Thailand's Weed Laws Go UP IN SMOKE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ค. 2024
- Is weed legal or illegal in Thailand? Well, it's 2024 and things might be changing....again.
The CEO of OG Canna joins me to talk about what the hell is going on.
(OG Canna has Wonderland, Kush House, Mary Jane, and Cloud 9).
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0:00 Thailand Weed Laws Changing
1:04 What's Happened So Far
3:29 Recreational or Medical?
5:27 How Many Weed Stores in Thailand?
6:56 How Would Medical Work?
10:30 Compared to California and Canada
12:11 Will the Quality Improve?
13:31 How OG Canna is preparing
18:08 When is the law changing?
20:00 Thai Traditional Medicine Guidelines
20:39 The impact on the Thai Economy
23:53 the OG Canna outlook
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To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place.
Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone.
He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on Instagram?
I'm a Thailand native and life threw me into a tough battle with Meth addiction. Struggling financially, I ended up as a 'เด็กเดินยา, hustling to move drugs for a fix. It all came crashing down with my arrest at 23, marking 12 intense years. Now I've left that behind, finding comfort in cannabis and Kratom (กระท่อม) on my path to recovery. ☺️🙏🍃🌳🔥💨
If you use it the right way its the best natural medicine for humans on earth. But to use it medically you have to eat a decarboxilated high concentrated oil with over 85% THC. So insane strong and powerful, i have seen over hundred cancer patients cure their cancer with it. The THC actually induces apoptosis in cancer cells, that means the cancer cells get a signal to kill themself in a clean way. Thats why you need such a strong and concentrated oil because with smoking for example your body only gets very little amounts of cannabinoids and you really have to flush your body with it if you have a serious illness. The good thing is we have cannabinoid receptors nearly everywhere in our bodies thats why it works for hundreds of illnesses.
Very good story and inspiring bro!
Happy for you getting to live a good life.
Move to another country that allows cannabis.
Thank you for sharing 🙏 I'm a recovered addict. I spent roughly 20 years addicted to Cocaine and heroine, then finally Fentynol. I've over dosed over 30 times that required Narcan and I once had the Paddles to shock me back to life.
I'm over 6years sober now. No drinking or hard drugs. I do smoke weed and take Kratom everyday.
The weed kills my motivation and makes me a little bit slower mentally but I'm much better off today than I ever have been in my entire life.
I was homeless and in and out of jails for over 12years I spent inside jail. Over 8 years living on thr street and eating out of garbage cans.
In canada to so it gets cold here. Miserable way to live.
I've saved up almost $100,000 Canadian dollars in the past year and treated myself to a trip to Thailand. I've always been drawn to Buddhism and recently Hinduism.
I absolutely love Thai culture and history. The festivals and colors and stories all intrigue me. I think I was born Thai in a previous life and probably wanted to be born in a more wealthy country. I was born white and poor in pei canada.
I would much rather have been born Thai and lived a simple life with a loving family and wife. Not the shallow back stabbing women that the Canadian dating scene is known for ......
Love Thailand ❤
Someone should propose liquor prohibition. See how the beer and liquor companies like it.
its the alcohol companies who lobby to ban things like weed etc. alcohol does more damage than anything else.
I think there's no stopping it now. People will do what they want, regardless the laws. I'm fighting prohibition in USA. Locking people up for weed is insane.
I live in Colorado and couldn’t imagine living in a state that’s illegal
@@YasukeNakamoto it's weird 'cause even in illegal states like here in TN, we have THC-A from the 2018 bill which is basically normal THC. You can buy it at any gas station or smoke shop - but if you get pulled over, the police will still try to charge you for something legally bought..
Regardless of laws? LOL, you don't seem to understand what the law means in a country that actually upholds the law. In many places in Asia you'd wind up in a nasty jail or worse for smug illegal behavior by some clueless white guy from North America.
I'm in the UK it's not legal here..that will never stop me 👌🏻
yeah and getting your home raided and robbed by police over herb xd
I am was in Thailand and enjoyed it a lot but I understand we Smokers must show some Respect.
100% we don't need another Brittney Griner incident... respect the countries laws that you visit.
It must be fairly potent if it makes you think you’re both in and outside Thailand at the same time 😅
I think it's more communist China scared their citizens will see a free country and revolt
so how can we smoke or eat thc cookies.. recreational cannabis is still legal right? no need medical card.
It's funny how once a restrictive law is in place it takes ages for it to be even considered debatable, but when a law that does the opposite, it can go from being completely legal to illegal within months.
