Thailand plans to decriminalize/criminalize cannabis

[wenshidi]

Has anybody been to the newly opened Cannabis Club on Petchakasem Road, near the junction of Chomsin? I have passed a few times, but never seen any customers.

[buksida]

I've seen a couple of these places around town but just like the Keto shops, they appear to be a new fad aimed at Bangkokians selling overpriced Lipton tea in a fancy bottle with a marijuana leaf on it.

You're better off making your own concoctions.

[handdrummer]

There is no THC in any commercially sold product in Thailand.
It's now supposedly legal with a drs. prescription but no doctor will write one and no one will sell it to you unless it's down a dark alley.
I read that farmers can grow a certain amount and they must report what they are growing to the local police station.

[HHTel]

A friend of mine with prostate cancer has the necessary prescription and letter from a respectable doctor's practice here.

So valid use doesn't have to be transacted down a dark alley.

[handdrummer]

A friend of mine with prostate cancer has the necessary prescription and letter from a respectable doctor's practice here.

So valid use doesn't have to be transacted down a dark alley.

Good to hear. If your allowed to say, where does he get his supply?
I may qualify, who is his doctor?

[HHTel]

I'll ask him. All I know is this clinic/practice has been treating his cancer for years adjusting/changing his medication as appropriate. Unfortunately, it appears his cancer has gone past the point of treatment and they've now ceased doing tests to check his numbers. So because normal drugs have ceased working, his doctor has prescribed cannabis to give him some comfort.

[wenshidi]

I've seen a couple of these places around town but just like the Keto shops, they appear to be a new fad aimed at Bangkokians selling overpriced Lipton tea in a fancy bottle with a marijuana leaf on it.

Agreed.

This year, I have been able to small the giveaway scent of smoked herb a lot more than in previous years, as I walk around the local residential areas, so I reckon that a lot of the locals are partaking privately even before the new laws come into effect.

[HHTel]

But the new laws do not allow smoking weed recreationally. That as far as I understand is still illegal as is any extract over 0.2% THC.

[PeteC]

But the new laws do not allow smoking weed recreationally. That as far as I understand is still illegal as is any extract over 0.2% THC.

Kind of like different speed limits in different lanes.

[Big Boy]

TIT after all.

[handdrummer]

Thailand to give away one million free cannabis plants to households, minister says

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/11/asia ... index.html

Now, how do you get a Dr. to prescribe Cannabis? I know it says "you have to be a patient of some form of ailment," but that's rather vague, and will Drs. put themselves on the line for that?

[buksida]

Its all hyperbole because an election is approaching and Anutin wants to secure his power. They'll probably ban it again once the oligarchs and generals have held on to their seats.

[handdrummer]

Its all hyperbole because an election is approaching and Anutin wants to secure his power. They'll probably ban it again once the oligarchs and generals have held on to their seats.

They should have no problem being reelected. As long as there are so many different opposition parties the votes will be split among them and there are enough supporters of the present govt. to keep them in power.

If the opposition parties could form a coalition and nominate one person and tell all their supporters to vote for that person, they could unseat the government. But that requires thinking, planning and co-operation, and will never happen.

[buksida]

Decriminalized my arse ...

Police cuff woman for cannabis plant
A 56-year-old woman has spent a night in police detention for growing one cannabis plant at an apartment in Sri Racha district.

Pornpimol Prakobpol was nabbed at her home by two police officers of the Sri Racha police station on Monday, according to the woman's husband, Choo Prakobpol, 55.

Mr Choo, who works as a vendor, said his wife was alone at home when the police came and took her away. He said the police claimed they were part of a team investigating missing motorcycles. The officers came across the potted cannabis plant in front of the couple's room. They then detained Ms Pornpimol and took her down to the police station for questioning.

Mr Choo said the plant, about 30 centimetres tall, was grown for its leaves which the couple used for relieving diabetes and high blood pressure.

The police told him to put up at least 15,000 baht for his wife's bail. However, he could not find the money and so his wife was remanded in police custody and spent Monday night at the station.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... dope-plant

[PeteC]

This is a classic "ONLY IN THAILAND" ! Best laugh of the week so far.

Sixteen tonnes of confiscated cannabis to be returned to drug offenders in Thailand

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/cannabi ... n-thailand

In bonkers Thailand, the police are giving drug offenders their cannabis back. Now that cannabis is ‘legal’, sort of, Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board plans to return 16 tonnes of confiscated marijuana to its original owners, according to the board’s Secretary General Wichai Chaimongkol. The stockpiled cannabis is valued at 110 million baht.

Yesterday, all parts of the marijuana plant were delisted as a Category 5 narcotic in Thailand. Growing cannabis at home became legal and more than 3,000 “cannabis convicts” were released from prison. Now that the plant – including the THC-rich flowers – is no longer illegal, the ONCB has a special plan for 16 tonnes of confiscated cannabis…

“On June 9, marijuana was “unlocked.” It is no longer considered a Category 5 narcotic… so the ONCB is taking action to return assets to offenders in 99 marijuana cases. The assets are valued at 110 million baht.”

“Collectively, there are 16 tonnes of marijuana sitting at ONCB offices around Thailand waiting to be returned. The marijuana was confiscated between October 1 2021 and May 27 2022. Cannabis is no longer considered a drug, so it must be returned to its owners.”

In order for ex-offenders to get their cannabis back, they need to put in a request at the ONCB office in Din Daeng or the provincial office where the drug case took place, added Wichai.

Wichai said that he is still against the recreational use of cannabis, but because the plant is no longer an illegal drug, it is only fair that the confiscated cannabis is returned home. The intended use of cannabis is for medicinal purposes, he added.

We hate to break it to you, Wichai, but we’re not convinced that mountain of cannabis will be used ‘medicinally’.

SOURCE: Thai Rath