How Thailand's lucrative cannabis industry is under threat

How Thailand's lucrative cannabis industry is under threat - BBC World Service Documentaries

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Thailand became the first country in Asia to legalise the recreational use of cannabis in 2022. It is now set to make a U-turn and restrict cannabis to medical use only.
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The government decision comes after a survey suggested that the recreational use of cannabis among minors under the age of 20 had risen 10 times since decriminalisation.
00:00 Intro: Cannabis industry in Thailand
00:02 Thailand cannabis background
03:20 The government plan to ban recreational cannabis
05:38 Will cannabis shops survive?
07:42 Cannabis vacuum in Thailand
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@wm3138 Ай бұрын

Far less harmful than alcohol.

@jameswatters9592 Ай бұрын

what a silly argument

@oioi5794 Ай бұрын

@@jameswatters9592it’s a fact not an argument old man

@Pellkot Ай бұрын

Everyone says this every time there is any discussion about legalizing. Its not about the dangers to health the reasons are different.

@TinSandwichUK Ай бұрын

@@jameswatters9592 He was stating a fact and your remark turned it into an argument. Ask anyone who works in a hospital A & E dept. how many patients are there due to alcohol intake, particularly Friday and Saturday nights and ask the same person how many are there through someone getting stoned. I could state other medical facts but first I'd like to hear your justification for putting wm3138's comment down by referring to it as a 'silly argument'.

@jameswhitewater6127 Ай бұрын

Research Canada and learn that the cannabis industry did nothing to increase the nation's health issues, in fact the opposite. The medical cannabis industry is booming with a world wide export market.

@davidseek Ай бұрын

Cannabis should have exactly the same status as alcohol. Taxed and regulated, but widely available. It causes arguably much less harm…

@msolja Ай бұрын

It heals an kills cancer that's why they don't want you using it is the cancer killer people still don't listen

@paulg3012 Ай бұрын

Then why should it be treated the same as a drug that kills 3 million people per year? Cannabis should be treated like spinach or mint. Now they seek to make it illegal again whilst cancer sticks which kill more than all hard drugs combined at 7 million per year will remain legal. Clown world.

@alexn4255 Ай бұрын

False. It smells bad. My neighbor smoked it everyday. Let’s just say my neighbor is no longer with us. He’s probably smoking in heaven tho 😂😂😂

@realfacthunt Ай бұрын

That's where the government messed up, legalised but didn't tax.

@JoeyBlogs007 Ай бұрын

@@alexn4255 Very true. It's a losers drug

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Ай бұрын

It is part of Thai culture and kitchen since thousends of years. The country should focus on its very big Meth problem

@eric209 Ай бұрын

On which planet do you live ? I'm Thai and cannabis has never been part of our culture, and NEVER EVER been used in Thai cuisine 😂😂😂😂. Your fantasies really took you somewhere you'll never come back from, kid.

@ZaharaImole Ай бұрын

Oh wow meth is a big problem in Thai that's sad

@breachperplex8846 Ай бұрын

That will never happen they’ve tried that with hash heroin laws in the 2000s shit didn’t work prohabition in general doesn’t work.. it’s crazy how they have the strictest laws in the world but are to stupid to see the laws will never work drug use has increased in the county the more regulations they put and they have the purest heroin, meth, xtc and ketamine in Asia and the purest heroin and meth in the world.. if that doesn’t tell you Thailand has a problem that probation will never solve I don’t know what will.. they were saying when there was the death penalty for heroin trafficking there they litterally had a group of guys transporting hundreds of keys of heroin with help from Thailand law enforcement corruption. I’m not joking you they litterally work with the wa army sometimes… so if they couldn’t stop khun sa they will never stop any flow of drugs from entering the country… it’s a sham the government is doing this going back to the stone ages

@kanedNunable Ай бұрын

we dont have a meth problem in UK btw

@ntro9347 Ай бұрын

@@kanedNunable sure 'bout that?

@kahnjugaming Ай бұрын

I find it hard to support a legislation banning the recreational use of cannabis when alcohol is freely available.

@arbusto Ай бұрын

One mistake doesn't justify another mistake.

@dufud Ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠@@arbustowho said it was a mistake. Both should be legal .

@frederikxx-x-xx3179 Ай бұрын

@@arbusto communist

@kanedNunable Ай бұрын

@@arbusto we are adults. if alcohol is far worse whats the logic for allowing it and banning actual medicinal weed?

@gclip9883 Ай бұрын

@@arbusto It is not a mistake to regulate the use of a substance. The US already tried to ban alcohol in the 1920s and they failed miserably. Keeping a drug illegal doesn't stop the use, it merely shifts the use into a black market. And the black market is responsible for drugs with bad quality, dangerous cutting agents and a lots of violent crime. If we completely replace the black market with a legal market, the world would be a much better place.

@changu1nu Ай бұрын

Also, another thing i want to point out is that the health minister said "by the end of febuary this law will be passed". It was rejected. Now hes saying "by the end of the year", which tells me that no law will be passed.

@johnsmile434 Ай бұрын

Hope so 🙏

@jakespeed6515 Ай бұрын

I know what Rick Simpson would say!

@oioi5794 Ай бұрын

No chance It’s Thailand specially when one of the best located shops in Bangkok is owned by a high ranking police officer among many other highly influential people involved in this business now please stop it🤣the bbc knows this creates views and clicks it’s absolute rubbish take it from someone involved not the bbc😂😂

@THAIRISH_92 Ай бұрын

@@oioi5794which shop is owned by police officer?

