From The Thaiger

One public health official says Thailand has a “secret weapon” to bring back tourists… It’s cannabis. Some experts and officials hope that decriminalising marijuana, alongside declaring Covid-19 as endemic, will help tourism in Thailand bounce back to pre-pandemic levels.

The public health official made the statement over the weekend at a medical marijuana conference at Surin’s Rajamangala University of Technology. Many experts and officials discussed the benefits of decriminalising the plant, not only for health purposes, but also for the economy. However, while cannabis cafes and shops have been popping up all over Thailand, the products won’t cause a ‘high’ as cannabis extracts with more than 0.2% of the psychoactive component tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, remain illegal.

With Thailand the only country in Asia to partially decriminalise marijuana, Thailand has a “secret weapon” to lure in tourists after the pandemic subsides, according to Secretary of the Public Health Commission Chatchai Trakulrungsi, who spoke at the conference.

Chatchai compared strains of Thai cannabis to “jasmine rice” in light of their uniqueness, which could be a big selling point on the global stage. He also claimed that nine out of 10 tourists want to try marijuana in some form or another (we have no idea where he got this information).

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3 hours ago, reader said:

However, while cannabis cafes and shops have been popping up all over Thailand, the products won’t cause a ‘high’ as cannabis extracts with more than 0.2% of the psychoactive component tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, remain illegal.

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So, what's the attraction for tourists?

13 hours ago, a-447 said:

So, what's the attraction for tourists?

smoking illegal cannabis 

But the Thaiger article only mentions medicinal cannabis, not the good stuff.

The only time I've been offered cannabis was when I visited a hilltribe years ago. Never seen it - or even heard guys talking about it - anywhere else in Thailand.

So they intend to attract tourists with something they can probably get at home ?

I wonder if anyone has ever thought about attracting tourists with no paperwork, no tests and no threat of any quarantine scams ?   

Sometimes an illusion is just--if not more--powerful than the real thing. We conjure vigorous sexual fantasies all the time that frequently outdo our real ones.

Or to put it in a medical context, the placebo effect.

I can think of some other "secret weapons"....or maybe they're not so secret

18 hours ago, z909 said:

 

I wonder if anyone has ever thought about attracting tourists with no paperwork, no tests and no threat of any quarantine scams ?   

Dream on, what did you smoke?