KuyiSonto ntambama elishisayo esiqhingini esishisayo sase-Koh Samui, futhi izivakashi ezivakashela iklabhu yolwandle kanokusho ziziphumulele kosofa abamhlophe, ziqabula echibini futhi zihabula i-champagne ebizayo.
Kungumbono othusayo eThailand, lapho imilutha yezidakamizwa yayiboshwa njalo kuze kube yizinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule.
NgoJuni, izwe laseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia lasusa lesi sitshalo ohlwini lwaso lwezidakamizwa ezivinjelwe ukuze abantu bakhule, basithengise futhi bayisebenzisele izinjongo zokwelapha.
Kepha umthetho olawula ukusetshenziswa kwawo kwezokungcebeleka awukaphasiswa yiPhalamende, okushiya indawo empunga esemthethweni abaningi kusukela kubavakashi kuya “kosomabhizinisi bensangu” manje abakuthola kunzima ukuyisebenzisa.
"Isidingo sensangu siphezulu," kusho umnikazi we-Beach Club u-Carl Lamb, umhambi waseBrithani osehlale e-Koh Samui iminyaka engu-25 futhi ungumnikazi wezindawo eziningi zokungcebeleka.
Izindawo zokungcebeleka zaseThailand sezibuyele ekuphileni ngemuva kwalesi sifo, kodwa ngokusho kukaMnu Lamb, ukugunyazwa ngokusemthethweni kwensangu "kushintshe imithetho yomdlalo."
“Ucingo lokuqala esilutholayo, i-imeyili yokuqala esiyithola nsuku zonke, ithi, ‘Ingabe lokhu kuyiqiniso?Ingabe kulungile ukuthi ungathengisa futhi ubheme insangu eThailand?”uthe.
Ngobuchwepheshe, ukubhema endaweni yomphakathi kungaholela ejele izinyanga ezintathu noma inhlawulo ka-$1,000, noma kokubili.
“Kuqale kwafika amaphoyisa kithina, senza ucwaningo lokuthi umthetho uyini, avele aqinisa umthetho asixwayisa ngawo,” kusho uMnu.
“Futhi [amaphoyisa athi] uma kukhathaza noma ubani, kufanele sikuvale ngokushesha … Siyalwamukela uhlobo oluthile lwemithetho.Asicabangi ukuthi kubi.”
“Kufana ne-Amsterdam entsha,” kusho uCarlos Oliver, isivakashi saseBrithani esivakashele kule ndawo yokungcebeleka esakhetha inhlanganisela esenziwe ngomumo ebhokisini elimnyama.
“Safika [eThailand] ngesikhathi singenayo insangu, kwase kuthi ngemva kwenyanga sihambile, ukhula lwalungathengwa noma yikuphi – ezinkantini, emakhefi, nasemgwaqweni.Ngakho-ke sabhema futhi kwaba sengathi, "Kupholile kanjani."lokhu?Kuyamangaza lokhu”.
U-Kitty Cshopaka namanje akakholwa ukuthi wayevunyelwe ukuthengisa insangu yangempela kanye nama-lollipops anambitheka insangu ezitolo ezimibalabala endaweni ephakeme yaseSukhumvit.
“Nkulunkulu, empilweni yami angikaze ngicabange ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngempela,” kusho ummeli oshisekayo wensangu.
UNkz Csopaka uvumile ukuthi kube nokudideka kokuqala phakathi kwamakhemisi amasha kanye nabathengi abafuna ukwazi ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni egcizelele ukuthi insangu ngeyezinjongo zokwelapha kanye nokwelapha kuphela.
Okukhishwe kwensangu kumele kube namaphesenti angaphansi kuka-0.2 wekhemikhali ye-psychoactive iTHC, kodwa izimbali ezomisiwe azilawulwa.
Nakuba imithetho yezingozi zomphakathi ikwenqabela ukubhema ezindaweni zomphakathi, ayikuvimbeli ukubhema endaweni yomuntu siqu.
“Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi kukhona okuzosuswa ohlwini eThailand ngaphambi kokushaywa kwemithetho, kodwa futhi, ipolitiki yaseThailand ihlale ingimangaza,” kusho uNksz Shupaka.
Weluleke ikomiti lephalamende ngokubhala umthetho omusha, osuhlehlisiwe njengoba ababambiqhaza kanye nosopolitiki bedingida udaba lwawo.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ezingxenyeni ezithile zeBangkok, kunephunga elihlukile emoyeni elizwakala lifinyeleleka kalula kune-pad thai.
Izindawo zokudlela zasebusuku ezidumile njengomgwaqo odumile we-Khaosan manje zinezitolo ze-cannabis zazo zonke izinhlobo nosayizi.
USoranut Masayawanich, noma “ubhiya” njengoba aziwa kanjalo, ungumkhiqizi nomsabalalisi wangasese kodwa wavula ikhemisi elinelayisensi endaweni yaseSukhumvit ngosuku okwashintshwa ngalo umthetho.
Lapho izintatheli zakwamanye amazwe zivakashela isitolo sakhe, kukhona ukugeleza njalo kwamakhasimende afuna izinhlobonhlobo zokunambitheka, ukunotha kanye nokuhlukahluka kokunambitha.
Izimbali zikhonjiswa kumabhodwe engilazi afanayo kukhawunta, kanti abasebenzi bakabhiya, kanye ne-sommelier, banikeza iseluleko ngokukhetha iwayini.
“Bekungathi ngiyaphupha nsuku zonke ukuthi kufanele ngizincinze,” kusho uBeal.“Kube ukuhamba kahle futhi kube yimpumelelo.Ibhizinisi liyadlondlobala.”