@ryanwilliamson9578 Ай бұрын

Money talks. They've been saying for as long as I can remember that foreigners may not be able to buy bud in Netherlands...still hasn't happened

@garynoone672 Ай бұрын

I think Thailand has a much bigger problem with yaba and should focus their resources on this, not cannabis.

@ntro9347 Ай бұрын

yaba is old news. it's nam keng / ice / shabu that is ruling the streets for many years now. Yaba is quite innocent in comparison.

@DaroDuderino Ай бұрын

@@ntro9347 isnt yaba the same as shabu?

@jamesr2622 Ай бұрын

I got the skinny on what's going on. They're not actually outlawing marijuana again. Foreigners don't operate well in grey area businesses. They often don't invest unless something is 100% legal. Keeping marijuana in the grey area will keep the industry running in the hands of Thai people instead of foreigners.

@spoonkiller7elie 27 күн бұрын

i actually like that theory and i dont mind thais making sure they profit from this

@fubufb420 24 күн бұрын

That's true. Why let profits go to some foreign Ahole...😂 Wish the US would stop selling land to China!😂😂

@lindabuck2777 12 күн бұрын

@@spoonkiller7elie👏👏👏I concur!!! I’m 68 now, when I was 15 I smoked Thai stick from my friends brother back from Vietnam. I was not that impressed honestly. I’d be interested to smoke it now! Dispensary’s here work fine, but we ALL deal with the feds hanging over our heads! Bah! Regulation will bring BILLIONS, but every country needs it!!! What-they allergic to money? It DOES take away one less control to get us by law enforcement-biggest money-making scam right?🙏🏻🤨🤷‍♀️

@Mech.01 8 күн бұрын

As long as they can provide quality bud to us foreigners then all the power to them I wish them nothing but billions in profits 🙏

@jamesr2622 8 күн бұрын

On top of that, people want to experience the resurrected Thai weed culture. If you wanted to go smoke Dutch coffee shop weed, you could just go to the Netherlands. I like the whole wooden bong thing.

@cornelisverhoef9282 Ай бұрын

In Thailand there is always a way around things (I've lived and worked here for 22 years). This is how it will go in the end. Since medical use will remain legal all you need to do is go to a clinic where the doc will provide you with a letter ( for a fee )stating that you have such and such condition and you need access to cannabis. That's how it will go. Cannabis is an industry here worth billions. They're not gonna kill it. The Thai government is not THAT stupid.

@joewalawender130 Ай бұрын

But they will TAX away all your profits. And put it In their pockets. Remember that!

@oioi5794 Ай бұрын

I can tell you now all we need to do is have a pharmacist on site lawyer has already informed us of this

@eric209 Ай бұрын

That's not the point. You will not be able to smoke outside in public anymore, that's whole the point. AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BACK. What you do in your bedroom, NOBODY CARES.

@sanookaus1334 Ай бұрын

@@eric209You can’t smoke in public now, you can be fined although the police don’t really enforce it.

@hakasonma8588 Ай бұрын

Why do any of you support government or companies controlling bud? Like how do you profit? Cause you got high? Shit I got high since grade 2 in Canada and never went to jail for smoking.. now selling, underage to adults and kids... that is something else... but again teenager. But full grown adults paying for something you used change as a teen to smoke? All you guys smoke is sweet hybrids and terpene sprayed buds during growth to give you a terpene % on bad genetics 😂

@theoverlord1925 Ай бұрын

This makes the country look bad. First they approve it then a whole industry develops around it, people invest in it ; now they are thinking of scrapping it ? Look at what it has done for the Dutch economy through tourism …..Why would you scrap it ? Regulate it, tax it , enforce the rules in a strict manner , but don’t scrap it .

@jamesr2622 Ай бұрын

They're just putting marijuana back into the grey area to scare off foreigners from saturating the market. Locals operate better in grey area businesses than foreigners because foreigners are usually cautious to only invest in 100% legal businesses.

@WhatsupPattaya Ай бұрын

They can't stop all the foreigners from coming in and growing it indoors and out performing them making money on their soil. It's grown out of control. They do this all the time people invest millions into it then they change their mind.

@ntro9347 Ай бұрын

In Holland it is not legal either. The status quo in the Netherlands really needs resolving.

@1stAmerican Ай бұрын

Thailand is a kingdom, what the king says, goes.

@robertgroves391 Ай бұрын

@@1stAmericanno they have a parliament with upper and lower houses, the monarchy doesn’t get involved in making decisions regarding laws.

@GarsonProduction Ай бұрын

Part time living in Thailand with many friends, also having visited the farms and shops I can tell the people are not really keen on banning cannabis again. It's a booming industry that created a lot of new jobs and have had a net positive effect, especially amoungs tourists. A lot less rude drunks, a lot more relaxed chilled out stoners.

@ZaharaImole Ай бұрын

So why are they saying they gone ban it

@Expat_zillionaire Ай бұрын

i lived there aswell for a while and ive had plenty of situations where i was asked not to smoke it because somebody didnt like the smell.... Even in front of my own place, since a neighbour complained and the cops came by and asked me not to do so.... Many see it on the same level as yaba, which is a shame... very shortsighted some of em....

