Sawadee Everyone,First off, let me say that I hope that if any of you are growing outdoors that your ladies have survived the tail end of typhoon Noru passing through Thailand. The news that dominated this week in Thailand was, of course, the Constitutional Court's decision to allow PM Prayut to stay in office. I grew up back when there were two topics that weren't discussed in polite company, religion and politics, so I'll refrain from doing so here except as they pertain to cannabis in Thailand. Overall, the ruling was probably a neutral outcome for the cannabis community. I don't think it makes a major difference in whether or not a cannabis bill eventually passes. Rumors are that politicians from every party have invested in cannabis in one way or another and most of the opposition has been theatre. Let's hope that's the case. Besides, the toothpaste seems like it's already out of the tube on this and it can't be put back in. Farmers are already complaining that they should be compensated for falling cannabis prices. I don't think they would be too happy if cannabis was re-criminalized and they lost their investments entirely. It would also be a major black eye to the tourism industry. It doesn't project stability or competency if the government were to do a 180 (or would it be a 360?) and re-criminalize cannabis. At the moment, all we can do is just keep on doing what we're doing until the next draft of the cannabis bill goes in front of parliament. Cheers,u/CannabisThailandMod
r/CannabisThailand Newsletter - Issue #13
Sawadee Everyone,First off, let me say that I hope that if any of you are growing outdoors that your ladies have survived the tail end of typhoon Noru passing through Thailand. The news that dominated this week in Thailand was, of course, the Constitutional Court's decision to allow PM Prayut to stay in office. I grew up back when there were two topics that weren't discussed in polite company, religion and politics, so I'll refrain from doing so here except as they pertain to cannabis in Thailand. Overall, the ruling was probably a neutral outcome for the cannabis community. I don't think it makes a major difference in whether or not a cannabis bill eventually passes. Rumors are that politicians from every party have invested in cannabis in one way or another and most of the opposition has been theatre. Let's hope that's the case. Besides, the toothpaste seems like it's already out of the tube on this and it can't be put back in. Farmers are already complaining that they should be compensated for falling cannabis prices. I don't think they would be too happy if cannabis was re-criminalized and they lost their investments entirely. It would also be a major black eye to the tourism industry. It doesn't project stability or competency if the government were to do a 180 (or would it be a 360?) and re-criminalize cannabis. At the moment, all we can do is just keep on doing what we're doing until the next draft of the cannabis bill goes in front of parliament. Cheers,u/CannabisThailandMod