3 minutes ago, shocky2012 said:

I hate how there's so many bars, it's so in your face all the time! Ban alcohol! /s
 

People don't like it cause stigma, you can't apply this logic to anything else hamburgers, massages, etc. Stop trying to pretend it's anything else.
 

So what if there are lots of cannabis stores? Did the cannabis store touch you?

peoples aversion to cannabis is  due to the refer madness propaganda of 100 years ago, Its actually a testament to the power of propaganda, It is no different than advertising in its ability to affect peoples thinking. Unlike advertising however there is no obligation to stick to the truth.  Its only to be expected that a few simpletons will fall for the hype , and even start spreading it themselves. One only has to look at the covid "pandemic" to see examples, eg more small minded idiots screaming at others to mask up etc

8 minutes ago, baansgr said:

So a study over 8 years by various western countries....is rubbish 😁 😁 😁 

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/02/health/alcohol-abuse-heart-disease-risk
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/15/health/arsenic-cadmium-rice-wellness
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/19/health/red-meat-type-2-diabetes-risk-study-wellness

See what I did there? 

16 minutes ago, shocky2012 said:

I hate how there's so many bars, it's so in your face all the time! Ban alcohol! /s
 

People don't like it cause stigma, you can't apply this logic to anything else hamburgers, massages, etc. Stop trying to pretend it's anything else.
 

So what if there are lots of cannabis stores? Did the cannabis store touch you?

Yes, the idiots that use weed and drive like lunatics pulling wheelies on one way streets...don't start..potheads are the scourge of Thailand, and potential murderers

5 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

peoples aversion to cannabis is  due to the refer madness propaganda of 100 years ago, Its actually a testament to the power of propaganda, It is no different than advertising in its ability to affect peoples thinking. Unlike advertising however there is no obligation to stick to the truth.  Its only to be expected that a few simpletons will fall for the hype , and even start spreading it themselves. One only has to look at the covid "pandemic" to see examples, eg more small minded idiots screaming at others to mask up etc

Totally agree. Some people, you just can’t have a real conversation with, they’re not interested in facts or nuance. They just want to shout the loudest and push whatever fear-based narrative they’ve absorbed.
 

Lately, I keep seeing these bizarre, exaggerated stories floating around, like “someone mutilated their feet on weed” or “they smoked and started stabbing people.” It’s laughable. Most of the time, the people spreading this stuff have never even touched cannabis, let alone taken the time to understand it.
 

It’s wild how deep propaganda can run, you plant a seed of fear, water it with a few headlines, and next thing you know, people are convinced cannabis is turning cities into warzones. Meanwhile, they’ll down five whiskeys a night without blinking.
 

Honestly, the most dangerous thing about weed for some people is that it might make them question what else they’ve been lied to about.

6 minutes ago, baansgr said:

So a study over 8 years by various western countries....is rubbish 😁 😁 😁 

yes, now you are starting to understand. every single "study" commissioned has been for the sole purpose of keeping cannabis illegal, Those conducting the research are only too aware of this,if they want their funding to continue they need to provide acceptable results. Why are you so willing to believe all you hear? the simple answer is that it reinforces your irrational fears which as I said before are based on old propaganda from the good old USA.  

4 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

yes, now you are starting to understand. every single "study" commissioned has been for the sole purpose of keeping cannabis illegal, Those conducting the research are only too aware of this,if they want their funding to continue they need to provide acceptable results. Why are you so willing to believe all you hear? the simple answer is that it reinforces your irrational fears which as I said before are based on old propaganda from the good old USA.  

But you believe studies on alcohol.. 😁 😁 😁 

9 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Yes, the idiots that use weed and drive like lunatics pulling wheelies on one way streets...don't start..potheads are the scourge of Thailand, and potential murderers

how on earth do you know that "people pulling wheelies on one way streets " have been smoking cannabis? the answer is ..you do not, you are making things up and you should stop.

 

"potential murderers"  now you really are sounding ridiculous, could be time for you to retire to the day room with a cup of milky tea, 

Just now, baansgr said:

But you believe studies on alcohol.. 😁 😁 😁 

Making things up again ? No I do not believe studies on alcohol and I never said I did,  However in my 63 years on this planet I have seen with my own eyes the associated problems. All the alleged negativity you mistakenly connect to cannabis pales into insignificance by comparison.  