@ZaharaImole Ай бұрын

@@Expat_zillionaire oh wow that's deep the police came to your house for smoking I don't think they even doing that in USA even the illegal states

@robustanybody5138 Ай бұрын

Yep politicians already are involved and why would they regulate their money

@lindabuck2777 12 күн бұрын

@@ZaharaImole$$$ money money money greedy corrupt politicians and law.🤔🤨🤔🤨

@disorganizedorg Ай бұрын

What a giant step backwards.

@tkilla1202 Ай бұрын

Pushed via the big harma industry via corrupt people.

@WolfHeathen Ай бұрын

Yeah, for drug addicts.

@jakeh491 Ай бұрын

@@WolfHeathenso you don't drink alchol? Fair play

@RobertCollins-fq5tw Ай бұрын

Thai government are simply doing it for the money.

@xstorm_8_shadowx Ай бұрын

@@WolfHeathenYou compare Heroin to pot? You obviously know nothing about any of it so why voice such a stupid comment? 😂 You’re crazy…

@panzerfaust127 Ай бұрын

ive been to thailand twice since the legallysation and both times it was just an incredible expirience

@mystertom100 Ай бұрын

I've been twice after and once before 😭

@lauranceemory4448 Ай бұрын

Thai gov has a record of not thinking beyond the day after tomorrow & pot "I dunno what do you wanna do?" is a prime example. Make specific laws aimed to keep pot from kids... hard part is enforcement, as the police are more a concept than a reality here (been living in Thailand since 2001). Oregon legalized recreational pot in 2014 (my home state). Tax revenues up, no great damage to the state. The rich and military who run Thailand don't care about small business people, growers, etc. Heck, one of the ministers was busted for smuggling heroin into Australia (doesn't matter as not Thailand). Who makes the money on Thai side from meth created by junta in Myanmar..... follow the money

@justlucky13 Ай бұрын

And its cheap here in Oregon too !!!!

@Aslowfade Ай бұрын

I live in Thailand . There are too many important people with a lot of money in the Cannabis industry here for much to change . Most involved in the Government in some capacity . While they talk about closing it down by the end of the years every month sees new Weed shops and Clubs opening, these are not the 'mom & pop' small shacks but large 2 -3 story buildings high end and costing a good few million baht. If theses owner thought it would be made illegal in a few months they would spend their money elsewhere.

@deplorabled1695 Ай бұрын

Please bear in mind. In Thailand, prostitution is also illegal... as is the trade in pharmaceuticals, yet a 5 minute walk down Sukhumvit from Nana to Asoke would lead you to believe it's actually compulsory.

@nuyoricaninthailand3911 29 күн бұрын

555

@calamcouzens2090 Ай бұрын

How many lives would they save if the world decided to ban alcohol

@NemoNobody0 Ай бұрын

None. Just look at what happened to countries that actually did prohibit alcohol: People start to make their own stuff and then wonder why they get blind and die… You don’t control a substance by banning it but by regulating it.

@nothingevermatters..1109 13 күн бұрын

Indian lives?

@calamcouzens2090 9 күн бұрын

@@NemoNobody0 yeah but people’s mothers and fathers wouldn’t be dieing from liver damage let the fools do that to them selfs 🤷🏻‍♂️

@calamcouzens2090 9 күн бұрын

@@nothingevermatters..1109 all lives that would die from alcohol 🤷🏻‍♂️

@NemoNobody0 7 күн бұрын

@@calamcouzens2090 those „fools“ are people’s mothers and fathers as well… it wasn’t just some addicted crazy folks who died by methanol poisoning during the prohibition, it was regular people… Drugs need to be regulated and people have to be informed about the associated risks. Every drug we make illegal will fuel criminal activity and make a new drug appear with even greater potential for damage. The war on drugs is lost and has cost the lives of millions of people. This chapter of history should not be repeated again.

@samabrahams7687 Ай бұрын

Legalisation taxation and freedom to smoke is the way forward . Make it legal here in the uk .

@FUCKgmp Ай бұрын

All Drugs are legal in our Corrupt country ! You just have to be a Government official or police officer to smoke weed and have a few lines of coke . It’s illegal if it’s me or you that’s caught with small bag of cannabis for personal use. Cannabis in the Uk is apparently a jail sentence if caught . After 20+ convictions of personal possession in 30 years 😂 I’ve never been to jail and took weed into court for a spliff on the way home .

@slapdogpuppyspank8754 Ай бұрын

Yeah, saves on the air fare..

@mogwha Ай бұрын

I think the only way it'll work in the UK will be with private members clubs, people hate their neighbours smoking it or walking down the street. It'll be a behind closed doors thing and arrested if outdoors

@robustanybody5138 Ай бұрын

Are u sure?? Ur muslims overlords won't mind?

@graemethorne4540 Ай бұрын

Cannabis is not the problem, alcohol and other drugs are.all easy for young people to obtain.

@user-gs3tq6bx2u Ай бұрын

We all know that, so do the politicians. But when they say "protect the children", they really mean "I need to pretend that I actually care about the welfare of the people, so I'll just push the old two faithfuls that have worked so well for the past 70 years 1) Pot makes you crazy and suicidal 2) there will be stoned 7 year old children everywhere!, then over-control it" ..."then I will extract enough "gifts" from the growers and retailers so that I will be able to buy a new Porsche for each of my girlfriends...and one for my wife if she finds out"

@messono Ай бұрын

Cry more, junky!

@cuetTimmonz Ай бұрын

if you.. they-( have to) smoke more than 4 joints a day. every day....to function? I think its a problem... just like cigarettes, food gambling... addiction is addiction.. don't make excuses. a drug is a drug, is a drug!!! etc...

