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There’s a small cannabis shop in my quiet soi that doesn’t seem to get much foot traffic, but it’s always open in the evenings, usually until around midnight. Last night, for the first time since it opened up about eight or ten months ago, it was closed. At first I assumed they were just taking a night off, but then I remembered the new laws went into effect yesterday, which might explain it.

 

I’m curious how shops in the main tourist areas are responding to the changes. Have any of the big and expensive cannabis stores around Sukhumvit, like in Nana, Asoke, Soi 11, etc, shut down, or are they still operating as usual?
 

I assume at some point they’ll all set up systems to provide medical slips for tourists, but that takes time to implement. In the meantime, are they still selling like normal I wonder? And has the usual smell of cannabis in the air around those streets changed at all?

 

If anyone’s been through those areas in the last 24-48 hours and noticed anything different, I’d be interested to hear.

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I think from here on out we’re going to see business continue as usual, but with an even greater shift toward online sales as the industry moves back underground. High-rent retail shops catering to tourists will likely start closing, but online sales will carry on, probably without requiring any medical certificates. Many sellers already use services like Flash or the Thai postal service for delivery, though I suspect we’ll see a move toward private courier companies instead, as a way to minimize any legal exposure from online sales.

 

The shop I buy from can deliver anywhere in Bangkok within a couple of hours using Grab or LaLaMove. I don’t think local delivery through motorcycle messengers like this will ever become an issue, since the packages are picked up and dropped off quickly within about an hour and without ever passing through a facility where inspections can take place.

 

Of course, there will eventually be some effort by the government to enforce the new laws and carry out inspections, but that will likely focus on retail shops. Even then, enforcement is going to be a major challenge. How many shops can they realistically visit to inspect to see if they are really checking customers for medical certificates? There are over 10,000 retail shops and only 365 days in a year.

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I went out and did a quick and dirty late-night recce around Sukhumvit, and it’s definitely low-season, but the weed scene is still rolling like nothing changed with the law yet. Every shop I passed around Soi 4, Soi 11, you name it, was wide open for business. The scent of weed out on the street also wafted by here and there. Plenty of street stalls were hawking their weed-wares right on the main drag near Soi 7. Maybe one rented shop close to Soi 5 looked like it had shuttered, but I believe that happened before the law changed a day ago. Hard to say if this is the calm before the storm that will shut down thousands of weed shops or if it will roll on like it is now with business as usual.

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I have a mate in Pattaya who has a shop with his wife, was talking to her yesterday and they have been closed for 3 days along with loads of others, worried about police checks, she says no one knows what the score is.

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3 hours ago, Jeff the Chef said:

I have a mate in Pattaya who has a shop with his wife, was talking to her yesterday and they have been closed for 3 days along with loads of others, worried about police checks, she says no one knows what the score is.

 

Plenty were still open last night in Jomtien.

You can't walk more than a 100 yards with out smelling pot on beach road Jomtien at night.

I like the smell. 

 

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I think a lot of shops have closed, if only for a few days while owners grapple with new regulations. An opinion based on social media posts.

 

Sale of cannabis is said to be illegal without prescription.

 

Police are shutting down some stores they "inspect" for failures to adhere to old/existing regulations (record keeping, tax, etc.).

 

I think it will take a while to get the "Medical Cannabis" procedures in place. They seem to have cobbled together a prescription form which lists ailments treatable with medical cannabis. Not sure if "Other" is listed? Asthma is, but that seems medically criminal to allow someone with asthma to smoke cannabis.

 

 

 The situation could change again, this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I stopped in Nana Plaza last night, the dispensary at the entrance to the plaza was temporarily closed, as was the cannabis smoking area.  Waitress said it will be closed for 3 days until they can figure out what's happening.  

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It's shocking to read, three years later, that adults are still spouting nonsense with regard to 0.2%. Actual adults still not getting it after three years.

 

0.2% refers to EXTRACTS, not plants/flowers. The plants/flowers have no such restriction. How is it possible.....?

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