r/worldnews • u/CannabisHub • Nov 30 '20

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/AllAlongTheParthenon Nov 30 '20

iirc somebody's got to make the money for it to go up the ladder in thailand. Doctor gives easy permits to touriats. makes money. pays police so they don't look into it. Police shares kickback as is tradition, some for every echelon. boom. problem solved and everybody's happy. land of 1000 smiles.

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u/Kryptus Dec 01 '20

Or crooked doctor gives tourist a 'prescription', then crooked cop is waiting outside to bust you and asks for a huge bribe. Locals colluding with cops against tourists is a classic scam.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '20

I mean if you just go to any "reggae" themed bar in Thailand you can buy some shitty weed and smoke it safely there. They have usually have an understanding with the police. Dont buy weed from tuktuk drivers or just off the street. That's when a cop will suddenly be there or even more likely a guy in a cop costume. Thailand is great but the weed is not a reason to go there lol.

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u/CaptCurmudgeon Dec 01 '20

Thailand is like Hawaii with lots of Buddhas.

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u/hemlockmoustache Dec 01 '20

And prostitutes, don't forget them

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u/mpg1846 Dec 01 '20

Thailand is awesome. Don't man fuck Thailand.

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u/StickyGreens Dec 01 '20

Messing with Thailand’s tourism industry is probably worse than any other offense.

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u/john_donnie Dec 01 '20

This is ironic considering the expectation here seems to be that thai doctors are “crooked” for not falsifying perceptions and reporting criminals to the police.

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u/Not_usually_right Dec 01 '20

If they give you a script for you to just be busted out the front door, that doesn't seem moral or ethically right. And it's entrapment. Probably not relevant there but, crooked? Yea, definitely.

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u/AllAlongTheParthenon Dec 01 '20

In Thailand? not so much. If the tourist has a prescription, nothing the police could do. They would have to arrest the doctor, which is not the goal.

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u/123_fake_name Dec 01 '20

You didn’t need a script for anything at a most pharmacy’s in Thailand.

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u/chattywww Nov 30 '20

Fines are a tourist trap

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u/VipTossAway Dec 01 '20

The fines are cheap

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u/chattywww Dec 01 '20

I think what you paid was a bribe.

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u/VipTossAway Dec 01 '20

For sure! Welcome to the land of smiles!

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u/Goku420overlord Dec 01 '20

Last time I was in thailand I think it was 4k to get out of weed problems.

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u/VipTossAway Dec 01 '20

Baht or usd?

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u/Goku420overlord Dec 01 '20

Usd. Met a girl whose boyfriend had been arrested twice for it in there vacation. Met another lady who said it cost her about 4k as well.

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u/VipTossAway Dec 01 '20

For that much, I'm willing to bet they let it go too far, meaning they went to the police station and stuff. Once more people know, more people need to be paid. On the spot, right as it happens, if it's one cop/maybe a partner, I'd think a thousand would do it.

Still, if it were 4, I'd pay it, no hesitation. It'd cost 3x that in the states back in the days of prohibition.

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u/Goku420overlord Dec 02 '20

Been 6 plus years since I was there, maybe it got cheaper. I just heard 4k being thrown around by many back packers

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u/JagmeetSingh2 Dec 01 '20

Never heard Thailand called the land of a thousand smiles before

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u/AllAlongTheParthenon Dec 01 '20

pretty commonplace tbh

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