@dufud Ай бұрын

@@cuetTimmonz no one has to smoke cannabis to function. That’s not how is works . The people who mix it with tobacco. They end up with a tobacco addiction and need the nicotine to function. Cannabis is non addictive.

@gamingtvhub6711 Ай бұрын

@@cuetTimmonz Then you should ban sugar, thats the worst drugs in the history, so many health issues, and surely killing way more people.

@yoursubconscious Ай бұрын

let's us remember, that I am aware of to this day; no one has ever die smoking Mary J. Yet ppl. (many of them teens) are getting their stomach pumped out of alcohol as you read this because they drank too much; or dying from drinking way too much.

@milascave2 Ай бұрын

I was told that about 75 deaths a year have been attributed to MJ. Which, if true, is still very little compared to alcohol, tobacco, hard drugs, etc. But it is not completely harmless, smoke in and of itself is bad for you, and can trigger asma attacks and so forth.

@junglie Ай бұрын

@@milascave2 I'd like to see the evidence of that before i belived a word of it.

@jameswatters9592 Ай бұрын

@@junglie but you happily believed @yoursubconcious without any eveidence

@jakeh491 Ай бұрын

@@milascave2I think you mean 75 indirect deaths a year. As in from people getting high and doing something silly or the tobacco in the spliff causing the harm. Not enough evidence to prove or disprove the harms of cannabis smoke yet.

@cuetTimmonz Ай бұрын

lung cancer. u forget that. smoke in the lungs? I hear people coughing, choking on this crap. any smoke is toxic. u don't hear people dying from smoking cigars! the odd one will inhale.. but not dying like cigarette smokers. and pot. its COMBINATION...people defend this drug..so much..i just don't get it? i dont want to smell this shit, in my personal space, on the street..or at the bus stop.

@EllandRoar84 Ай бұрын

I was in Thailand last month and the atmosphere was special. Friendly, welcoming and zero agro. Weed shops add to the wonderfully accommodating people and provide jobs and industry locally. It would be a crying shame if they were to pull the plug on cannabis. People should not be facing criminal charges over a bloody plant!

@vinrusso821 Ай бұрын

Opium poppy is a bloody plant too. As is the Coca plant.

@Nautilus1972 Ай бұрын

No one is paying $30 a gram.

@loveulez Ай бұрын

The choochoo average price 300 highest 450. One strain is 700 but that’s thca dusted.

@alxs2666 Ай бұрын

Last November in Pattaya i saw ”35% thc” medium looking bud at 1200 baht/g in one place

@WhatsupPattaya Ай бұрын

exactly I was paying 900 baht for the top shelf on Beats Load YO!@@alxs2666

@bennybennyson1079 Ай бұрын

and you believe that its 35%???@@alxs2666

@soroy2 Ай бұрын

you can get skuns for 80 baht/g or less in Bangkok

@caveyful Ай бұрын

If alcohol was introduced I bet there would be the same 10 fold increase in teenage use, if not more, and just maybe they are drinking less alcohol, which is upsetting the alcohol companies.

@eric209 Ай бұрын

You're making zero sense.

@dufud Ай бұрын

@@eric209he makes perfect sense.

@bnarit Ай бұрын

It's too sleepy. In the first month of the legalization, many craft beer done that. I can assure you that, it was good for relax and sleeping.

@denkanator Ай бұрын

actually makes more sense than you probably think. thailand is essentially an oligarchy. and a handful of super-powerful families control all the big business. up until very recently, micro-breweries were illegal in Thailand because a few of the powerful families owned all the beer companies and used their influence to keep the laws in their favour. maybe the same kind of people are not very happy that they aren't getting their cut from the weed too

@eric209 Ай бұрын

@denkanator You did not understand what I meant at all. I've been living in Thailand for a WHILE. Thais drink alcohol like you drink water (if you drink water, lol), and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING will replace alcohol in their existence, N O T H I N G. Thais who now smoke weed, drink as much if not more. That's what I meant when I said the guy was making zero sense, cause he knows nothing about the country, its people, and culture, OBVIOUSLY. And YOU make way less sense than you think, either. The same families you mentioned are those who invested massively in the weed business, actually. And they can afford to move on if the Eldorado closes its doors tomorrow ...

@Jedi_Judo19 Ай бұрын

It would be so dumb for the Thai authorities to do this. It's like chopping off your nose to spite your face. You have billions of dollars in this industry, and you're gonna just get rid of that? That's really dumb. Thousands of people depend on this industry for jobs and a livelihood. Also 2023 and 2022 had more tourists come to Thailand than ever before. You can't tell me all those extra tourists only came for temples and beaches? They came to smoke weed and enjoy their holiday in the most beautiful country on Earth. I love you Thailand and I love marijuana. Marijuana is good and physically non-addictive. Alcohol is far worse and causes way more deaths than weed ever has. I can't think of one person who has ever died from smoking weed, but tons of people that have had their lives ruined by alcoholism. Please keep weed legal and going strong in Thailand.

@YeeLeeHaw Ай бұрын

"You can't tell me all those extra tourists only came for temples and beaches?" You forgot another "illegal" thing there that is attracting a lot of tourists :)

@WellOilBeefHooked Ай бұрын

If these profits are true and correct then Thailand will not ban it. Trust me on this.

@jadefinding Ай бұрын

Follow the money, who benefits from regulation?