Your entire anti cannabis attitude is , as I said before, based on outdated propaganda courtesy of governments.  You are the ideal compliant citizen who believes all he is told, and that is not a compliment

18 minutes ago, shocky2012 said:

Lately, I keep seeing these bizarre, exaggerated stories floating around, like “someone mutilated their feet on weed” or “they smoked and started stabbing people.” It’s laughable. Most of the time, the people spreading this stuff have never even touched cannabis, let alone taken the time to understand it.

The exaggerated and mythical accounts of people mutilating themselves etc always appear in the news around the time any change in regulations are due to take place.  There are always useful idiots who will believe what they are told by the authorities

Another chaos looming.

Once deregulated completely.

Then make it illegal again?

Won't be able to  do it without great cost.

8 hours ago, baansgr said:

Another hippy relying on the 1970s Woodstock era myth of marijuana is harmless. It's not!!!..it's a dangerous mind altering drug that causes abnormal behaviour in it's users...including physcotic episodes which can lead to violence. No wonder there is so many violent outbursts each day in Phuket and Pattaya

First of all, I am and never have been a hippie. I was born later.

 

30 years of using cannabis hasn`t done me any harm, on the contrary, I have had a successful career in the Hotel business, Hospitality sector, Education and Marketing.

 

I am suffering from a rare disease for more than 20 years and I am fully supported by medical staff regarding the use of medical cannabis. Besides, it helps me to keep opioid medication on a very low scale. Otherwise, I would be hooked to these deadly opioid drugs.

 

No wonder there is so many violent outbursts each day in Phuket and Pattaya: Has nothing to do with it. The trigger of these kind of people doing stupid stuff is excessive alcohol use, using additionally other drugs or did you see any violent outbursts at Woodstock?

 

May you be blessed with your own wisdom. Opponents of cannabis have the right for their say. But please stay within the facts.  

On 6/26/2025 at 9:31 AM, Magictoad said:

Medical use LOL. Isn't that how morphine and heroin are used? For medical use? But it didn't really work out; did it?

What didn't work out? The "morphine" used in medecine is diacetyl morphine: (CH₃CO)₂ -Morphine. Diacetyl morphine is heroin but it wouldn't sound good to call it that, would it? It is a shame that people who call for the death penalty for dealers should be entitled to such painkillers when they come to the end of their despicable lives. They should be restricted to acetaminophen.

 

The medical case cannabis has largerly been a way to make any kind of legalisation acceptable for the bigotted masses. It has been so in the US as well.

As a non user, I hope they ban it...if you need weed that much, then you have problems. Am deliberately stirring the pot.... Now I await the attacks, from those who can't live without being doped up.

On 6/27/2025 at 8:28 AM, Bday Prang said:

peoples aversion to cannabis is  due to the refer madness propaganda of 100 years ago, Its actually a testament to the power of propaganda, It is no different than advertising in its ability to affect peoples thinking. Unlike advertising however there is no obligation to stick to the truth.  Its only to be expected that a few simpletons will fall for the hype , and even start spreading it themselves. One only has to look at the covid "pandemic" to see examples, eg more small minded idiots screaming at others to mask up etc

I suggest you actually do some more modern research on the affects of cannabis good and BAD .. then you will understand there why your comment is wrong.

On 6/27/2025 at 3:40 PM, JackGats said:

What didn't work out? The "morphine" used in medecine is diacetyl morphine: (CH₃CO)₂ -Morphine. Diacetyl morphine is heroin but it wouldn't sound good to call it that, would it? It is a shame that people who call for the death penalty for dealers should be entitled to such painkillers when they come to the end of their despicable lives. They should be restricted to acetaminophen.

 

The medical case cannabis has largerly been a way to make any kind of legalisation acceptable for the bigotted masses. It has been so in the US as well.

Irrational and illogical comments... One is prescribed by doctors, and in regulated dosage..the other is unregulated, very addictive...

On 6/27/2025 at 2:34 PM, Beat666 said:

First of all, I am and never have been a hippie. I was born later.

 

30 years of using cannabis hasn`t done me any harm, on the contrary, I have had a successful career in the Hotel business, Hospitality sector, Education and Marketing.

 

I am suffering from a rare disease for more than 20 years and I am fully supported by medical staff regarding the use of medical cannabis. Besides, it helps me to keep opioid medication on a very low scale. Otherwise, I would be hooked to these deadly opioid drugs.

 

No wonder there is so many violent outbursts each day in Phuket and Pattaya: Has nothing to do with it. The trigger of these kind of people doing stupid stuff is excessive alcohol use, using additionally other drugs or did you see any violent outbursts at Woodstock?

