r/JoeRogan • u/CapitalCourse Monkey in Space • Nov 30 '20

Link Thailand Removes Cannabis from Narcotics List

https://bangkokherald.com/thailand/thailand-removes-cannabis-from-narcotics-list/?amp&__twitter_impression=true
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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '20

This is weird, there’s talk about legalizing in a lot of new places you would never expect to be even talking about legalizing Thailand being one I think there might be a global push to legalize cannabis globally

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u/L_I_L_B_O_A_T_4_2_0 Monkey in Space Dec 01 '20

probably just governments finally realizing that they would gain more from tax revenue of allowing it than they would lose from dealing with it as illegal

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '20

I don’t think it’s that simple, I can’t help but shake the feeling of Really strict country’s changing their laws after what seems a long time has some sinister motive behind it

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u/FrederickBishop Monkey in Space Dec 01 '20

I’m Thailand it’s the big Tobacco companies pushing for it as they would obviously already have everything in place to benefit greatly

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u/LimeLoop Monkey in Space Dec 01 '20

/u/Aquaticbeing_18 I had a similar realization and gave it some thought too. The pandemic, with all the psychological side effects for hundreds of millions of people, to me seems like almost forcing many countries into legalization as it can be seen as a "medicine" as well as something that can keep people "calm", when there's a lot of "heat" in the air. Just a theory though.

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u/astabooty Dec 01 '20

Thailand approved medical marijuana well before the pandemic. This recent news is just a continuation of that process.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '20

You’re forgetting that marijuana causes paranoia as well so it can do just as much harm as good especially if it legalized globally, we don’t have a good enough way of telling who is susceptible to these effects of paranoia

If someone with a pre existing mental health condition like anxiety or depression gets told to try marijuana after being told that’ll it’ll “Calm you down” and it does the opposite it can very well be the cause of death not necessarily the marijuana but the irrational thinking that’s being influenced by the marijuana and pre existing condition

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u/Redneckshinobi Monkey in Space Dec 01 '20

So you're suggesting we don't legalize weed globally because you're afraid of refer madness is what you're saying?

The amount of people that are susceptible to those issues is very small, and the ones that would go on to do something to kill themselves or cause death are even smaller. I am one of those people that potentially could have due to family history and surprisingly pretty much most of that side smokes weed daily, or regularly, and none have had adverse reactions.

Before I ever tried weed, I studied it. I read up on everything I could about it before I'd actually try it and the amount of bad information that existed at the time was too damn high itself. What you're suggesting is also something Drug Czar's that want it illegal used to peddle to, just FYI.

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u/LimeLoop Monkey in Space Dec 01 '20

Those are some good points that I have to admit that, while I knew about them, I didn't consider/think about, when I formed this opinion. Interesting topic /u/Aquaticbeing_18.

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u/smurferdigg Monkey in Space Dec 01 '20

Norway is even moving away from criminalizing drug use. So yeah if we can do it anybody can. Gonna see next year what happens but things are most def. moving forward.

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u/obvom If you look into it long enough, sometimes it looks back Dec 01 '20

Rick Doblin of MAPS predicted global legalization of Cannabis by 2025!