Cannabis: Thailand Wants to Ban Recreational Marijuana

Cannabis: Thailand Wants to Ban Recreational Marijuana

The days of legal recreational cannabis use in Thailand may soon be coming to end, barely two years after it became the first South East Asian country to decriminalize the drug. The Thai Cabinet will review a draft law this month with an aim to ban recreational use by the end of the year, impacting thousands of businesses. Bloomberg’s Paul Allen reports.

50 Comments

  1. @Burggartenjunge on April 1, 2024 at 7:17 am

    @junkyarddog7003
    3 weeks ago
    In love with Thailand and their food but they need to leave the tree alone.๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿพโ€โ™‚
    what ?



  2. @zofiazielinska9712 on April 1, 2024 at 7:18 am

    Just a small reminder that vapes are totally illegal in thailand and owning a vape juice could get you in prison while tobacco is still very legal.



  3. @MrHorse-by3mp on April 1, 2024 at 7:19 am

    Thailand is a hard pass for me. I’m sure there are nice things but too much dirtbag tourism for my tastes.



  4. @TYNEPUNK on April 1, 2024 at 7:19 am

    fools.



  5. @jumpy2xstreaming on April 1, 2024 at 7:21 am

    I was planning to go in a year or two well now Iโ€™m never going ๐Ÿ˜‚



  6. @raymondsmith5088 on April 1, 2024 at 7:21 am

    GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜… THEY GIVE UT TO THE PEOPLE AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข



  7. @ganjawale3843 on April 1, 2024 at 7:23 am

    Indian weed๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ



  8. @tonkotonko on April 1, 2024 at 7:23 am

    instead of adapting the law and creating a few new clear regulations, they just press the shut down button – as a result, ppl loose their income, million-dollar industry is canceled and investors are gone. how disappointing is that?



  9. @PSYXIC_CRVMES on April 1, 2024 at 7:25 am

    Social harm? Truly Pathetic.



  10. @troublewarranted3240 on April 1, 2024 at 7:27 am

    These guys donโ€™t mind their children becoming alcoholics haha



  11. @Burggartenjunge on April 1, 2024 at 7:29 am

    thailand ist fucking corrupt



  12. @samanthaburton3047 on April 1, 2024 at 7:34 am

    Good..they where charging to high a price per g.



  13. @doxskew2221 on April 1, 2024 at 7:35 am

    The problem here isnt them banning the weed. Its the fact that they made it legal. Introducing weed as a recreational thing only to make it illegal so. People will still use and it will just become an underground market



  14. @fadheelm on April 1, 2024 at 7:36 am

    Should i cancel my trip then?๐Ÿ˜…



  15. @wen2096 on April 1, 2024 at 7:36 am

    You Drink Booze get a Liver disease, Smoke Ciggerttes until you die of lung cancer, but you cant smoke Marijuana how stupid? I was just about to go, But Thailand lost my Money and my Buisness, Im staying in the USA, Very stupid their Loss ..



  16. @dicklong7042 on April 1, 2024 at 7:37 am

    Man, i was gonna travel to visit



  17. @user-ei7de4ld4l on April 1, 2024 at 7:38 am

    As usual, Thailand makes most there money with prison and hookers



  18. @dayaweerasinghe4370 on April 1, 2024 at 7:38 am

    So the criminals can keep making millions๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ



  19. @dcanes5720 on April 1, 2024 at 7:39 am

    Very stupid Thailand



  20. @yopapi on April 1, 2024 at 7:39 am

    Legal recreational use is probably hurting the alcohol and tobacco market. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚



  21. @typedash1905 on April 1, 2024 at 7:41 am

    Big mistake..



  22. @JeSuisHulk on April 1, 2024 at 7:41 am

    legal or not it was always available in almost every reggae bar….



  23. @onioncontrol on April 1, 2024 at 7:42 am

    They should just tightly regulate it if it bothers them so much. It would be foolish to recrimialize sale at this point. Give it a 30% sin tax even to justify it’s defacto legalization and milk those foreigners.



  24. @wadebishop1413 on April 1, 2024 at 7:42 am

    ALCOHOL IS 10X WORSE. HYPOCRITES.



  25. @apekskater2010 on April 1, 2024 at 7:45 am

    Marijuana is bad, but alcohol and cigarettes are good?????

    Whatttt???



  26. @zappas10 on April 1, 2024 at 7:45 am

    And billions will be extorted by the police from the tourists and expats.



  27. @Ashid932 on April 1, 2024 at 7:47 am

    ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ โœŒ๏ธ โ˜ฎ๏ธ



  28. @user-wv4fw2cg5b on April 1, 2024 at 7:48 am

    Who is spreading this bullshit around here?????? To my knowledge no decision about anything has been made ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿ‘Ž



  29. @mrmaxaxl on April 1, 2024 at 7:49 am

    Noooo! ๐Ÿ˜ญ



  30. @Burggartenjunge on April 1, 2024 at 7:50 am

    THE TREE OF TRUTH ?