Hey, I have been following you for awhile now and I love the content you are putting up. I just shared this with IG and Wednesday morning when I go Live on Fumidor and the Flavors TH-cam channel and Shouting Your Channel out hopefully you are getting a few more views especially from the States. Keep it up Love the content you are providing 🎉🎉🎉
Im from California, when it became medically legal in the beginning getting a script was easy. They even had Dr.s in house writing script. ..then it went full blown legal and taxed the hell out of it 😂
Yes, but weren't/aren't you able to grow your own legally and pay no tax on that? Sounds like a win to me living in a crap hole Red State!
@@bigjohnson7415 you know I'm not sure. I remember I think a two plant maximum for people at one time in the beginning day
California used to conservative and a beautiful state decades ago. It has gone down hill but being a kid in the 70s and teenager in the 80s. I had good memories
Sending you love and light brother ❤️
Me too. In the army 2000’s in SF, you just got a doctor eval (everybody passes) for $110 a year from Dr. Ellis and then bring the card to the dispensaries. I would buy weed for friends with my card. 95% of the customers were just stoners like myself. I get Thai ads and I see PrikPot out of Chiang Mai is now a medical dispensary with a 1 minute approval process!
@@michaelchristophergutierre7244 I hear ya! I grew up and still live in Texas. Used to be a great state until George W Bush was elected to Governor in 1994. Been downhill ever since. And there's no way in hell weed will ever be legal here. Or abortion now. Fookin Conservatives have screwed up this state royally!
30 percent tax here in Illinois
I’m from California…. I went to Kush House last night! I never wanted to visit Thailand because of the weed laws. Now I visit and I love it here!
Good interview, Chris. Great insight.
Thanks for the update Chris 👍
Thanks, Chris for the very informative interview. I've been wondering what lies ahead and to hear from an industry insider is certainly valuable. A follow-up interview after the law is finalized would be appreciated. Cheers.
I watched an interview online thai law makers here in the usa they tax everything
So as a usa citizen we are exempt from this law that's been on the books for years
They just added this new provision if your not paying tax on your income
From your country thailand will tax you...BUT NO DOUBLE TAX...if your county taxes you
Then this new provision to the already exciting law does not apply to you
I'm Australian, I have a medical cannabis prescription here at home, which I know is completely useless outside of my own country, but it would be great if it was useable in countries that also allow medical cannabis. I've used cannabis for 23 years, 20 of those years were illegally, 3 years on prescription. I was in Thailand, March 2023, I had the time of my life, it was so liberating to use it freely, I mainly use for insomnia and anxiety but a little recreational use at times. Usually when I'm on holiday outside of Australia, I really struggle to sleep, I resort to drinking, being able to have a joint at night out on the balcony of my hotel room was just fantastic, I slept so well, I hadn't enjoyed a holiday that much in years, I fell in love with Thailand. I hope they take a really sensible approach to this.
so you cant sleep and they gave you legal weed ? I wish Ireland was so cool 😃
Same me bro🔝👏
Yeah we have it legalised in much of US at least for medicinal. I have similar sleep issues and cannibis helps.@Ludydobry
Its weird here in Aus, our society is working hard to lobby against and ban vaping.
At the very same time we are fighting hard to have weed legalized.
You cant even make that shit up, Australia is run on retardation and white collar crime.
@@Ludydobry
It isn’t that simple I’m Aussie pensioner and suffering from insomnia,depression,anxiety,chronic stomach pain and injury to my wrist,back pain and still was refused medical access but even I was accepted paying 450$ per ounce it’s no way I could afford it.
The look of relief on Chris’ face, when he heard that edibles would still give a buzz, was priceless! 😂
but at .02% 20 mg would be pie sized.. lol.
Great interview. Love your work
You beat me to it Chris. I am having an interview for my TH-cam channel with a store manager, owner, and farm operator. My interview will take place on Monday. Of course, I do not have the amount of viewers that you have. I think it will be a good interview.
I'd like to watch your interview.
kl, I've subscribed to your channel so when you upload your video, it will notify me. I haven't been back to Thailand for over 10 years, so I am very interested in what you have to show me. Obviously I smoke weed too, lol.@@billg7531
Can you post a can you please post a link to your channel, I also would like to see your interview... Thanks
Great interview my dear friend ❤
Indonesia hates weed.
Don't go there unless you can handle sobriety.