@tractordamage5272 Ай бұрын

Police mainly. Another revenue source for bribes. They need to be paid more to avoid the corrupt culture. They get a tiny salary, and they have to buy their own bikes, guns, etc.

@zappas10 Ай бұрын

The police. They will be extorting the tourists and the ex-pats as they did before.

@MrProzacmilkshake Ай бұрын

very smart young student the government of course

@traderlondon Ай бұрын

Vaping is illegal in Thailand, but recreational use of cannabis is legal. WTF

@bth291106 26 күн бұрын

Well makes sense as vaping is terrible for you. And cannabis is nowhere near as bad.

@markgerick3063 Ай бұрын

The wonderful and effective self-medicating use of the many varieties of Cannabis should never be under threat by anything.

@pepelemoko01 Ай бұрын

So go though immigration , and customs , change your money,get your Thai SIM card,next visit a Thai Doctor's airport clinic get medical a marijuana medical certificate ,then BTS to Sukumvit hotel.

@deckling823 Ай бұрын

It's disgusting to see the face of the minister happily when he is saying all the restrictions.

@MrProzacmilkshake Ай бұрын

he is baked as

@robustanybody5138 Ай бұрын

Boohoo

@nicholas8997 Ай бұрын

Legalizing cannabis was such a hit to organised crime in Bangkok.... How can they let all this come back !!

@dualmandalasinsynchronicit131 Ай бұрын

Because organized crime is runnin' shit!

@jameswatters9592 Ай бұрын

organised crime just moved into legalized cannabis production so dumbass whats the difference

@gareth449 Ай бұрын

who do you think are growing and selling it now , its not the normal guy on the street

@dualmandalasinsynchronicit131 Ай бұрын

Thailand, did a rug pull. They brought in investors, and sucked capital out of the cannabis sector, where those who invested early in The Thai, emerging market, expected parabolic gains on their investmen

@carlnorrdell2447 Ай бұрын

Goodluck if they ban recreational use, the underground would be too much for them to handle all over again.

@ebargados4321 Ай бұрын

who pays $30 USD per gram? And 30K USD per kilo is a bit of a stretch.

@ralfzacherl9942 Ай бұрын

It's 30$ per gram in the tourist shops with imported stuff. In every non touristic area it's more like 20-50ct per gram for random bush weed or the classic Thai style sticks where they wrap the weed with a string around a stick.

@Expat_zillionaire Ай бұрын

@@ralfzacherl9942 good indoor you can get for around 300baht per gram in most places, 30 dollars i would never pay...

@denkanator Ай бұрын

@@ralfzacherl9942 the import is usually cheaper than the local good stuff. and 30 is only in the super touristy places that are there to rip off tourists. can get good stuff for 10 easy enough

@gertfourie3283 Ай бұрын

Moonrock?

@Kwippy Ай бұрын

The overwhelming majority of Thai people disapprove of recreational cannabis use, and will approve of the ban. People also do not want to feel that Thailand will do absolutely anything just to make money.

@cloudzack1090 Ай бұрын

Imagine caring about consuming/smoking a plant. Literally bothers no one except the people who are sensitive towards it. If you dont like it, dont use it. Pretty simple

@sangyedorje3564 Ай бұрын

The anything for money boat sailed decades ago.

@realfacthunt Ай бұрын

Utter bs, lived here for 20+ years with hundreds of thai friends and nobody cares enough to ban it, they are happy for their countrymen to be able to make a living from it. It employs hundreds of thousands of people. Only small minded 'govern me more' people would want it banned now.

@Aslowfade Ай бұрын

I agree, sadly the Thai government as always didn't bother to ask the population what they thought about this massive change to the country.

@bnarit Ай бұрын

Not so sure about that, according to the election. There might be just a fews.

@supportadmin7735 Ай бұрын

Lol nobody actually pays 30 per gram thats a joke

@sasproductions701 Ай бұрын

u haven't heard of cali packs? 3.5 for £40,£50 even £60 for 3.5 so u must be a virgin at smoking.

@lanthanumkhloride8538 Ай бұрын

you'd be surprised, dispensaries in Bangkok's tourist districts charge up to 900 baht per gram. Elsewhere 100-300 baht per gram is typical.

@denkanator Ай бұрын

@@sasproductions701 3.5 for 60 is less than 30 a gram.

@sasproductions701 Ай бұрын

@@denkanator i feel stupid i read it wrong lol maybe im the virgin at smoking haha its fake cali packs trust me, the weed smells nice and looks nice and proper cut and budded but yeah i cant afford cali packs all the time so i just get my usual stardawg for £25 for 3.5

@knobrotknobrot Ай бұрын

@@sasproductions701that's not 1 gram is it clever boy

@alanh8212 Ай бұрын

Bottom line: Can tourists still access weed?

@sanookaus1334 Ай бұрын

In Bangkok some shops will deliver it in 30 min to your door. Just like ordering food.

@bnarit Ай бұрын

Yes

@demiljim306 Ай бұрын

Weed in Thailand (compared to the US) is way overpriced. Dispensaries on every corner and I never see them very busy.

@gertfourie3283 Ай бұрын

All over SEA, indoor, staff, electricity, growing with care day by day. Its an art. You gonna go to your own country and bring it back as an expatriate? 😂

@blindmown 6 күн бұрын

Those are just the tourist traps dude. Everyone with a brain buys it online. I buy it from a farm in the north and I pay 50-100 THB a gram (~$2) for their exotic strains.