Ubhiya waqala impilo ehluke ngokuphelele esengumlingisi oyingane kwenye yama-sitcom adume kakhulu eThailand, kodwa ngemuva kokubanjwa nensangu, uthi ukucwaswa kwawuqeda umsebenzi wakhe wokulingisa.
“Bekuyisikhathi esihle kakhulu—ukuthengisa bekukuhle, besingenamiqhudelwano, besingenamali eqashisayo, besivele sikwenze ngocingo,” kusho uBeal.
Kwakungezona izikhathi ezingcono kakhulu kuwo wonke umuntu – ubhiya wakhululwa ejele, kodwa izinkulungwane zabantu ababeboshelwe insangu zazigcinwe emajele aseThailand adume ngokugcwala kakhulu.
Kepha ngeminyaka yawo-1970, lapho i-United States yethula “impi yezidakamizwa” emhlabeni wonke, iThailand yabeka insangu njengesidakamizwa “sekilasi 5” esinezinhlawulo ezinzima neziboshwa.
Kuthe uma isisemthethweni ngoJuni, iziboshwa ezingaphezu kuka-3 000 zadedelwa kwahoxiswa amacala azo ahlobene nensangu.
U-Tossapon Marthmuang noPirapat Sajabanyongkij bagwetshwe iminyaka eyisikhombisa nengxenye ejele ngokuthutha u-355 kg "wotshani bezitini" enyakatho yeThailand.
Ngesikhathi beboshwa amaphoyisa abakhombise kwabezindaba abathwebula nenqwaba yezinto ezishaqwe.
Badedelwa ngesimo esihluke kakhulu - abezindaba babelinde ngaphandle kwejele ukuze bathwebule ukuhlangana komndeni okujabulisayo, futhi osopolitiki babekhona ukuzohalalisela, bezama ukuwina amavoti okhethweni lwangonyaka ozayo.
Ungqongqoshe wezempilo njengamanje, u-Anutin Charnvirakul, usewushintshile lo mdlalo ngokuthembisa ukuthi uzobuyisela izitshalo ezandleni zabantu.
Insangu yezokwelapha elawulwa uhulumeni yasemthethweni phakathi neminyaka emine, kodwa okhethweni olwedlule lwango-2019, inqubomgomo yeqembu lakhe yayiwukuthi abantu bangakhula futhi basebenzise lesi sitshalo njengomuthi ekhaya.
Umgomo uphenduke waba ophumelele amavoti kalula - Iqembu likaMnu. Anutin, uBhumjaitai, liphume njengeqembu lesibili ngobukhulu kumfelandawonye obusayo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi [insangu] iyona egqamayo, futhi abanye baze babize iqembu lami ngephathi yensangu," kusho uMnu. Anutin.
"Zonke izifundo zikhombisile ukuthi uma sisebenzisa isitshalo sensangu ngendlela efanele, sizodala amathuba amaningi hhayi nje [okuthola] imali, kodwa [okuthuthukisa] impilo yabantu."
Imboni ye-cannabis yezokwelapha yaqala ngo-2018 futhi iyakhula ngaphansi kuka-Anutin, olindele ukuthi ilethe izigidigidi zamaRandi emnothweni waseThailand eminyakeni ezayo.
“Ungathola imali kuzo zonke izingxenye zalesi sihlahla,” esho."Ngakho-ke abahlomuli bokuqala ngokusobala yilabo balimi nalabo abasebenza kwezolimo."
Odade uJomkwan noJomsuda Nirundorn baduma ngokutshala amakhabe aseJapan epulazini labo elisenyakatho-mpumalanga yeThailand ngaphambi kokushintshela kwinsangu eminyakeni emine edlule.
“Osomabhizinisi bensangu” ababili abasebasha bajabule futhi bayamamatheka, baqale ngokuhlinzeka izibhedlela zasendaweni ngezitshalo eziphakeme ze-CBD, kamuva nje, bangena ezitshalweni ze-THC ezimakethe zokungcebeleka.
“Kusukela ngembewu engu-612, zonke zehluleka, kwase kuba [iqeqebana] lesibili nalo lahluleka,” kusho uJomkwan, ehlahle amehlo futhi egigitheka.
Kungakapheli unyaka, bathole ama- $ 80,000 ezindlekweni zokufakwa futhi banwetshwa ukuze batshale insangu ezindlini zokugcina izithombo eziyi-12 ngosizo lwabasebenzi abangu-18 abasebenza ngokugcwele.
Uhulumeni waseThailand unikeze izithombo zensangu eziyizigidi ezingu-1 mahhala ngesonto elisemthethweni, kodwa kumlimi werayisi uPongsak Manithun, leli phupho lagcwaliseka ngokushesha.
“Sazama ukuyikhulisa, satshala izithombo, kwathi lapho sezikhulile sazifaka enhlabathini, kodwa zabuna zafa,” kusho uMnu Pongsak.
Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi isimo sezulu esishisayo eThailand kanye nenhlabathi ezifundazweni ezisempumalanga yezwe akufanelekile ukutshala insangu.
“Abantu abanemali bazofuna ukujoyina ucwaningo… kodwa abantu abajwayelekile njengathi abalokothi batshale imali bafake lolo hlobo lobungozi,” kusho yena.
"Abantu basasaba [insangu] ngoba iyisidakamizwa - besaba ukuthi izingane zabo noma abazukulu bazoyisebenzisa bese belutheka."
Abantu abaningi bakhathazekile ngezingane.Inhlolovo kazwelonke ikhombisile ukuthi iningi lamaThais alifuni ukuvezwa isiko lensangu.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-09-2022