 

May you be blessed with your own wisdom. Opponents of cannabis have the right for their say. But please stay within the facts.  

Woodstock 1969 did have a few deaths

Woodstock 1999 had a lot of violence.

Woodstock 1969 theme was love and peace, a very different era to 2025.. can't really compare.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.746287/full

For those who say cannabis does not lead to violence... Time to update your out of date info.

No good down voting me...just try, if you can, to counter the article I linked to, your personal opinions do not count.

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.746287/full

30 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

I suggest you actually do some more modern research on the affects of cannabis good and BAD .. then you will understand there why your comment is wrong.

I do plenty of research every day , the practical sort, I have been doing it for 40 years, So I have first hand practical experience.   you on the other hand prefer to believe the contrived and twisted results of "research" commissioned and funded by those with an agenda. You have no practical first hand experience to draw on so basically you don't have a clue what you are talking about. better if you stop posting its becoming embarrassing.   If you don't want to smoke it fine, nobody is suggesting you should, but you need to stop interfering in the choices other grown adults  have made.  

On 6/26/2025 at 1:12 PM, Wuvu2 said:

Let's see what the Green Shirts can accomplish

Actually, cannabis leaf shirts. 

27 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

For those who say cannabis does not lead to violence... Time to update your out of date info.

No good down voting me...just try, if you can, to counter the article I linked to, your personal opinions do not count.

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.746287/full

Everybody is different and drugs can affect people in different ways, maybe some people do become violent after using weed.   Pales into insignificance compared to alcohol linked violence though 

I have never been violent as a result of weed and I don't know of anybody who has,there is nearly always alcohol involved but that does not suit the narrative so it does not get a mention

Causing violence is the most pathetic contrived excuse for banning weed,  you must be getting desperate, go chill out with a few beers and some nice scotch, you'll feel better when you have slapped the mrs

58 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

As a non user, I hope they ban it...if you need weed that much, then you have problems. Am deliberately stirring the pot.... Now I await the attacks, from those who can't live without being doped up.

 

44 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

I suggest you actually do some more modern research on the affects of cannabis good and BAD .. then you will understand there why your comment is wrong.

 

42 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Irrational and illogical comments... One is prescribed by doctors, and in regulated dosage..the other is unregulated, very addictive...

 

33 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Woodstock 1969 did have a few deaths

Woodstock 1999 had a lot of violence.

Woodstock 1969 theme was love and peace, a very different era to 2025.. can't really compare.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.746287/full

 

30 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

For those who say cannabis does not lead to violence... Time to update your out of date info.

No good down voting me...just try, if you can, to counter the article I linked to, your personal opinions do not count.

 

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.746287/full

I love you Reefer Madness types spewing anti-marijuana propaganda about something you have a negative preconceived notion about.

I smoked pot a lot, and I mean a lot, back in high school and college.  I never bought it.  It was just available in the social crowds I ran in.  I've met one person in my life who actually believed they had a cannabis addiction.  Everyone else I know could take it or leave it.  When I left college, my free supply of cannabis was no longer around so my intake decreased to a few times a year.

Cannabis isn't addictive.  Cigarettes are addictive.  Highly addictive.  I quit smoking cigarettes in my 20s because it simply was counter to my athleticism. It was one of the most difficult things I ever did.  I used pot to get through the worst of it.  Then eventually as I got older, I simply stopped using cannabis for no other reason than most of the people I then hung out with weren't pot smokers.  In my opinion, cigarettes should be banned.  They are addictive and they kill.  Cannabis?  "Pfft!"

So keep up the propaganda. Kick back and enjoy your whisky, tobacco, and your anti-cannabis rants.
  "Cannabis is addictive and is the scourge of youth!  Arrrggghhh."  
  No - it's not.

1 hour ago, Aussie999 said:

As a non user, I hope they ban it...if you need weed that much, then you have problems. Am deliberately stirring the pot.... Now I await the attacks, from those who can't live without being doped up.

So what about people who enjoy an occasional smoke and behave responsibly like the majority of cannabis users, The numbers of which run into millions world wide.  

If you are going to post rubbish on a cannabis thread you know full well what the response will be,  That makes you a troll in my opinion,so  go  and lecture some kids somewhere , leave the rest of us alone, mind your own business you come across as a controlling narcissist type.  

