On 7/1/2025 at 10:40 AM, henryford1958 said:

 

At least decent tourists will be able to visit Thailand again

You mean straight people who are probably way of of step with their own communities back home.

An easy way for a lot of doctors to make extra money.

13 minutes ago, Olof Karlsson said:

An easy way for a lot of doctors to make extra money.

I'm not knocking this but it seems probable it's going to be rather a farce.

Check mark your medical condition (s) on a form.

No actual medical consultation. 

Just a formality to register you into the system. 

Great. Pay the doc's fee and the medical cannabis user ID fee, then.

30 grams of weed a month for you!

30 grams of weed a month for you!

30 grams of weed a month to flippin' anyone who wants it!

WHERE ARE THE CANNABIS ATTORNEYS  !! ?? WHERE ARE THE CANNABIS LOBBYIST  !!?? WHY ARE SHOPS NOT COLLABRATING TO FILE LAWSUIT WITH GOVERNMENT FOR TRYING DECIMATE THE INDUSTRY  !! ?? SEEMS THERE OK WITH ALCAHOL THATS FAR WORSE OF  A PROBLEM IN THAILAND KILLING THAIS BABIES BEING SOLD ALCAHOL !!   SEEMS VERY HYPICRITICAL THAILAND  !! 🙂

On 7/2/2025 at 1:32 AM, shocky2012 said:

I agree with you on a few things: today's weed is definitely stronger than it was 20+ years ago, and potency can absolutely play a role in triggering issues for some people, especially those who may already be predisposed to things like anxiety or psychosis (I am hence why it's important to pick the right strain).

 

This is only partially true. Hash was potent 20 years ago and readily available. Hash is still stronger than flower. 

 

Don't focus so much on the strain but rather more on what terpenes those strains contain. 

Some info for anyone interested.....if pics aren't so clear please dm and ill send to you.

 

 

 

 

34 minutes ago, blaze master said:

Some info for anyone interested.....if pics aren't so clear please dm and ill send to you.

 

 

 

 

So are they going to actually measure terpene type content and put it on the package? Like the accurate THC content they now advertise? 555.

 

This info will come in handy next time I'm in Canada though. Last I bought there had terpenes listed, along with an accurate THC percentage.

Just now, gargamon said:

So are they going to actually measure terpene type content and put it on the package?

 

Hoping smart companies will.

12 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Hoping smart companies will.

 

I'd pay extra for accurate numbers.

 

PM me a pdf of that or a link to ut so it's easy to carry around and search.

The RTP are delighted at the prospect of re-criminalisation. They will be able to both hit the shops for tea money, and renew their relationships with the underground dealers. 

On 7/1/2025 at 9:31 PM, Bday Prang said:

       Sorry to disappoint but hand on heart in over 40 years of usage by me and many friends and acquaintances I have never known anybody who suffered any of these serious psychological issues, not one. 

       I have heard stories but invariably they come from those with an anti cannabis mindset 

I knew someone. My next door neighbour's son. But he got into it as a teenager which is when the psychological effects will occur to those with a predisposition for it. But it's really hard to tell apart the nature of his condition, which switched from bipolar to now autistic, and the effects of marijuana. Lithium was also the one drug that stopped him tipping over the edge and ceasing taking that drug had far more effect on his behaviour than his experimentation with cannabis.

On 7/2/2025 at 3:32 PM, shocky2012 said:

 

Thanks for sharing your experience, really thoughtful post.
 

I agree with you on a few things: today's weed is definitely stronger than it was 20+ years ago, and potency can absolutely play a role in triggering issues for some people, especially those who may already be predisposed to things like anxiety or psychosis (I am hence why it's important to pick the right strain).
 

That said, I think it's important to be careful with the idea of weed being “laced”, especially with something like fentanyl. While it's often repeated in the media or by law enforcement, there’s actually very little to no evidence of dealers intentionally lacing weed with fentanyl. It doesn’t make financial or pharmacological sense, and would be a terrible business move. If anything, the rare cases that do come up are likely cross-contamination or misreported toxicology results.

In the old days when we got thai sticks in the west, the myth abounded that they were laced in heroin. Always struck me as stupid that importers would risk bringing in harder drugs with cannabis or that financially this was a viable practice in Thailand. It's just a nonsense. And why Fentanyl? Wouldn't it be more profitable selling it alone on the blackmarket? Also a weed user is unlikely to get into opiates.

12000 shops facing closure?

It means the loss of livelihood to so many(both the store owners and their workers).

No wonder why  anti-Pheu Thais are rapidly  on the increase.

