Kumatentha Lamlungu masana pachilumba chotentha cha Koh Samui, ndipo alendo obwera ku kalabu yapamwamba ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja akupumula pamipando yoyera, kutsitsimula dziwe ndikumamwa champagne yodula.
Ndizodabwitsa kwambiri ku Thailand, komwe anthu okonda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo amamangidwa pafupipafupi mpaka miyezi ingapo yapitayo.
M'mwezi wa June, dziko la Southeast Asia linachotsa chomeracho pamndandanda wamankhwala oletsedwa kuti anthu akule, kugulitsa ndikugwiritsa ntchito ngati mankhwala.
Koma lamulo loyendetsa ntchito zake zosangalatsa silinapatsidwebe ndi Nyumba Yamalamulo, kusiya malo ovomerezeka omwe ambiri kuchokera kwa alendo kupita ku "mabizinesi a cannabis" tsopano akuvutikira kupezerapo mwayi.
"Kufunika kwa cannabis ndikokwera," atero eni ake a Beach Club Carl Lamb, wochokera ku Britain yemwe wakhala ku Koh Samui kwa zaka 25 ndipo ali ndi malo angapo ochezera.
Malo ochitirako tchuthi ku Thailand adakhalanso ndi moyo pambuyo pa mliriwu, koma malinga ndi a Mwanawankhosa, kuvomerezeka kwa cannabis "kunasintha malamulo amasewera."
Kuyimba koyamba komwe timalandila, imelo yoyamba yomwe timalandila tsiku lililonse, ndikuti, 'Kodi izi ndi zoona?Kodi ndi bwino kuti mutha kugulitsa ndi kusuta chamba ku Thailand?”adatero.
Mwaukadaulo, kusuta pagulu kumatha kukhala miyezi itatu m'ndende kapena chindapusa cha $ 1,000, kapena zonse ziwiri.
"Poyamba apolisi anabwera kwa ife, tinaphunzira kuti lamulo ndi chiyani, ndipo anangolimbitsa lamulo ndi kutichenjeza," adatero Bambo Lamb.
"Ndipo [apolisi adati] ngati zisokoneza aliyense, tiyenera kuzitseka nthawi yomweyo ...Sitikuona kuti n’zoipa.”
“Zili ngati Amsterdam watsopano,” anatero Carlos Oliver, mlendo wa ku Britain ku malo ochitirako tchuthi amene anatola chophatikizira chopangidwa kale m’bokosi lakuda.
“Tinabwera ku [Thailand] pamene tinalibe chamba, ndiyeno patatha mwezi umodzi titayenda, udzu unkatha kugulidwa kulikonse – m’mabala, m’malesitilanti, m’misewu.Chifukwa chake tidasuta ndipo zidakhala ngati, "Zozizira bwanji."izi ndi?Izi ndi zodabwitsa”.
Kitty Cshopaka sakukhulupirirabe kuti amaloledwa kugulitsa chamba chenicheni komanso ma lollipops onunkhira m'mashopu okongola m'dera la Sukhumvit.
"Mulungu, m'moyo wanga sindinaganizepo kuti izi zingachitike," adatero wochirikiza chamba.
Mayi Csopaka adavomereza kuti panali chisokonezo pakati pa ogulitsa mankhwala atsopano komanso ogula omwe akufuna kudziwa zambiri pambuyo poti boma lidaumirira kuti chamba ndi chachipatala komanso kuchiza kokha.
Zolemba za chamba ziyenera kukhala ndi zosakwana 0,2 peresenti ya mankhwala a psychoactive THC, koma maluwa owuma samayendetsedwa.
Ngakhale kuti malamulo owopsa a anthu amaletsa kusuta fodya m’malo opezeka anthu ambiri, samaletsa kusuta pa malo aumwini.
"Sindinaganizepo kuti china chake chitha kuchotsedwa ku Thailand malamulowo asanakhazikitsidwe, koma apanso, ndale ku Thailand nthawi zonse zimandidabwitsa," adatero Shupaka.
Adalangiza komiti yanyumba yamalamulo kuti ipange lamulo latsopano, lomwe layimitsidwa pomwe okhudzidwa komanso andale akukambirana za momwe lingakhalire.
Pakadali pano, m'malo ena a Bangkok, mumamveka fungo lapadera mumlengalenga lomwe limakhala losavuta kufikako kuposa pad thai.
Madera otchuka ausiku monga msewu wotchuka wa Khaosan tsopano ali ndi malo ogulitsa cannabis amitundu yonse ndi makulidwe.
Soranut Masayawanich, kapena "mowa" monga amadziwika, ndi wopanga mwachinsinsi komanso wogawa koma adatsegula malo ogulitsa mankhwala omwe ali ndi chilolezo m'dera la Sukhumvit tsiku lomwe lamulolo linasinthidwa.
Atolankhani akunja akamayendera sitolo yake, pamakhala makasitomala ambiri omwe amafuna zokonda zosiyanasiyana, zolemera komanso zokonda zosiyanasiyana.
Maluwa amawonetsedwa mumitsuko yagalasi yofananira pa kauntala, ndipo ogwira ntchito pa Beer, komanso sommelier, amapereka malangizo pa kusankha vinyo.
"Zinali ngati ndikulota tsiku lililonse kuti ndidzichepetse ndekha," adatero Beal.“Kwakhala koyenda bwino komanso kopambana.Bizinesi ikupita patsogolo. "
Mowa adayamba moyo wosiyana kotheratu ali mwana wosewera pa imodzi mwama sitcom otchuka kwambiri ku Thailand, koma atagwidwa ndi chamba, akuti kusalidwako kudathetsa ntchito yake yosewera.