Happy, happy new year 🎉🎉🎉❤❤
Great interview, Ben. Thanks for the info.
No mention of Holland? A country where it’s used for both medicinal and recreational purposes, and is and has been thriving for years! I honestly can’t see the issue, alcohol is and will always be far worse.
Holland is narco hq inn Europa, biggest narco problems.
iIs not legal in Holland. Gray area. First babysteps taken for growing and selling legal. As soon as you walk out with your legal bought weed, it's illegal. LOL
That's not true. Consumers can legally have 5 grams. The problem is with the coffeeshops, they can sell it, but they can't buy it legally in the Netherlands. That;s the issue, because it means it comes from criminal sources @@geforcy
@@geforcy that’s why you smoke it in the coffee shops? Of course you don’t just go around smoking it in the street, which I’m aware still happens in Holland, you’ll have people in every country with no respect. It’s just crazy to me that we as a human society have this negative view on cannabis and it’s usage, but as a whole, can’t see that alcohol causes far worse issues health-wise, has ZERO health benefits, and is just, if not MORE addictive than a natural plant. But that’s just me.
You can smoke weed in public in The Netherlands without much problems as long you are not bothering other people with it. Police are not bothering you aslong you are not bothering other people.
Things still in flux, but it seems there'll be access to some level going forward...
Ben obviously has a BIG interest in the future of the market/laws...Holy Cow!
Thanks, Chris for going to the SMEs out there to get the most up to the minute status...
Great episode!
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👍😎👍
Thanks for this interview. 💨🍃🇹🇭
I feel like what we might end up with as tourists is just that you pay a 'traditional doctor' (who may or may not be qualified) an extra fee for a prescription and then its the same free for all after that.
So just a way to get another payment from tourists.
When I was in Thailand, you could buy as much amphetamine, painkillers and tranquilizers as you wanted from the pharmacy.
@@kentaylor2416what type of amphetamine? I was trying to get adhd meds but they didnt have it
@@queball685 Ethyl amphetamine.
We bought a box, but it was a few years back.
Captagon was also common.
@@queball685 ethylamphetamine
Despite a few attempts from MSM to blame Cannabis for criminal acts and even murder, I think time has shown that the legalization did not trigger mass chaos and lawlessness. I think the gov's main concern is the collection of tax, coz they are missing out on an enormous amount of revenue without having any regulations.
Their main concern is communist China
It’s all
About the money once the government makes money for it they won’t care anymore
The medical marijuana in Australia is a law for the rich. 450 dollars an ounce plus is an invitation for the battling pot smokers to continue to grow their own or to just buy 1 ounce only and use the medical prescription if appended using their home grown. By the way, since smoking pot which started in 1970, I have never had to visit any users in hospital for marijuana poisoning.
I smoke but I'm so sick of this miracle cure attitude. If you seriously have chronic back issues, cannabis isn't doing shit to help it. Especially not to the point you're able to walk all over Bangkok.
I agree, I've never once had weed help with pain, not once. And I've tried. And we're talking pain that wasn't even that bad. lol
Alcohol, MDMA and shrooms on the other hand, you won't have pain. But alcohol is a big problem, not good for anything other than extreme circumstances. The other two, well, it depends, as long as you're not going to be driving or anything, no problem.
Or you could exercise regularly rather than think like an American and ask what pill can I take so I can sit on my fat arse and eat burgers.
The miracle cure attitude is in response to the reefer madness attitude.
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I spent a lot of time at one of these places on my visit. I have a card here at home but smoking in Bangkok was pretty magical for me.
EVERYBODY SAY IT WITH ME: RECREATION IS MEDICINE.
Really the best information I’ve gotten from a lot of Thailand TH-cam channels on this subject. I need my medication and won’t travel to a place it’s unavailable. Life’s too short to be needlessly in pain
i think that’s just addiction
@@leonmckinnon-wood3763 and this is your medical opinion based a lengthy medical consultation with me and reviewing my medical history? Or is it some juvenile troll comment which seems much more likely.
thankyou for making this video Chris
Very interesting chat, great job , really good information 👍👌
There are ways to skirt every law. This will play out to benefit rich Thai owners and generate more money for the politicians. The requirement for prescriptions and record-keeping are window dressing.
Yeah, maybe the elites aren’t making enough out of this yet, so they will change the laws and regulations to skim more off the top. Always happens. Rich get richer.
Why skirt the law when you can simply go where it's legal?
