October 7, 2025Oct 7 Author 4 hours ago, Bday Prang said: I'm guessing that you're a glass half empty sort of guy ? Sorry I come across that way.
October 8, 2025Oct 8 23 hours ago, rockyysdt said: From all the information gleaned from this thread, it seems there's a vacuum of knowledge, commerce continuing to occur in a manner not in alignment with Gazetted rules, and practices, such as the one you've highlighted appearing not to have been thought through, given the July 2025 changes. Quite a mess. Have you ever been to Thailand before?
October 8, 2025Oct 8 Author 3 minutes ago, JayClay said: Have you ever been to Thailand before? Which part of what I wrote do you have issue with?
October 8, 2025Oct 8 1 minute ago, rockyysdt said: Which part of what I wrote do you have issue with? The fact that you see this particular situation as anything unusual, for starters. If you're this paranoid about buying or using weed, something that nobody else seems to have an issue with, then it's probably time for you to take a break anyway. Smoking weed when already hyper-paranoid is a recipe for disaster.
October 8, 2025Oct 8 Author 23 minutes ago, JayClay said: The fact that you see this particular situation as anything unusual, for starters. If you're this paranoid about buying or using weed, something that nobody else seems to have an issue with, then it's probably time for you to take a break anyway. Smoking weed when already hyper-paranoid is a recipe for disaster. Definitely agree. I'm far better off keeping away from the stuff. I do have a tendency towards paranoia and might appear to look at things to the nth degree. My interest is more about learning the full legal situation should I experiment. What's far more important to me is to preserve my eligibility to visit the country when I have the opportunity to travel. I'd be guided by the law, rather than what is happening on the ground. So this thread has been useful to me. We're all different, and each of us navigate our lives as best we can given our individual conditioning.
October 9, 2025Oct 9 22 hours ago, rockyysdt said: I'd be guided by the law, rather than what is happening on the ground. I do not think you'll find the legal assurances you're looking for here. (waves hand) Since legalization three plus years ago, very little 'enforcement' has occurred. A few changes early on (no selling via vending machines, for example). And what little enforcement has been focused on retail sales outlets and their "licensing" status. I am confident that if/when the Police commence any "crackdowns" on personal cannabis use, we will hear about it. And before that, the "government" will make a big splash about the new cannabis 'rules', which AFAIK remain "paused". 22 hours ago, rockyysdt said: We're all different, and each of us navigate our lives as best we can given our individual conditioning. Totally agree re: personal responsibility.
October 9, 2025Oct 9 26 minutes ago, bamnutsak said: I do not think you'll find the legal assurances you're looking for here. (waves hand) Since legalization three plus years ago, very little 'enforcement' has occurred. A few changes early on (no selling via vending machines, for example). And what little enforcement has been focused on retail sales outlets and their "licensing" status. I am confident that if/when the Police commence any "crackdowns" on personal cannabis use, we will hear about it. And before that, the "government" will make a big splash about the new cannabis 'rules', which AFAIK remain "paused". Totally agree re: personal responsibility. Even during the short period when the T.M.33 requirement was in effect, enforcement mostly targeted unlicensed shops and those selling edibles. That was it. Individual users were not the focus at all from what I saw. I see it this way: most individual users typically keep no more than a three-month supply on hand, maybe less. After that, they would need a medical certificate to continue using, assuming all vendors required one. So, if the government really wanted to curb recreational use, all they would need to do is ensure that anyone selling cannabis asks for a proper medical certificate. After three months, there would be almost no one left using it without one. This approach avoids the need to police individual users directly. Of course, what I am suggesting is logical and pragmatic, but not necessarily what would happen in practice. Still, I don't really see individual users as ever becoming the target if and when they ever were to really enforce medical use only.
October 9, 2025Oct 9 Author 4 hours ago, short-Timer said: That was it. Individual users were not the focus at all from what I saw. Could it end up being a collateral thing rather than specifically being targeted? I know they have been doing venue lockdowns for random drug testing. They could easily slip in cannabis tests while they're doing such raids.
October 9, 2025Oct 9 3 hours ago, rockyysdt said: Could it end up being a collateral thing rather than specifically being targeted? I know they have been doing venue lockdowns for random drug testing. They could easily slip in cannabis tests while they're doing such raids. They never test for cannabis during drug raids because there’s no point. A positive cannabis test doesn’t prove whether someone used it an hour ago or one or two months ago. It can stay in the body for weeks and sometimes show up in blood tests for months. It’s also useless for checking whether someone consumed cannabis before driving. Meanwhile, it looks like the re-demonization of cannabis in Thailand could be reaching the end of its short-lived glory, and the era of “don’t worry, smoke and be happy” might be on its way back: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3118020/health-ministry-pledges-to-review-weed-laws
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