@JackSmith-gv5yw Ай бұрын

Typical Thailand, they half-arsed the legislation when they bought it in. Also Thailand was very anti-drug not that long ago, now you can buy weed on every street corner....crazy.

@scambodia147 Ай бұрын

Money number,hard core pot fans need not worry.

@martinbakunawa1240 Ай бұрын

Question is, why do you need to regulate Cannabis when Alcohol and Tobacco are running rampant and free? It always boils down who gets to control the flow of money, wins. So the government is getting greedy? sad to hear such news since a lot of foreigners want to invest in their country.

@ntro9347 Ай бұрын

a fool and his money are easily parted

@milascave2 Ай бұрын

Thailand may be the only place in Asia that has MJ dispensaries. But Cambodia sells MJ Pizza and soup. And in North Korea, of all places, it is completely legal.

@denkanator Ай бұрын

vietnam has cannabis bars, too. where you can just go in and buy it over the counter. it's not legal. but they just pay off the local police and operate with immunity

@AlfredHimmelweiss Ай бұрын

i am living in Bangkok for three years and it is not true that you can find a weed shop on every corner in Bangkok. The last two days i was walking in Sathorn each day for 4 hours and i have not seen one weed shop. In the tourist area i can find one on every corner.

@Mike-iu6sz Ай бұрын

Go to Pattaya they are everywhere

@AlfredHimmelweiss Ай бұрын

@@Mike-iu6sz i guess the same everywhere like in the video. "Everywhere in Bangkok." i have seen them growing in tourist areas. i guess this is what you mean with everywhere.

@boblob-law9401 Ай бұрын

It brings in 1.2 billion dollars of revenue, and increasing. Why would they even consider getting rid of it? That's not even including the boost in tourism, especially from Asian counties.

@YeeLeeHaw Ай бұрын

This is why you don't let people that have no economic background make up the rules for the market. They could've just sat down with the growers and shop owners and discussed how to deal with some of the issues, but they didn't; they sit in their little bubbles instead and ditch out orders just so they can say they're doing so something, and as long as it doesn't affect them directly everything is game.

@90vit Ай бұрын

Appreciate the subtitles for the narrator.

@thitithanachaipornsakun1978 Ай бұрын

I think the way cannabis legalization in Thailand was executed exceptionally poor. None of these folks really went outside of Thailand to see how it is executed in Europe (Amsterdam) or the US (Colorado). Going into a Cannabis shop in Thailand does not require any sort of ID checking (to verify if you are 18 or 21+), or even barrier to cover the plants and products. Colorado for instance, have very strict ID checking and barrier to enter the cannabis shop. Ofcourse now the Thai government is concerned about banning it again, because they are seeing rise to more minors using it. There is absolutely no barrier of entry and ID checking at all from the get go. If the ID checking and barrier of entry is implemented earlier, I am sure Thai Cannabis industry won't face this hurdle. Too bad, so sad... for not doing a great job in researching on proper ways to distribute cannabis to the masses.

@YeeLeeHaw Ай бұрын

What barrier are you referring to?

@johngammon963 Ай бұрын

Basically, it's about money and control. They see the market, and they want a piece of the pie.

@MrProzacmilkshake Ай бұрын

100 percent

@supportadmin7735 Ай бұрын

No all they are going to do is make you get a doctor certificate and use it in private. They dont want public cannabis shops everywhere is all it really is.

@jakeh491 Ай бұрын

But it's okay to serve alchol everywhere? Sounds a bit odd to me

@sanookaus1334 Ай бұрын

@avusookay6743 What has people under 15 got to do with it, the legal age for alcohol is 20 years old. Gan-cha is also traditional, wether smoked or more often made into tea.

@nomadicsoul34 Ай бұрын

My blood boils when the suited cronies say its harmful as a justification for banning it. Everything is harmful to a degree . Sugar , palm oil etc . sex , gambling or driving all carry risk . Cannabis is very very safe compared to nicotine and alcohol. Its just ignorance combined with corruption.

@Expat_zillionaire Ай бұрын

its all about money... not safety...

@intranix Ай бұрын

no chance it'll be restricted. The industry is huge and already ingrained. Tourism also depends on it already, many many are coming to Thailand because it's legal. The threat of canabis is to the alcohol industry which is mafia-like controlled in Thailand.

@matolabrown6832 Ай бұрын

I’m sorry for all those who went to Thailand to invest in cannabis I know people from Canada, who left their home and everything and go to Thailand to invest

@yorkshirepitbikeclub926 Ай бұрын

Follow the money 💰 🤑 💸

@w.urlitzer1869 Ай бұрын

som na, na.

@dmtboke Ай бұрын

It's Business as usual here.. Nothing will change other than some Labcoats and better testing/regulation.

@ntro9347 Ай бұрын

if they had bothered to do one second of research they would know that Thailand is hostile to foreign business and you would find that they like to backflips on each and every of their decisions. Som nom na indeed.

@YeeLeeHaw Ай бұрын

@@dmtboke If the majority of customers can't buy your product, that's a big problem. What you're saying does not make any sense politically or economically.

@user-uo3ce3xv4o Ай бұрын

Привет из Сибири!!!!! Всём добра и любви к Богу!!!!!! Курите братья!!!! Андрон

@Jonathan-tj4lt Ай бұрын

Meanwhile in Germany… “let’s legalize weed for everyone!”