The slow roll out show how there trying to control the market and who gets in and who can make it in a high tax market only the rich that can eat the lost year after year so moms and paps go under because they cant take lost like big corp can then off low paying jobs in a billion dollar industry
Once weed was legal I was happy that i could visit and still get my daily dose of the fine herb. Great food , great beaches, and weed what else do you need. Thanks Chris. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hot ladies!👍👍👍
I couldn't think of anything else worse than smoking weed in a very hot and humid country.
Jamaica's hot right?@@hobo1704
@@hobo1704 Except being drunk AF, sweating alcohol out of your system, hungover and bowing to the porcelain god! Good times! Never a hangover smoking weed!🤣
@@bigjohnson7415 I am talking about when high champ..
5mg gummy isn't shit, especially for someone who needs it for legit medical reasons.
True but I am happy to eat 10 or 15 gummies :)
Watch your sugar levels!! 😉
The brownies in Thailand fk me up, I've never taken any stronger edibles anywhere
I love Thailand
@@WeiFinder In the US you can buy 1000mg gummies. Literally 200 times as strong as what Thailand is proposing.
If you ate some brownie off a street vendor who knows what was in it. But a packaged product purchased from a reputable store is going to be super, super weak.
@@TopShelfMontana I call bs on 1000mg gummies 👀
Chris, thanks for the very timely video. A question that I would really like to hear the answer to, if you know or if you hear a good explanation of, is, what happened politically or otherwise behind the scenes to cause this turnaround or discussion of turnaround in the marijuana situation? I mean, it's a hell of a turnaound to go from handing out a million plants to then make it illegal to grow those plants! gggg
Past was never gazetted (or bill past) during last government.
New government won last year’s general election and is trying to get it noted into the Royal Gazette to at least set some ruling guidelines.
Welcome to Thailand lol
Thank you Chris for this great interview. We are heading to Thailand in February and we would like to know if the law has changed already? Or can we still enjoy some weed in Thailand? Many thanks!
Pretty sure it's still the same for now you can buy it anywhere. Even if it wasn't sold in normal shops, you can still go to certain sois and find it I'm sure, just like you can find illegal edibles everywhere
Love the channel. I'm filming Bangkok now too, cheers mate
Also seems great for Thailand's farmers and the economy in general- there's much more money to be made from growing weed plants than from sugar cane, for instance.
So in the future we should simply start sweetening stuff with weed residue ... do you even know how much sugar , a by-product of sugar cane is used or consumed on a daily basis 😊
A bit less sugar wouldn't hurt anyone. But of course you don't replace one crop fully by another one.@@nzimalaya2011
do you even know how much cannabis is consumed on a daily basis?@@nzimalaya2011
Farmers in villages lost money. They were led to believe they could grow marketable weed after a short course because they are farmers....they couldn't....the weed was rubbish. The farms that are commercially viable bought in western growers or sent thai growers to Europe, California or Canada to learn a year before it was legalized. These farms were owned by hiso with money.
There's always opium.@@emptyemptiness8372
THCnx for the video ❣
Well played, LOL, from your homeboy!🇮🇸
Keep Thailand greeen yoooo 🥦😎🇹🇭🎆🙏
People were having way too much fun ! That can't happen because misery loves company !
Gday Chris once again thanks for the free trip and getting me hooked on Koh Samui. When Thailand made weed legal with no framework in place it didn’t surprise me that shops popped up everywhere. Most of us knew that it was meant to be medicinal prescription based and in true Thai fashion it was a free for all with even night market stalls. It still blows my mind that pornhub ,sex toys & prostitution is illegal. But all are openly available. I love how Thailand does not see everything in black or white but embrace the grey zone. Sometimes police will crack down on certain things at a business level eg vape shops but the average person can pay a fine and be on their way. One of the 100s of quirky things that I love about Thailand 😎
Mushrooms 🍄 are great for stopping drinking , using hard drugs etc . I do not know if available in Bangkok but its widely used in Pia
Koh phangnan as well
It’s available everywhere and there’s even groups on social media to order it openly + delivering with grab and to the whole country 😂😂
Where is Pia?
LSD helped me do that
Kinda sucks, ive never had the "Instantly Quit everything" experience with Any psychedelics.
Would be good if i could just snap and stop smoking mid trip but nope. Over 100 trips on differing substances and ive never felt anything like that.
Anything less than legal recreational will be a Debbie downer. If booze is legal so should weed be.
Great interview Chris, hope to add this to the Chiang Mai visit, can you take it on domestic flights with no problems?