  31. @Burggartenjunge on April 1, 2024 at 7:52 am

    THE TREE OF LIFE ?



  32. @Black-Circle on April 1, 2024 at 7:53 am

    there are no benefits. sort you diet out. stop medicating with crap



  33. @hafizsenadbrkic on April 1, 2024 at 7:53 am

    How dare they make the plant illegal? People are so ignorant. ๐Ÿ˜…



  34. @CoreySorensen on April 1, 2024 at 7:56 am

    coming from years of experience, Thailand needs to understand people will get Cannabis regardless of if it’s legal or not that’s why the black market exists. Teenagers are better off smoking Cannabis than drinking alcohol & it’s also a lot safer, teenagers are vulnerable under the influence of Alcohol.



  35. @unraveledultimatefate on April 1, 2024 at 7:57 am

    There are public health reasons for proposing a ban on recreational marijuana use, but such a measure could lead to unintended consequences. For example, medical or authorized patients might leak their products to tourists, potentially increasing illegal activity and creating dangers associated with drug trafficking. Additionally, both tourists and residents, when denied legal access, might resort to obtaining unregulated and potentially more potent products. This could lead to increased interactions with potentially dangerous individuals on the street and create tensions between police and tourists. Therefore, a more nuanced approach may be necessary before implementing a full ban. Perhaps a partial ban could be considered as an initial step. Banning recreational marijuana use altogether could create as many problems as when it was fully banned worldwide, and this does not sound good like a good idea at all, and i’m not saying that marijuana is an entirely harmless drug without it’s risks, although cigarettes are plain simply harmful and do not serve purpose, red wine and some few selection of wines with small amounts of alcohol is tolerated by the body and can be consumed in moderation, hard liquors, i would recommend against, as much you wouldn’t like a too high potency product for the first time, since it’s unpredictable effects and health effects may not be necessarily determined by dosing and any amount of dosing could cause a person to feel effects that are too intense for the first timer.



  36. @izebangpa on April 1, 2024 at 8:00 am

    i’m a grower and seller by my self , and i’m gonna lose job again so sad to greedy and studpid gov



  37. @zappas10 on April 1, 2024 at 8:02 am

    A lot more social harm with cigarettes and alcohol.๐Ÿ˜‚



  38. @johngalt3940 on April 1, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Donโ€™t do it! Imagine all the jobs it creates for Thai people:



  39. @029_rafeehidayat3 on April 1, 2024 at 8:06 am

    Good, i support thailand. It needs quality tourists not junkies



  40. @hammyhamhamster5993 on April 1, 2024 at 8:07 am

    Cannabis should be absolutely just as legal and easy to obtain anywhere as alcohol currently is. In every single state. No exceptions. It’s so easy: As legal and easy to obtain/use as alcohol currently is. Why hold relatively benign, often healing cannabis to any sort of irrational, stricter double standard than perfectly legal alcohol?….



  41. @mattmeyer2006 on April 1, 2024 at 8:07 am

    But drinking is fine lol



  42. @Burggartenjunge on April 1, 2024 at 8:07 am

    THE TREE OF CORRUPT ?



  43. @mrsirgentleman420 on April 1, 2024 at 8:08 am

    They are stupid as fuc* if they make it illegal again ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ



  44. @Ned88Man on April 1, 2024 at 8:11 am

    hmmm, what about parents being concerned about alcohol? Crickets there huh?



  45. @pavlokozhevnikov6067 on April 1, 2024 at 8:11 am

    Good on Thailand ๐ŸŽ‰ finally a country understanding the shit effects of this skunk shit stinking drug. Hopefully all other countries follow, enough is enough



  46. @giannisperiklhs9394 on April 1, 2024 at 8:11 am

    let the people smoke! the whole cannabis industry is a joke for billionairs only..



  47. @ThompterSHunson on April 1, 2024 at 8:13 am

    "7,000 dispensaries" lol Good luck with that! ๐Ÿ˜„ For comparison, California since 2016 has 3,659 dispensaries, while the USA has about 15,000! (Source: flowhub)



  48. @zappas10 on April 1, 2024 at 8:14 am

    The decriminalizing of cannabis had a democratizing effect on Thailand. It was free speech and expression.



  49. @tristan101 on April 1, 2024 at 8:14 am

    "…but not at the expense of public health."
    What evidence do you have to suggest Recreational Marijuana use is worse for you then Alcohol and Cigarettes!? In fact everything shows the opposite.
    Sure its not great for your lungs to smoke anything. But show me a report of anyone dying from Marijuana use.
    Or anyone with Lung Cancer from Marijuana use only. I will wait…



  50. @FoFo-gm2iv on April 1, 2024 at 8:16 am

    I just came back from bkk, most of those businesses are barely surviving !

    Banning weed means nothing! As simple as that

    If they close stores you can buy it online with free delivery