Thailand news – A Cannabis & Hemp Control Bill heads to the Thai cabinet next Tuesday in a major back-peddle from the ‘decriminalisation’ announcement by the previous public health minister. Mass tourism is causing problems for tour operators and tourists at Phi Leh Lagoon and Maya Bay, Thaksin will due for a compassionate parole in 2 weeks, and the bombing of a school in Myanmar is just another in the long list of indiscriminate violence against their own citizens.
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Yeh and i was holding my breath for 90 days exempt visa news, “supposed” to be a review on tues 6th feb,…
You may know this “Ricky Issan”‘s wife died of Dengue fever last year. I though there was some sort of vaccinations for Dengue.
A message to the King: Thailand has a terrible problem with citizens drinking whisky on ice and destroying their bodies. Marijuana’s effect on these people: “In Colorado, USA, 1 year after legalizing Recreational Marijuana, the incidence of Spouse Abuse decreased by 50%”!! ❤
I think we should go ahead and make grapes, figs, peaches and every other ag product that can be used to make harmful substances. Want grapes? Go to a doctor. ,get a prescription, and wear this ankle bracelet . For your protection and the greater good.
Jesus wept. Let’s be realistic here. There’s no turning back. Are they seriously going to put thousands out of business? How do you possibly put the genie back in the bottle? The police hear those magic words, “it’s illegal again”. Once again, LOS is courting disaster. Remember, few laws are enforced. They’re enforced only when they can make money doing it. Chaos.
Thanks, Tim, for bringing us up-to-date news from Thailand.
Don’t know much about weed in Thailand, do the government make any money from weed being sold there?
They need to control Ya Ba and Guns. Cannabis is comparably harmless.