Wonderland is in Bangkok. Very good quality stuff I must say.
Yes you can fly with it domestically. I had maybe 50g in a jar n had no problems.
Chiang Mai is brilliant. Lmk when you land I got the hook up, most decent stuff here is expensive AF but I got you
Great information, just what I was looking for.
Thanks for the update! Hope they follow our model in Canada! Let's fill storefronts and bongs, not jails!!
They don't put anyone in jail in Canada.
@Spirit_Bear2 that's what he just said.
I hope not! Everything the government in Canada touches turns into crap. They literally take the fun out of everything by overtaxing and regulating everything.
Great video man! Personally I think this will hurt the economy and tourism like never before. Weed has done a lot for the country's economy and I see it causing a lot more problems if they shut it down . 😅
BS. It won't make any difference to the economy. I don't see anyone going to buy weed. Why would you, it's Thailand.
Thailand keeps doing things that are going to crush the economy. Next they'll crack down on the sex stuff, and then they're toast.
The background of this interview is great. :)
Thanks CHris, good information.
Visited Bangkok last year, my very first time in a place with legalized cannabis. Indescribable experience, nothing I could ever imagine happening in Asia, and I'm not even talking about the buds themselves; the community, the dispensaries, the culture. I'm all for changes to the laws to support local growth, ensure public safety by means of not letting tourists act like dumbasses and cracking down on imports, but man, I was really hoping my planned trip later this year would be one filled with green too. It's a healing thing for many, including the "recreational" users, and it's disheartening to see Thailand potentially disengaging from their place in this revolution. Hoping for the best, and thank you for the good work documenting this fluid situation.
I’m in this exact situation! Booked to go middle of Nov for 3 weeks. I was really excited to be visiting such a beautiful and spiritual country and REALLY being able connecting to it all.
@@laughingoutloud8612 sorry to hear that, at least I made no solid plans yet (my trip last year was pretty much on a whim lol a perk of living in South Asia) but if there is some super stringent reversal of the current status quo then my next trip will definitely need a lot more convincing. That being said, I definitely agree with the video that whatever happens, the cat's already out of the bag, the train's left the station, and the genie can't be just put back into the bottle. Wishing you well for your trip!
@@turbochargedfilms Weed illegal or not was always widely available in Thailand it used to be brick weed or 20 usd for buds.
@@turbochargedfilms no matter what, my trip will be amazing, I’ve visited Indonesia several times and loved it, and obviously not had the green stuff there. 🙌🏻
@@JeSuisHulk if that's the kind of situation I wanted to be in then I'd just stay home😅
Hi Chris, I smoked weed in my younger day's and run he gauntlet with it being illegal. But after just visit Thailand over the past 6 weeks, I was taken aback by how many weed shops that had popped up over the last couple of years since my last visit. The disappointing side of this is that people and sellers sit outside these shops sucking on bongs and having their little weed parties in open view to all the tourists. Now I'm no prude but I was looking to move to Thailand but it seems to have become a place where every dope smoker is now heading, not particularly something I think will entice the the average tourist into the country. Smoke it indoors out of site of people and it's all good, shove it in people's faces isn't a good promotion of Thailand, just my thoughts 🤔.
@@aussie-kiwi what does that have to do with not liking the cannabis marked..
i worked at a couple of bigger markeds and i hate them, and so does most of the people that live next to them..
i would never live in a place where alot of weed was sold close by, and i have always liked getting home and relax when the day is over..
and i understand if people dont want it near their kids..
alot of assholes all over the world likes weed, and they allways behave bad in those place and close to them
@@Hansen710 I think you're confusing cannabis dispensaries with with places that serve alcohol (e.g. bars and clubs). I don't see anybody acting like an asshole around a dispensary. All I see in Thailand are people chilling on bean bags and playing video games 😂
The law here is if its a problem with people smoking it close to you they can be arrested 💯
Finally someone that makes sense :) I agree it’s become too much.
Is that bad thing? Why it bothers you that someone is smoking in the open? Dose that include drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes around you ? Or you just looking for something to bitch about!
Weed should be legal globally. I’m from Canada and I can’t imagine a world where it’s illegal again.
AMAZING WORK SIR
Kind of knew this was going to happen. When this came about it was like "pulling the pin on a grenade". Too much, too fast. Brought in some of the worst elements and the culture started changing...... not in a good way. When this initially rolled out it probably should have started with the medical aspect, from there they could have explored the recreational later on.