10 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

I have never been violent as a result of weed and I don't know of anybody who has,there is nearly always alcohol involved but that does not suit the narrative so it does not get a mention

I've never met a violent stoner.  And by stoner I mean someone who smokes marijuana but doesn't drink or take any other drugs.

Any violence I've seen in people who are smoking pot was with those we were also heavily drinking.  

1 minute ago, connda said:

 

 

 

 

I love you Reefer Madness types spewing anti-marijuana propaganda about something you have a negative preconceived notion about.

I smoked pot a lot, and I mean a lot, back in high school and college.  I never bought it.  It was just available in the social crowds I ran in.  I've met one person in my life who actually believed they had a cannabis addiction.  Everyone else I know could take it or leave it.  When I left college, my free supply of cannabis was no longer around so my intake decreased to a few times a year.

Cannabis isn't addictive.  Cigarettes are addictive.  Highly addictive.  I quit smoking cigarettes in my 20s because it simply was counter to my athleticism. It was one of the most difficult things I ever did.  I used pot to get through the worst of it.  Then eventually as I got older, I simply stopped using cannabis for no other reason than most of the people I then hung out with weren't pot smokers.  In my opinion, cigarettes should be banned.  They are addictive and they kill.  Cannabis?  "Pfft!"

So keep up the propaganda. Kick back and enjoy your whisky, tobacco, and your anti-cannabis rants.
  "Cannabis is addictive and is the scourge of youth!  Arrrggghhh."  
  No - it's not.

well said sir, I cant understand the mind set of these people,  Trying to dictate what other can and can't do 

I wonder if they will be able to even organize any kind of protest.

 

Potential protestor:

  Dude, this is too much work. Wow man. Why don't we get together with all those Goverment big shots and smoke a bowl. Everyone will mellow out and understand just how great weed is. Don't they know if everyone smoked weed the world would be a better place?

1 hour ago, Aussie999 said:

As a non user, I hope they ban it...if you need weed that much, then you have problems. Am deliberately stirring the pot.... Now I await the attacks, from those who can't live without being doped up.

The I assume you neither drink or smoke cigarettes either.  You are a tea-toddler, right?  So are you also on an anti-alcohol and anti-tobacco crusade as well?  

This is equally relevant:
If you need weed alcohol that much, then you have problems.
If you need weed tobacco that much, then you have problems.

2 minutes ago, connda said:

Any violence I've seen in people who are smoking pot was with those we were also heavily drinking.  

maybe a small minority   those who mix drink and weed can get violent but not in the way he means , a its usually violently sick,  Ain't nobody causing trouble when they are suffering the dreaded "whitey" natures way of controlling things, and very effective it is too.  I wonder if whiteys were mentioned at all anywhere in his "peer reviewed , " agenda driven"   and totally  biased anti cannabis research, I doubt he even knows what a whitey is

13 minutes ago, connda said:

I've never met a violent stoner.  And by stoner I mean someone who smokes marijuana but doesn't drink or take any other drugs.

Any violence I've seen in people who are smoking pot was with those we were also heavily drinking.  

 

Lot's of data concerning paranoid schizophrenia associated with long term THC use. It's still not well understood how long term use effects brain chemistry. Best not to use such a crude intoxicant unless there is significant data to show it's OK. 

My personal experience is after about 7 years of more than twice weekly use I developed severe paranoia. I stopped. In fact I don't remember any real benefit from smoking weed. Just made me lazy and eat too much. Stupid drug, at least for me. 

 

Paranoid delusions CAN induce violence in the sufferer. So anybody saying it's a "fact" that weed does not make people violent are speaking in half truths and insufficient data.

6 minutes ago, StandardIssue said:

I wonder if they will be able to even organize any kind of protest.

 

Potential protestor:

  Dude, this is too much work. Wow man. Why don't we get together with all those Goverment big shots and smoke a bowl. Everyone will mellow out and understand just how great weed is. Don't they know if everyone smoked weed the world would be a better place?

I believe there is a demo in Bangkok on 7th of july 

i find your pathetic attempt at trying to emulate a potential  pot smoker rather insulting, it also proves your complete lack of knowledge, Another one who should just go away

10 minutes ago, connda said:

The I assume you neither drink or smoke cigarettes either.  You are a tea-toddler, right?  So are you also on an anti-alcohol and anti-tobacco crusade as well?  

This is equally relevant:
If you need weed alcohol that much, then you have problems.
If you need weed tobacco that much, then you have problems.

I guarantee he drinks , that makes him a hypocrite in my opinion