@aerialcombat Ай бұрын

the only reason i was going to go to Thailand was that they seemed to be relaxing their harsh drug law involving cannabis and had legalized cannabis for recreational use. i feel for the weed businesses that are going to be affected by this, sorry you're laws are going backwards.

@DaroDuderino Ай бұрын

Is there any time scedule when they have to close?

@stefvanbust552 Ай бұрын

The real problem of legal cannabis is poeople drvining high.Traffic in Thailand is already dangerous and many people drive drunk.

@SmokeTemple Ай бұрын

Did pharmaceutical sales go down after cannabis legalization?

@loveulez Ай бұрын

That 45 million a month figure is tabloid embarrassing garbage. A gram at choochoo hemp in central Bangkok costs average 300 baht, plenty strains at 200 or less. Highest pure weed strain is 450.

@blindmown 6 күн бұрын

I love that place. The edible shop downstairs is awesome too.

@ludvikdurana6048 19 күн бұрын

Anybody knows if they allow vistors for tours ?

@MrEye4get Ай бұрын

No mention of the considerably more harmful use of tobacco or alcohol. Oh, but wait, the government owns and taxes those, right?

@cheebacheeobusiness3893 Ай бұрын

Heading toward Monopoly and oligopoly 😂

@GugaBahr. Ай бұрын

For a moment I got worried. But now I understand. The government just wants its share.

@hearmenow909 Ай бұрын

They will have people on site that will sign off the paperwork so people can buy it for 'medicinal use'. Nothing will change, just an extra process and that extra process will generate more revenue for their economy. Once you have the paper work to allow you to purchase for medicinal use, that permit will last for a set amount of time. So if you're on holiday, you go to the dispensary, get your permit within a few mins and you're then covered for the duration of your trip.

@YeeLeeHaw Ай бұрын

Extra steps like that will chase away a lot of customers. When you operate a business, every single inconvenience is a lost customer among X amount of customers. The question is how many you will lose. If I were a shop owner or a producer I would still be very worried even if what you're saying would happen.

@Dalla_Dog Ай бұрын

They already let the genie out the bottle, yhe tax revenue it brings for the government is insane, its not stopping.

@wizewizard1840 Ай бұрын

Properly legalize it instead of banning it again!

@soupadoopafly Ай бұрын

How do you have reliable statistics to compare too with under 20 year olds from a time where it was illegal?

@paganaruemonlino2223 Ай бұрын

All they are going to achieve is an underground traffic...

@cryptoninjaz 7 күн бұрын

Alcohol is way worse !!

@nothingevermatters..1109 13 күн бұрын

Every time I want to do meditation I’ll go to Thailand

@demitrishernandez6753 5 күн бұрын

Never put it past politicians to ruin a good thing through sheer ignorance and incompetence

@Toastiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ай бұрын

"They should prioritize regulating alcohol. It's more dangerous. Alcohol might be necessary for medical purposes, such as when someone is heartbroken or dealing with loneliness

@georgeschmid2624 Ай бұрын

If cannabis is for medical allowed, why is it not allowed for privat consumption? And if cannabis is a drug and should be forbidden, why is alcohol not forbidden? Come on, I think the main reason could be, that the cannabis market earns huge profit and grown up bigger and stronger and probably, anyone don't want that and has fear.

@simonedamicis4926 Ай бұрын

Why???

@WellOilBeefHooked Ай бұрын

Kanchanaburi is the place of "The bridge over the River Kwai". Everything you see in this video, I live for it.

@420skidrow Ай бұрын

if they reverse, i wont visit thailand for vacation

@JC-lu4se Ай бұрын

You won't be missed somehow.

@crack61616 Ай бұрын

And we in germany getting started.lets goooo

@donalain69 Ай бұрын

I did not see many problems caused by the canabis legalisation in Thailand. And i don't think it increased the number lof consumers a lot. those who like to smoke it now just do it more publicly. But as long as it does not harm anyone... why ban it again?

@julioalbertopfeilstickerab2603 Ай бұрын

Government always will fear people that think.

@michaelgothenburg364 Ай бұрын

28% THC is readily available for children as young as 12 in Thailand. Line is the most common platform used. Impossible to control. My daughter showed me how easy it is to get. Just order and pay or cash on delivery even in some places. Close down one place and they open up a few days later under another name. A Thai neurologist I know says that juvenile problems in his medical area has skyrocketed since Cannabis was made legal.

@michaellanoue9156 Ай бұрын

Sad. It’s just a prohibition on the freedom of choosing one’s choice: cannabis and/or liquor. why is cannabis worse than alcohol?

@ZebbMassiv Ай бұрын

Thats a cute tiny farm. Love from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️

@julianshepherd2038 Ай бұрын

That's a cute version of the sun you've got there.

@user-ql8pg9me2r Ай бұрын

terible to stop it helps with illnesses

@hatsadin97 18 күн бұрын

My uncle who is in the military is against weed but the guy is also a heavy drinker...Like sometimes I can't believe he's my family

@user-nn4wj8gk9s Ай бұрын

Let’s openly talk about meth in Thailand.more weed less meth.

@lolitapitpong3826 Ай бұрын

Yeah do people realise half those night tuk tuk drivers and motobike taxi drivers are sneaking off for little toots on the pipe to keep them going?

@lolitapitpong3826 Ай бұрын

Yeah do people realise half those night tuk tuk drivers and motobike taxi drivers are sneaking off for little toots on the pipe to keep them going?

