re: "Weed bounty may go to pot" (BP, Editorial, March 7, 2023)
Dear editor,
The Bangkok Post is correct that the botched reform of laws relating to cannabis use needs to be corrected. It is misguided to accept that cannabis should be legal only for medical use. What Bhumjaithai now needs to do is press for full legalization of cannabis for use by adults, with no distinction between medical and recreational use. There is not now and never has been any good reason why cannabis should not be legally regulated exactly like the far more harmful drug alcohol.
It must be admitted that there is no doubt that some children do indeed access and consume alcohol, and parents should certainly be concerned about their children sneaking hits of whisky, wine or beer, but that is not a just reason for the state to criminalize that drug for recreational use by adults. No more is similar parental concern a just reason to criminalize cannabis. The concerned parents, many of whom are likely alcohol users themselves, need to stop throwing tantrums worthy of Chuwit Kamolwisut, get informed, and set a more mature example to their children of sound reasoning supporting impartial justice.
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 MonthDate, 2023, under the title "Just fix pot laws" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2522781/just-fix-pot-laws
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