u/travelerquestionTH

Hello here,

I have been traveling in thailand for a few months every year ( low season months ) since 2023 and I spend most of my time in the deep south because I don't like to be surrounded by farang ( I know I am farang as well ). I know the danger about those provinces and heard my first ever bomb explosion 2 weeks ago 3km far from my hotel in a PTT at 11pm evening. Hopfully there was no injuries or dead.

I have been through hundreds of checkpoint since my first time in the deep south and never had any problem except 1 or 2 times just asking me to show them what is under my seat and they let me go even after seeing my weed in a plastic bag.

But today was different story, while entering the town where I am since few weeks through a military checkpoint, i got asked to stop and show what is under my seat. They found my weed and told me now the law have changed ( I think nothing was put on the royal gazette yet ? Same story as the 30 days visa instead of 60 still not having published ? ) and now weed is illegal without a prescription and for medical use. 4 officers surrounded me and my thai friend, took picture of us and my friend negotiated to not bring me to jail because I wasn't aware of the law changement and because it's easy to buy weed where I am ( yes , still have weed shop in deep south ( not just at the malaysian border with overprice weed same as Patong or Pattaya ) and surprisingly I have never see that much local people coming to the shop and buy weed ).

So they took picture of us ( hello facebook ) and accepted to let us go away without taking my weed.

Chocked by what happened, I rushed to the weed shop in my town to explain the situation and now I have a legal prescription for weed valable 1 month with the possibility to have 30g maximum with me.

But I want to know.... WHAT IS THE OFFICAL TRUE LAW about it now, today, 22 july 2026 ?

Have a lovely day wherever you are in this world

( the prescription cost 200 baht and is to renew every month )

Hello here,

I have been traveling in thailand for a few months every year ( low season months ) since 2023 and I spend most of my time in the deep south because I don't like to be surrounded by farang ( I know I am farang as well ). I know the danger about those provinces and heard my first ever bomb explosion 2 weeks ago 3km far from my hotel in a PTT at 11pm evening. Hopfully there was no injuries or dead.

I have been through hundreds of checkpoint since my first time in the deep south and never had any problem except 1 or 2 times just asking me to show them what is under my seat and they let me go even after seeing my weed in a plastic bag.

But today was different story, while entering the town where I am since few weeks through a military checkpoint, i got asked to stop and show what is under my seat. They found my weed and told me now the law have changed ( I think nothing was put on the royal gazette yet ? Same story as the 30 days visa instead of 60 still not having published ? ) and now weed is illegal without a prescription and for medical use. 4 officers surrounded me and my thai friend, took picture of us and my friend negotiated to not bring me to jail because I wasn't aware of the law changement and because it's easy to buy weed where I am ( yes , still have weed shop in deep south ( not just at the malaysian border with overprice weed same as Patong or Pattaya ) and surprisingly I have never see that much local people coming to the shop and buy weed ).

So they took picture of us ( hello facebook ) and accepted to let us go away without taking my weed.

Chocked by what happened, I rushed to the weed shop in my town to explain the situation and now I have a legal prescription for weed valable 1 month with the possibility to have 30g maximum with me.

But I want to know.... WHAT IS THE OFFICAL TRUE LAW about it now, today, 22 july 2026 ?

Have a lovely day wherever you are in this world

( the prescription cost 200 baht and is to renew every month )

Hello, I am 30yo (m) and very anxious in general and even more about dentist.

I only had 1 cavity done when I was very young and I still remember it was painful and traumatized me.

Now I have 2 cavities ( quite big ) that need to be fixed but the dentist told me I should stop cannabis few days before doing that if not the anesthesia won't be effective even if they give me a lot. Since that I got scared and didn't fix my teeth yet and my family is worried for me to fix it.

I am now in Thailand alone, and I think I should really do it but I am afraid of the needle and the pain and the anesthesia not being effective.

I have the appoitment the 16 may and I started stop use cannabis today and I already feel it's difficult ( autistic guy with weed addiction and smoking around 7/8g every days ( in thailand , in my country it's more expensive I can't afford smoke that quantity everyday ) )

I know I am in thailand and have plenty of things to do but I am in a not so much touristic town ( Hatyai ) and I don't like alcohol that much and smoking weed takes about 70% of my day, when I am not driving my rental bike or eating somewhere. I feel empty without goal and I know I won't be able to sleep and eat until I smoke again after my dentist appoitment.

I went to a hospital ( here in hatyai ) to explain my case and they prescribed me a sleeping pill and xanax and a pill to take 1 hour before I go dentist.

What should I do ? Should I just continue to smoke weed as usual and try to not faint because of the pain while they get my teeth fixed ?

I am lost and I don't even how to explain the problem in a way that everybody would understand.

Thanks for your advices

( I tried to buy CBD oil but the doctor I saw today told me it's the same problem about reducing the effect of anesthesia as THC... )

Antécédents : une carie quand j'avais 8 ou 9 ans et je me rappelle encore de la douleur lors du traitement chez le dentiste

Bonjour,

J'ai 30 ans( M) , je fume énormément de cannabis, pas de cigarettes, pas d'autres drogues et l'alcool très peu. Également très anxieux stressé et peut-être autistique.

Pour résumé j'ai 2 caries a faire soigner assez urgemment mais je repousse indéfiniment car il m'est conseillé d'arrêter le cannabis quelques jours avant l'intervention et c'est dur pour moi qui ai une addiction...mais l'idée de tout sentir pendant l'intervention car l'anesthésiant ne fait pas effet à cause du THC ça me fait peur.

Maintenant je suis seul en Thaïlande et tout le monde ( ma famille ainsi que le dentiste de mon pays qui a vu mes radios faites en thailande en mars ) veut que je fasse soigner ça au plus vite avant d'avoir une septicémie ou infection très grave.

Pensez-vous qu'il est vraiment utile d'arrêter 3 ou 4 jours avant l'intervention? Même pour un énorme fumeur comme moi ? ( je fume pas de cigarettes mais énormément de joints ).

J'ai un rendez-vous le 16 mai... en espérant ne pas repousser celui-ci une fois de plus. Mais je suis perdu... j'ai vu un docteur qui m'a prescrit du xanax pour ces quelques jours sans cannabis... mais je veux tellement fumer mon joint et me dire que c'est a moi de supporter la douleur et de serrer les poings mais je ne maîtrise pas mes émotions quand je suis en lieu médical... je respire vite et fort et peu tomber dans les pommes facilement.

Désolé pour ce texte qui part dans tous les sens... je suis un peu désespéré là...

Merci de votre lecture