ago, roietfortress said:

i'm heading out to set up my new broccoli greenhouse ☮️✌️

 

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the wife already called this one for some lame vegetables and sprouts. i bought three tho lol

 

sprinkler line and electricity intake at the back right corner on the deck.

 

these things are still on sale at Global for 2330. heavy weight metal bars/shelves and decent tarp.

1.75m wide x 2.5m deep x 2.1m tall

 

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