"Inali nthawi yabwino kwambiri - zogulitsa zinali zabwino, tinalibe mpikisano uliwonse, tinalibe renti yayikulu, tinkangochita pafoni," adatero Beal.
Sizinali nthawi yabwino kwa aliyense - mowa sunachotsedwe m'ndende, koma anthu masauzande ambiri omwe anamangidwa chifukwa cha chamba anamangidwa m'ndende zodziwika bwino kwambiri za ku Thailand.
Koma m'zaka za m'ma 1970, pamene United States idayambitsa "nkhondo yolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo" padziko lonse lapansi, Thailand idasankha chamba ngati "mankhwala amtundu wa 5" wokhala ndi chindapusa chachikulu komanso kukhala mndende.
Pamene idavomerezedwa mwalamulo mu June, akaidi oposa 3,000 anamasulidwa ndipo zigamulo zawo zokhudzana ndi chamba zinachotsedwa.
Tossapon Marthmuang ndi Pirapat Sajabanyongkij anaweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi theka chifukwa chonyamula 355 kg ya "udzu wa njerwa" kumpoto kwa Thailand.
Panthawi yomangidwa, apolisi adawawonetsa kwa atolankhani ndikuwajambula ndi zinthu zazikulu zomwe adagwidwa.
Iwo anamasulidwa mu mkhalidwe wosiyana kwambiri - atolankhani anali kuyembekezera kunja kwa ndende kuti atengere chisangalalo cha banja, ndipo andale analipo kuti ayamikire, kuyesera kuti apambane mavoti pa chisankho cha chaka chamawa.
Mtumiki wa zaumoyo panopa, Anutin Charnvirakul, wasintha masewerawa polonjeza kuti adzabwezeretsa zomera m'manja mwa anthu.
Chamba chachipatala cholamulidwa ndi boma chidavomerezedwa mwalamulo pasanathe zaka zinayi, koma pachisankho chapitachi mu 2019, mfundo yachipani chake inali yoti anthu azilima ndikugwiritsa ntchito mbewuyo ngati mankhwala kunyumba.
Ndondomekoyi idakhala yopambana mavoti - chipani cha Bambo Anutin, Bhumjaitai, chidakhala chipani chachiwiri chachikulu mumgwirizano wolamulira.
"Ndikuganiza kuti [chamba] ndi chomwe chimawonekera, ndipo ena amatcha phwando langa phwando la chamba," adatero Anutin.
"Kafukufuku wonse wasonyeza kuti ngati tigwiritsa ntchito chomera cha cannabis moyenera, chidzapereka mipata yambiri osati [ya] ndalama zokha, komanso [ku]tukula thanzi la anthu."
Makampani azachipatala a cannabis adayamba mu 2018 ndipo akuyenda bwino pansi pa Anutin, yemwe akuyembekeza kubweretsa mabiliyoni a madola ku chuma cha Thailand m'zaka zikubwerazi.
"Mutha kupeza ndalama kuchokera ku gawo lililonse la mtengo uwu," adatero."Chifukwa chake opindula oyamba mwachiwonekere ndi alimi ndi omwe amagwira ntchito zaulimi."
Mlongo Jomkwan ndi Jomsuda Nirundorn adadziwika chifukwa cholima mavwende aku Japan pafamu yawo kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Thailand asanagwiritse ntchito chamba zaka zinayi zapitazo.
Achinyamata awiri a "mabizinesi a cannabis" ali okondwa komanso akumwetulira, poyamba akugulitsira zipatala zam'deralo zokhala ndi zomera zapamwamba za CBD ndipo, posachedwa, akupanga zomera za THC kumsika wosangalatsa.
"Kuyambira ndi njere 612, zonse zidalephera, kenako [mgulu] wachiwiri nawonso zidalephera," adatero Jomkwan, akuponya maso ake ndikuseka.
Pasanathe chaka chimodzi, adapezanso $80,000 pamitengo yoyika ndikukulitsa kukula kwa cannabis m'malo obiriwira obiriwira 12 mothandizidwa ndi antchito 18 anthawi zonse.
Boma la Thailand lidapereka mbande 1 miliyoni za cannabis kwaulere sabata yomwe idavomerezedwa, koma kwa mlimi wa mpunga Pongsak Manithun, malotowo adakwaniritsidwa posachedwa.
"Tinayesa kukula, tinabzala mbande, ndiyeno zitakula timaziika m'nthaka, koma kenako zinafota ndi kufa," adatero Bambo Pongsak.
Ananenanso kuti nyengo yotentha ku Thailand komanso dothi lakum'mawa kwa dzikolo siloyenera kulima cannabis.
"Anthu omwe ali ndi ndalama adzafuna kujowina kuyesera ... koma anthu wamba ngati ife sangayerekeze kuyika ndalama ndi kutenga zoopsa zotere," adatero.
"Anthu akuopabe [chamba] chifukwa ndi mankhwala - akuwopa kuti ana kapena adzukulu awo adzachigwiritsa ntchito n'kuyamba kusuta."
Anthu ambiri akuda nkhawa ndi ana.Kafukufuku wadziko lonse wasonyeza kuti anthu ambiri a ku Thailand safuna kuwonetsedwa ndi chikhalidwe cha chamba.
Nthawi yotumiza: Oct-09-2022