On 7/1/2025 at 5:34 AM, Bagwain said:

I read awhile back that if they tried this then they would get a class action going to sue the Gov for losses. 

Yes I hope this is the case,for allowing all those poor Thai  people having spent millions of baht, much borrowed from the bank opening up shops,all to become worthless at the stroke of a pen.

On 7/1/2025 at 8:52 AM, dinsdale said:

Thais also buy and smoke dope and have been for a very long time. The difference of late is that they didn't have to get it through criminal channels. This is what it will now go back to. Do you think this is a positive thing? People will continue to smoke dope. This cannot be stopped.

Haven't heard much about meth/yabba lately, surely legal weed has largely made it redundant? That would be a very good thing indeed, far better to have dopeheads than methheads all around me.

 

I never touched the stuff and have no intention to start with it now. 

Yet, typically Thai, while the SMEs try to make ends meet ....... the authorities come and move the ends. Of course 90% were optimists and try everything and everybody well knowing, that they might fail due to lack of experience, working capital, marketing, the works ......

Some others might have tried and were steamrollered by all the incompetent "competition" which just f-a-rted into the trade until there was no air left to breathe. 

Billions of Baht down the drain again but, as long as the horns of plenty are replenished with taxpayers money to inject programmes like the digital wallet or the presently limping half-half-tourism-promotion .......  

On 6/30/2025 at 6:34 PM, Gsxrnz said:

Hardly surprising, they should have gone down the decriminalizing road first.

 

I mean, weed is only partially legal in Jamaica of all places - Bob Marley is rolling in his grave. 

 

That's wrong, Canada and Thailand and Uruguay are all legal

 

 

8 minutes ago, Jai Yen said:

 

That's wrong, Canada and Thailand and Uruguay are all legal

 

 

The last I heard weed was not legal for for foreigners in Uruguay. Which would definitely suck if being an expat there. I guess their motivation is not to become a weed tourism destination but really expats should be excepted.

3 hours ago, Spock said:

In the old days when we got thai sticks in the west, the myth abounded that they were laced in heroin. Always struck me as stupid that importers would risk bringing in harder drugs with cannabis or that financially this was a viable practice in Thailand. It's just a nonsense. And why Fentanyl? Wouldn't it be more profitable selling it alone on the blackmarket? Also a weed user is unlikely to get into opiates.

Exactly.

A good drug dealer will not kill his customers. That's nonsense.

They're making money off the customers. Why would they try to get them killed?

They kill their customer, they kill their income.

On 7/1/2025 at 10:36 AM, mogandave said:

Great news!

Yes I don't think legalized gunja was meant to be Bongs and buds and uncontrolled THC

7 hours ago, Spock said:

I knew someone. My next door neighbour's son. But he got into it as a teenager which is when the psychological effects will occur to those with a predisposition for it. But it's really hard to tell apart the nature of his condition, which switched from bipolar to now autistic, and the effects of marijuana. Lithium was also the one drug that stopped him tipping over the edge and ceasing taking that drug had far more effect on his behaviour than his experimentation with cannabis.

 

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wsKlvpF5s3c&pp=ygUfZHIgZ3JpbnNwb29uIHdlZWQgbWVudGFsIGhlYWx0aNIHCQnBCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

30 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:

Yes I don't think legalized gunja was meant to be Bongs and buds and uncontrolled THC

 

Canada.

6 hours ago, Katatonica said:

Haven't heard much about meth/yabba lately, surely legal weed has largely made it redundant? That would be a very good thing indeed, far better to have dopeheads than methheads all around me.

 

It's not really the same market. Yaba is usually a work drug and a party drug. A lot of Thai people take it, and it can be very cheap, like 30b a pill.

On 7/1/2025 at 6:22 AM, dinsdale said:

Ridiculous backward step taking billions of baht out of the economy.

And many young thais will not vote for Pheu Thai, especially those that have had their businesses destroyed by the kwai.

On 7/1/2025 at 11:52 AM, peter zwart said:

But it doesn’t make people crazier than they already are. And we can also wave goodbye to the bunch of weirdos who come rushing in. Not a bad scenario.

That is yabba

On 7/1/2025 at 3:48 PM, suzannegoh said:

Were weed shops paying taxes?

Are rich Thais paying taxes?

Another Brit caught smuggling it out of Thailand. 

 

The absolute horrific reputation THailand has got worldwide from their marijuana laws. 

 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/cannabis_news/former-uk-asda-manager-jailed-for-smuggling-cannabis-from-thailand