re: "Lack of rules hits farmers" (BP, September 23, 2022)
Dear editor,
Bhumjaithai appears to have had the right idea, but lacked the guts, or competence, or both, to do it right. Cannabis should be legalized for recreational use by adults. It should be treated like cigarettes and the far more harmful drug alcohol, but not to the extent of giving monopolies to rich drug-dealing families intent on getting richer by having a monopoly on their lucrative drug dealing. Let small farmers also grow the crop to meet the clear demand from adult Thai consumers.
Stop the lame, dishonest pretence that the cannabis shops that have sprouted up around Bangkok, including in my area, Silom Road, not Khaosan Road, are selling marijuana solely for medical purposes. They are not, nor need they be. Enjoying life without harming others is a good thing, in fact, a very good thing. Let the eager farmers profitably provide what many people enjoy without inflicting on society the violence and fractured thinking that so often accompanies alcohol use.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on September 25, 2022, under the title "Dope changes needed" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2399806/election-fever
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