It's a fact, cannibis has medicinal value...100%, and it's effective and treats all kinds of ailments. This was a great interview, but of course this man is totally supportive of the industry, he "has a dog in the fight" and is profiting from it.
Everywhere cannabis has been legalized has had no significant social issues
Whatever the case. Drugs , especially marijuana MUST be de-criminalised for people who self consume . Kids and teenagers lives are ruined due to something unnecessarily escalated. Hence, once these boys are in the system because of weed end up doing other crimes because of being institutionalised
. De criminalise consumption of Drugs.
In the US hemp industry has indeed taken advantage of 0.3% thc in industrial hemp to produce thc edibles with up to 10mg or so
Being a tourist to Thailand for the third time with my wife and two friends I really think the weed industry needs regulating it is very annoying that every where you go all you can smell is burning skunk I've nothing against someone having a smoke but when we go for a meal or drink someone walks in starts a joint it just stinks and the staff dont care I'm writing this by the pool and and there is a young couple smoking one after another stinking the place out without any respect for anyone else.i really think the authorities need to be careful on the laws because it spoiling people's holidays
People smoke cigarettes everywhere with no consideration for anyone else, whats the difference?
I agree with you, the stench is awful, cigarettes smell bad too but pot is even worse! Families with kids and people who don’t smoke deserve to vacation too… shouldn’t be catered one type but yes it needs to be regulated better. I live in the states and unfortunately our state is also legal and in the city and even in parks we can’t enjoy now due to this
Agreed. They need to start adding laws for age, where/what they sell. Do it like canada or Australia does it.
@@stephs1476 each to their own I personally think cigarettes smell far worse as many others would too. Their is always a place to escape the smell as I have to with cigarettes its literally no different whatsoever its just medical cannabis is a relatively new thing and people have been legally smoking cigarettes in public for ages so kind of just accepted
They need to tax and state regulate until they find a happy meduium. It shouldn't be an all or nothing solution.
Common sense 🤝
INTERESTING EPISODE THANK YOU FOR SHARING
They should just regulate it and make it recreational and have setup laws, at the end of the day the further back they go the bigger the window for the black market imo is, as it's already progressed so much, why would they pull back the curtains now? I personally don't even smoke or consume cannabis anymore but personally am an advocate for it as it helped me quit drinking and Smoking Cigartettes/Nicotine. The tobacco habit I kicked 2+ years ago thanks to Mary. Will be interesting to see how things play out
I really hope Thailand gets this right. If they do a medical card good for a year anywhere that will work. If they do it that u need a prescription each time then all the smaller shops will go out of business and the big guys will get a monopoly. It will drive up prices a lot as well.
that would be for resisents only...
Prices dropped through the floor in Canada. It not even worth growing anymore when you can get government weed for $3/g
@philanders3705 What's the government stuff like it is any good...
@@williamfrancis7697 it's good and cheap enough that myself and every other grower I know turned the lights out. Scoring an oz is like buying a case of beer now. It's always exactly the same as the last bag, thc/CBD % is on the label, costs $4/g and it's a tax deductible medical expense if you have a prescription. I hate to support them like that, especially after ruining the black market, but what can ya do? Power and nutes keep getting more expensive, and a grower isn't saving much once he calculate all his hours.
I don't like this either. I buy from a grower.
My life never involves in weed or alcohol
And I could live happily 😃💪
Good for you
yea, same here...crazy wats going on in Thailand
Well aren't you a special person.
I'm sure, because you're under 21. 😂 Kids these days.....🤦🏿♂️
what's crazy in Thailand?
@@havencat9337
Thank You Chris.
As I sit back and roll a joint on my weed tray from Kush House while Kush House was mentioned in the video, peace from Los Angeles 😊
They are probably trying to get rid of the trashy weed scene. Good.
I'm 100% in favor of recreational cannabis sales especially for flowers. No city in the world needs 6500 cannabis shops. That's overkill. I hope Thailand figures it out because if they roll back to medical only, it will make lots of people angry.
6500 in Thailand not Bangkok
It has always been medical. As the Minister of Health just said last week if shops sell for customers to relax it’s fine, don’t need medical card.
Great info bro. I just moved here with my fiancé 3 weeks ago
Oh brother
Fiance?
@@Pucky-4345 what’s the problem? I lived here before years ago. It nothing new under the sun here. My woman is black not Thai.
