Is Thailand the New Weed Capital of the World? | Foreign Correspondent
Is Thailand the New Weed Capital of the World? | Foreign Correspondent
From zero tolerance to decriminalisation, Thailand’s recent u-turn on its cannabis laws is lighting up a billion-dollar industry. Officially it’s for medicinal use but the legal grey area means ‘ganja’ lovers are celebrating. Subscribe: https://ab.co/3yqPOZ5
It’s the country which gave us the words ‘bong’ and ‘ganja’.
In Thailand, cannabis has been used for centuries in traditional medicine.
But when the US launched its ‘war on drugs’ in the 1970s, Thailand became a key partner, placing cannabis on the narcotics list and toughening penalties against it.
This June, the country took it off that list, meaning cannabis sellers and recreational users no longer risked jail for selling or possessing cannabis.
In tourist hotspots, a ‘ganja-culture’ is fast taking hold. In Bangkok’s Khao San Road nightspot, it seems easier to buy a joint than a Pad Thai.
‘Now it’s legal – God gave a gift for us’, says Choco Gonzales, a cannabis seller in Bangkok.
And it’s party time for tourists at the famous full moon party at Koh Phangan in the country’s southeast.
‘Wherever you go now, it’s Amsterdam again in Asia’, says an Italian tourist at the party.
As Australia reignites on its own debate about legalising cannabis, Southeast Asia correspondent Mazoe Ford travels around Thailand to meet the new crop of ‘ganja-preneurs’ cashing in on the green rush.
In Bangkok, Kitty Chopaka, a shop owner selling cannabis products and a leading advocate of decriminalisation, is still pinching herself.
‘I never thought in my lifetime that this would actually happen…But at the same time I knew it has to be done.’
In the southern island of Samui, resort owner Carl Lamb reckons the liberalisation of the laws is attracting overseas tourists.
‘You can really feel it’s reinvigorated the market. There’s a new energy here.’
Ford also hitches a ride on the private jet of the politician behind the policy – Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
He takes us to Thailand’s east to spruik the medicinal cannabis industry which the government hopes will become a billion-dollar industry.
‘It turned out that majority of my voters chose to vote for my party… some people even called my party (the) “Cannabis Party”’, he tells Ford.
But not everyone welcomes the change. More than a thousand doctors have warned that the drug was delisted before proper safeguards and regulations were in place.
‘We don’t want to be the cannabis haven of the world’, say Doctor Chanchai Sittipunt from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine.
But Kitty Chopaka says going back isn’t possible – the genie is out of the bottle.
‘That bottle is broken. It’s gone!’
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It is better to use cannabis than children !
Used to enjoy thia stick in the 70tys 😊
Россияне вам завидуют 😮😢
Lol, She said 100 aus dollar for 5 grams which is 5500 Indian rupees . In India it is illegal, Still I would get around 80 grams for 5500😂
$100 for a 5 gram bud? Tell em their dreamin!
The thing is there’s so many different types of THC
Pensando ai Thai Sticks, Thai the Killer, che si trovavano ad Amsterdam, direi proprio di si…
The best pot always had seeds
Successful people don’t become that way overnight. What most people see as a glance of wealth, a great career, and purpose is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who is reading this will be successful in life,.,,.,.,
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Reality is it is much less harmful than Alcohol, so whats the fuss here?
How much did they say 5 G was worth ?
Much love from El Chapo son Laris forschen Guzman from Dunseith North Dakota God bless you all 🙏♥️🤟
Good health to them, trying to make a better life for themselves…Go for it, I can’t understand how half the world lives in backward times, where it is still illegal. It’s still illegal here in the UK. it’s ridiculous
Heat some up in honey, then eat it, it’s like a very very strong gummy, you’ll get so high he gets scared come like eating hashish
Thai weed, I want some.
Afghanistan grows the best weed they let it go to seed, in the seed husk has the most potent THC available, that is to protect the seed, all the seedless stuff I have yet to find anything to compare to that Afghani tar as we used to call it
could they have found a more preppy, conservative judgmental journalist to cover this story ?
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Ladyboys & weed! What else could be better 😂😂
Do they have a mail-order business?
just wow yes to Thailand true heaven
before you can get weed everywhere so
Yeah, thailand may be the pioneer on legalizing marijuana but trust me Philippines will be the Amsterdam in Asia.
I was there and saw the impact on the population.
It looks all young Thai boys and girls are doing it at night. The condition around the shops is like moths around a light bulb at night.
They destroyed the next generation for a bunch of money and votes.
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YA ERA HORA.!!!!!!
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In the 70s we used to buy Columbian gold and it was more seeds and pots but it was the best marijuana that you could possibly smoke, one maybe two hits and that was it.
Fear GOD intoxication is sin my friend
In the 70s we used to buy the Thai stick it was a stick wrapped the stick with buds👍
This is so awesome I love that jacket that is like the coolest jacket ever! I sure wish I was there rather than where I’m stuck at I tell you! That’s great people keep up the great work and Good times!
with fake hemp and spraying Posin on it to …..
If anyone can point me in the right direction for poppy seeds of much appreciated, wanting to grow beautiful garden
Thailand is now a truly Land of the smiles. Congrats Thailand 🔥👌😜💨💨💨💨💨
Their goes pharmaceutical
Already much sweet putang and yumm yumm great place to visit now to n my list
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Good weed is one hit more than that you’re wasting it we used to get some in the 60s and 70s that was just incredible, it was almost paralyzing
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wish I could live there to help show how to grow it there. The plant can adapt in almost any environment
Legalise it , will england ever do that !!
My family member was on oxycodone for ten years and basically cold turkey with marijuana an hemp oil off the heavy meds after open heart shoulder replacement
Thanks to Gods weeds
Sana all ph
Awesome
Lets hope China stays away
Today its Greasemonkey!
34.99 total cannabinoids
Indica leaning hybrid
Beautiful dense buds with orange and purple hairs.
Lemony, gassy, diesel taste.
BEAM ME UP SCOTTY!
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My first time growing cannabis for myself was a hit. I had two plants. I think they both Hermes on me but if you know you know. Nothing wrong with a hermie plant at all. Had enough to last me months when it was all said and done.
Also growing cannabis isn’t like growing corn or wheat. You have to really micromanage the process. Always check the plants for signs of stress. Make sure the water you’re giving it is ph appropriate. And the soil has to have enough nutrients to last the grow (especially outside where there are more variables vs inside where you make sure you get a good soil and put the nutrients in the water you’re feeding it). Investing in greenhouse infrastructure may be the way to help farmers switch from one crop to this one.
4:23 that would cost about 60-70 in aid now day
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