Thread: Cannabis Sandbox?

Originally Posted by tomcat

restaurants can serve cannabis-infused dishes and drinks with less than 0.2% THC.....

Larb Ped or Pla. She doesn’t remember

^ just silly, use pok chee like normal.

^ she was just testing

...I suspect Thai menus will become a little more varied...assuming the cook can stand up...

Dopier locals , what could possibly go wrong?

apparently Higland Cafe in Lad Prao is selling over the counter.
i intend to investigate carefully.
theyve moved quick, but lets see how long it lasts

Originally Posted by reinvented

apparently Higland Cafe in Lad Prao is selling over the counter.

Selling what?

there's a clue in the title mate, bags of Bud
not cheap, but certainly interesting

You would think the price would go down.

Robbing bastards.

indeed, hoping that once people see that they dont get nicked, competition will kick in
but
its like 500THB a Gram
TIT

I bought some online today for about 600thb a gram.

From Sukhumweed apparently which is a delightfully funny name.

Benefits,.......

• Thailand makes marijuana legal, but smoking is discouraged

Thailand made it legal to cultivate and possess marijuana as of Thursday, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick delivered by the legendary Thai Stick variety.

The public health minister’s plan to distribute 1 million marijuana seedlings, beginning Friday, has added to the impression that Thailand is turning into a weed wonderland.

The decision by the Food and Drug Administration to remove all of the plant from the category of narcotic drugs makes Thailand the first nation in Asia to decriminalize marijuana for medical and industrial use. But it is not following the examples of Uruguay and Canada, the only two countries so far that have legalized recreational marijuana on a national basis.

So far, it appears there will be no effort to police what people can grow and smoke at home, aside from registering to do so and declaring it is for medical purposes.

Some Thai advocates celebrated on Thursday by buying marijuana at a café that had previously been limited to selling products made from the parts of the plant that do not get people high. The dozen or so people who turned up early at the Highland Café were able to choose from a variety of buds with names such as Sugarcane, Bubblegum, Purple Afghani and UFO.

“I can say it out loud, that I am a cannabis smoker. I don’t need to hide like in the past when it was branded as a illegal drug,” said 24-year-old Rittipong Bachkul, the day’s first customer. Marijuana is also known as cannabis or ganja in Thailand.

“As far as the government is concerned, it’s their job to promote medical use only. But it is pretty clear that we have come very far and finally are legalizing its use. The government understands that it’s more pros than cons,” said Rattapon Sanrak, the café’s co-owner and a longtime legalization activist.

The country is known for its Thai Stick variety, which is named after the way its potent flowers are dried and tied into sticks and is the origin of many strains now grown overseas.

Thailand’s government has warned that those eager to light up for fun that smoking in public could still be considered a nuisance, subject to a potential 3-month jail sentence and 25,000 baht ($780) fine. And marijuana extracts, such as oil, remain illegal if they contain more than 0.2% of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the chemical that makes people high.

Tourists should proceed cautiously until the rules become clearer after a new cannabis law is passed, said Prof. Sarana Sommano of Chiang Mai University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences.

“There are still risks. The problem is that cannabis is no longer considered a narcotic but there are no ministry regulations and rules governing the use of it,” she said. “There is no mention of limits on use, drug-impaired driving laws. This could be a mistake by the government in trying to rush out its policy to please voters without really planning the details and explaining to the public what’s going on,”

Thailand mainly wants to make a splash in the market for medical marijuana. It already has a well-developed medical tourism industry and its tropical climate is ideal for growing cannabis.

“We should know how to use cannabis,” Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, a marijuana booster, said recently. “If we have the right awareness, cannabis is like gold, something valuable, and should be promoted.”

Some immediate beneficiaries of the change are people who have been locked up for breaking the old law.

“From our perspective, a major positive outcome of the legal changes is that at least 4,000 people imprisoned for offenses relating to cannabis will be released,” Gloria Lai, Asia regional director of the International Drug Policy Consortium, said in an email interview.

“People facing cannabis-related charges will see them dropped, and money and cannabis seized from people charged with cannabis-related offenses will be returned to their owners,” she said. Her organization is a network of civic groups worldwide advocating drug policies that incorporate human rights, health and development.

Predicted economic benefits are at the heart of Thailand’s marijuana reforms, projected to boost everything from national income to small farmers’ livelihoods. But there is concern whether the benefits will be distributed equitably.

One fear is that large corporations could unfairly benefit from proposed regulations involving complicated licensing processes and expensive fees for commercial use that would handicap small producers.

Taopiphop Limjittrakorn, a lawmaker in the opposition Move Forward party, said that under some proposed regulations, the cannabis industry could end up being controlled by a few big companies, as is the case with alcoholic beverages. His party wants the laws now being drafted to tackle the problem.

Small operators are eager to move into the marijuana business.

On a recent hot Sunday afternoon in eastern Thailand’s Sri Racha district, Ittisug Hanjichan, owner of the Goldenleaf Hemp cannabis farm, led his fifth training course for 40 entrepreneurs, farmers, and retirees. They paid about $150 each to learn tips on nicking seed coats and tending the plants to get quality yields.

One of the attendees was 18-year-old Chanadech Sonboon, who said his parents used to scold him for trying to secretly grow marijuana plants.

He said his father has changed his mind and now sees marijuana as a medication rather than something to be abused. The family runs a small homestay and café and hopes to one day provide cannabis to its guests.

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another one pops up in sala daeng (can combine with some belting Tapas at Taburete as well)
bit cheaper but not by much

So much for the 0.2%

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

I understand the medical use of marijuana but if you can not use it recreationally, of what use is it to the general public?
Cooking with marijuana? Why? does it taste good? I'll admit I don't know , but I don't think so. IMO it is a fad that will soon blow over.
I don't smoke because I cant afford to get any stupider as it is, so I dont care one way or another. But unless it is made legal for recreational use , I don't see how it would be of any benefit to the general public, or tourism.

Feel free to point out the law that says you can't use it recreationally.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Feel free to point out the law that says you can't use it recreationally.

I have no independent knowledge on the matter but according to the OP
" However, prospects for the Thai cannabis trade will be limited by the country’s ban on recreational use "

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

I have no independent knowledge on the matter but according to the OP
" However, prospects for the Thai cannabis trade will be limited by the country’s ban on recreational use "

They have yet to make laws that ban its use recreationally.

The best they've come up with is threatening to punish people who smoke in public with "nuisance laws".

Originally Posted by armstrong

I bought some online today for about 600thb a gram.

From Sukhumweed apparently which is a delightfully funny name.

It arrived today and I set it all up but didn't think it appropriate to try it before football so it'll wait until next weekend.

Originally Posted by armstrong

I set it all up

set up what, you building T Bones, bucket bongs or hot knives

Originally Posted by malmomike77

set up what, you building T Bones, bucket bongs or hot knives

I know the other two, but what are T Bones?

Bicycle pumps, rising shot guns, blowbacks, butane bong blows, it goes on..... or it did 40+ years ago and we used to mix that with uppers and ride mocys down the lanes with no lights flat out night time - no wonder quite a few of us died between 12 and 18