@puresim316nosimracingnolif3 Ай бұрын

Ban alcohol and free the weed

@frederikxx-x-xx3179 Ай бұрын

Don’t ban anything wtf. Let people have the freedom to choose what they do

@puresim316nosimracingnolif3 Ай бұрын

@@frederikxx-x-xx3179 weed is better tho 😁

@Davao420 Ай бұрын

The Thai minister looks like a jerk. So patronizing when he smiles as he explains.

@harankarthick5589 Ай бұрын

It just ploy to start milking the producer’s flowing money

@Expat_zillionaire Ай бұрын

same as with any other product really...

@vincentmcgarry3598 Ай бұрын

That was a short lived.Probably jeleous of how popular and how much money was being made.

@mongolshonny6633 Ай бұрын

+ as a adult smoke aside your home is sad and childish

@luceinbattaglia9425 Ай бұрын

True but not the same case if you’re in holiday..

@nagodio Ай бұрын

So i cant walk into a store and buy it anymore ? I’m going tomorrow 😢

@EllandRoar84 Ай бұрын

You can still buy it until the end of the year, possibly even after that depending on the new regulations

@nagodio Ай бұрын

@@EllandRoar84 JUST book tickets for May! My second trip within a year! Probably make it one more time by the end of the year! Weird they do this to weed but “freelancer” are okay to be allllll over the streets of bangkok! Widely open and exposing what they are doing.

@corleonis8451 Ай бұрын

1kg worth 30k?? Am I to high or whats going on in Thailand?

@knobrotknobrot Ай бұрын

It's nonsense

@changu1nu Ай бұрын

Also, one more thing. Personal use of amphetamines are decriminalised. If this whole thing was about the interest of public health, the fight wouldnt be against weed.

@KK-lg8uz Ай бұрын

what, can you explain? Ive never heard that before. They decriminalised amphetamines?? When?

@cornelisverhoef9282 Ай бұрын

@@KK-lg8uz you can have up to 5 ya ba pills ( meth) on you without any legal consequences in this country. But the government goes after weed. Go figure.

@gsomethingsomething2658 Ай бұрын

_"Personal use of amphetamines are decriminalised."_ - Are you saying that is the case already in Thailand?

@KK-lg8uz Ай бұрын

im pretty sure he's making that up was just interested in what he was on about@@gsomethingsomething2658

@luceinbattaglia9425 Ай бұрын

Is not decriminalized. Up to 5 pills it’s personal use but you face jail punishment anyway !

@pathomthavaradhara Ай бұрын

Well, Thailand outlawed “ prostitution “ years ago, but in reality there is prostitution everywhere esp., “ tourist attraction towns “. Simply put it this way “ it’s the same thing with cannabis “ money talks .

@yorkshirepitbikeclub926 Ай бұрын

Legalise and regulate in the uk as a medical patient it is way too expensive compared to the streets and the quality is rubbish compared to street other than 2 or 3 strains from canada

@junglie Ай бұрын

They bring it in from anywhere but here too, i've seen legal medical weed from israel of all places .

@andifucka7117 Ай бұрын

You need the right strains. There are nice strains for about 8 Euro a Gramm for medical use

@junglie Ай бұрын

@@andifucka7117 Got them ,been breeding them for 40 odd years......Cost f'k all a gram.

@yorkshirepitbikeclub926 Ай бұрын

@andifucka7117 yeahh ice just got a nice German one orange cake

@robustanybody5138 Ай бұрын

Ur muslims overlords won't like it

@neilgillespie4498 Ай бұрын

Why the u turn? What problems have they had ? How many people have died from it ?? How many deaths / violent incidents caused by alcohol in the same time? Why not ban alcohol as well! It doesn’t make any sense

@sanookaus1334 Ай бұрын

The newly elected government party ran on reversing the classification of pot back to a narcotic, after getting elected they have to appear to be working on a new bill.

@Nocturnaltribe Ай бұрын

One word. Money

@bnarit Ай бұрын

It's complicated. If it is freely legal, no officer need to be bribed. But, if they are in gray area, then the money will flow.

@MrProzacmilkshake Ай бұрын

makes perfect sense its about cash cash

@MrProzacmilkshake Ай бұрын

@avusookay6743 they smoke meth its 2024. the goverment don't care they just want to tax it more

@joelutt5465 Ай бұрын

Thailand won’t ban the great bud ban yabba and meth

@Dave-hk3pv Ай бұрын

still blows my mind that i cant bring my vape with me and cannabis is all over Thailand, i will be fined if i bring my vape with me however i can still buy it from the vendors there and use it no issues? the only 2 laws about a joint is i cant smoke it indoor and if people complained about me smoking a police will come and ask me to stop... fantastic logic.

@jamesmckeon9139 Ай бұрын

You can walk into off brand pharmacies and buy whatever, why would the weed stores be different if it is just medical use?

@eddieo2824 Ай бұрын

2016 brain cancer survivor. Cannabis breeds passion and homeostasis cb2 receptor inhibits sars2 uncouples mitochondria decreases information gives a sense of well being peace and love

@JuanJohn013 28 күн бұрын

The problem is that some shops will sell to underage and a lot of smokers don’t respect people and will smoke anywhere even around kids

@BrianMiller112 Ай бұрын

nice curing process he has

@robertgroves391 Ай бұрын

It was never legalized for recreational use at all, it was only supposed to be for medical and culinary purposes only, but the law worded was quite ambiguous to say the least, this is where people took advantage of the loophole. The Government is just looking to close the loophole that is all.