@@user-it7lf7kk8m what’s the issue
Why 😂
The law has not changed. it was not allowed for recreational use to begin with, only medical...it went overboard with too many overpriced dispencaries...it needs regulation. The argument of 6500 landlors not able to rent out mainly premium shop space is false and a drip in the ocean on the total real estate market..As a thai, the weed dispencaries are way too many, and buy online for around 10-50 percent of the price sold in these shops...
How to buy online in thailand? asking for a friend
facebook
I really feel like you should watch Benjamin Hart, the managing Director of integrity legal in Bangkok Thailand possibly even do a video with him. He is very knowledgeable on the subject and he makes very good points.
There are common phrases running around in Thailand, like “decriminalized cannabis use“ that are not true. It is fully legal, not decriminalized he makes excellent points, and I think you two together could make an excellent video.
He’s often in Pattaya as well.
We run a cannabis marketing agency in Canada where cannabis is federally legal. It’s exciting to see change in Thailand. In fact, 75% of our clients are in the United States where it is federally illegal, but legal states are booming.
Ban tobacco and alcohol. Two of the biggest killers. Hate drunks (speaking as an ex drunk myself).
Alcohol will never be banned. Way too much money involved. I agree but, alcohol is the worst.
It's all about self-control. I don't want booze banned. I enjoy beer & wine socially because I have self-control. I like a cigar occasionally because I have self-control. Why should they ban things because some people can't handle it. They need help. Why should the rest of society be denied these things because some people have self-control problems.
Chris Chris Chris.. I’m in Pattaya right now. I couldn’t be less happy with the weed here. The names and thc % claims of the strains they sell, are all
bs,,
and then they bait and switch. The different jars all have same crappy weed, just different fancy names. I’m a pothead for the last 45 years. The prices are double what I pay in the US, and you never get anything decent. It’s a classic Thailand, bait n switch. Packages are sealed and labeled and tested, at the wholesale level everywhere else. Here, it’s a cookie jar, and 100% boldface lying. Don’t come here expecting good weed. Ironically as a kid, 40 yrs ago, the very best weed ever, was Thai stix.
i.hav a friend in sisaket that grows strains from Hawaii ,her stuff is top grade 💯👍🏻👍🏻☺️
I just got back from BKK and I smoked some really good strains so I'm not sure what you brought or smoked but there is definitely some good strains in shops.
You are going to the wrong places.
I’ve been in Thailand for two years and find good weed regularly including Pattaya
@@MrKush249 w a name like you have, you are probably one of those places I'm outing, posing as a satisfied customer. I'm 20 for 20 walking into stores selling junk. Tell me the store that has good weed and I'll report back.
@@funkyp808 there seems to be this idea that all you need is the strain to get good results. The process and growing environment are just as important. Frankly, people who think the weed is decent, have no experience to know.
Prostitution is also illegal in Thailand lol people ain't coming to Pattaya for the beach
Seemed some outstanding beaches..
@@MR..181 I said Pattaya buddy, have you seen the beach at Pattaya ?
Wherever you guys were recording this vlog, it was cool as fk Chris. Brilliant vlog, this dude is straight out of Hangover ll.
Thanks for sharing~
It will be a real shame if all those shops have to close . I think its an excellent option for people who dont drink much . So good being able to have a smoke in a private environment and then heading down to the beach lounges and sipping on a coconut while getting a massage !
Cannabis is 100 times more healthy than alcohol. That's the ironic thing. For decades and decades Thailand has survived on alcoholics and sex tourism. Two disgusting and degenerate habits. Then they wake up and decide to legalize cannabis and now they want to shut the door on it. Pretty backwards.
Better yes less problems then binge drinking
😊No changes in Thailand, all talk.
So i can smoke in Thailand when i fly in weeks to Bangkok ? No problems ?
@@aleksdiggah yes but not in public
@@aleksdiggah No problem, will sell you some good afghani hashish.
@@thaimanclark what ? Why Not Weed ?
@@mcb00mso where can you smoke if you are a tourist?
Very beautiful place my dear friend ❤
Mr Baskins is a very smart men ! the way he talks
People want to smoke buds and get high , try selling them roots and crap on about tradition and you will go broke in one day , be honest.
Your not kidding, nobody’s smoking leaves,stems or roots and they can stick the gummies you know where.
There are more people that wants weed in thaliand than people who doesnt. But alcohol and tobacco is known to ruins health...weed doesnt do anything at all.
its not about health, it ne er was
Total BS champ. Weed does a lot.
@@hobo1704 no it doesn’t. And if it does it does not do more than alcohol and tobacco. Weed has never hurt anyone. Everybody knows a handful of people plus more that alcohol and tobacco has affected. Weed? Not a soul. Stop the lies.
Facts
@@hobo1704Nowhere near as much as alcohol and tobacco.
you didn't talk about how this will relate to 2 week tourists.. will there be a DR booth at the airport? how much does a DR currently charge?
Great video Chris
Marijuana is a sticky plant that once enters the bloodstream, chronic wounds can be surprisingly dry, as can cancerous wounds in humans. I think a combination of pus and cannabis would be awesome. And of course, if you're stressed out, this is your best friend. Long live cannabis Thanks Chris and Ben 😍😍🔥🔥🙏🙏😎😎🍻🍻👍👍✔✔
I don't care if it's legal or not. I've been growing my own for the best of the last 25 years 😂
@@MrJohnsamui That's right, friend. 😁😁🙏🙏👍👍
Just ask Willie Nelson
☮🌱🔥☁️😊👍
But it is 25 times more carcinogenic than tobacco 😅
@@actualanimals Cigarettes are 20 times more dangerous than marijuana. That's right, friend. 😁😁😁😁🍻🍻👍👍
I'm a 67 year old American from Michigan.
When they made weed legal here, it kind of ruined the whole experience for me.
I'm old school and remember how it used to be.
Sneaking around was half the fun.
How are you supposed to feel paranoid when the cops don't do anything?
screw that.....
😅
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Yer love a bit of paranoia.
Anybody who smoke know that without paranoia even the best weed is meaningless.
"How are you supposed to feel paranoid when the cops don't do anything?"
Try freebase cocaine. Guaranteed paranoia.
Is there any updates on whether it has gone straight medical or is it still recreational use allowed? I'm due to be in Pattaya from June 5 through July 3.
If there is an inherent vagueness it entails forms of patron client relations in order to smooth over the sink holes.
A lot of people don't know this, but going commando in TL is a criminal offence, I kid you not, look it up.
Thanks for the heads up for when I next drop my dacks in public over there haha
Good interview Chris. As a NYer (it's fully decriminalized here) and lifelong weed smoker I think the only mistake is allowing smoking weed anywhere where tobacco smoke is legal. Smelling it in public everywhere is extremely foul. The whole lounge and private use situation is another story. There needs to be some cat and mouse with law enforcement or all the stoners get bad manners.
It was never allowed to smoke weed in public, don‘t mess up with recreational and public use. Now its only about recreational use that will be forbidden
@@susanzimmerli5178 Spent 6 months in Bkk last year. People smoking it on the streets everywhere, is what got a lot of people and government offside.
Oh and I think you believe I believe it's legal to smoke in public in Thailand. if you'll notice, contextually, I'm talking about decriminalization in New York.
@@jesterapp Yes, NY the decriminalization of just name the law. A true blue beacon of degeneracy.
@@dellingson4833 Oh yes because I was in direct advocacy of the way the law is here in NYC. Your reading comprehension is garbage.
I'll be solo travelling to Bangkok in March. Hope the law hasn't changed by then
great conversation
The weed shops often look trashy.. neon signs and glitz. Most of my local coffee shops sell weed AND allow customers to smoke it! No thanks.. I've got enough to deal with trying to relax with a coffee... tobacco smokers and traffic noise are enough to make me move.. The pot smokers have simply stopped me going to those coffee shops. It's outta control.
As a weed smoker that would even piss me off. Smoking inside the coffe shops regular ones etc is just invasive. Go on the street in the corner in your home.
It's crazy that the medical community first got people excited and now they want to take it all for themselves.
💯 this is the comment that should have the most likes 👍🏼
i think it's more the medical industry not so much the people.
thaistyle as always. its 1 doctor who wants monopoly. the draft will be approved depending on how much bribes they can pay him. im thai native.
@@BAR475 yeah, that's exactly what I meant.
@@chillstudysounds2707 That's a shame if that is what they do. Weed is for the people, not the doctors.
I never had a problem buying good Ganja decades before it was legal. In fact, I thought it was actually better. I never had a problem.
I don't smoke pot ,i don't enjoy being stoned but a really haven't seen any adverse effects from having it more regularly available or controlled by commercial enterprise. Probably seen more adverse effects from it being illegal in Australia
Ppl love to give thr comment on smthg they know nothing about. It's an epidemic of u guys on TH-cam its absurd
Answer the Thai government better to introduce a proper social security system and national health program for their people.