Police raid nightclub on Pattaya Walking Street after being allegedly open past the legal time and selling shisha

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Pattaya –   Police raided a nightclub on Pattaya Walking Street after allegedly being open past the legal closing time of 2:00 A.M. and selling baraku, also known as shisha or hookah, which is illegal in Thailand. A team from the Pattaya City Police and the Chonburi Provincial Police raided ‘Flexx Club’ on Pattaya Walking […]

Police raid nightclub on Pattaya Walking Street after being allegedly open past the legal time and selling shisha
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[hs2017]

555.....Really funny world

[travelling_man]

On 03/12/2022 at 13:56, hs2017 said:

555.....Really funny world

That is what I keep thinking.

In what version of "Thats fucked up" would SHISHA be illegal, but mariguana LEGAL.

But I never knew anything about it - apparently it is substantially worse than cigarettes.

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Shisha is the type of tobacco that is traditionally smoked in a hookah, made with chopped dry tobacco that is then combined with molasses and flavorings, creating a wet mixture.

Marijuana, on the other hand, is simply smoked as the ground flower of the female plant, yielding a dry mixture just like regular tobacco.

 

[swede37]

45 minutes ago, travelling_man said:

That is what I keep thinking.

In what version of "Thats fucked up" would SHISHA be illegal, but mariguana LEGAL.

But I never knew anything about it - apparently it is substantially worse than cigarettes.

 

They are a firehazard in the clubs. I have no idea if thats the reason just something ive heard 

[Kandinski]

1 hour ago, travelling_man said:

That is what I keep thinking.

In what version of "Thats fucked up" would SHISHA be illegal, but mariguana LEGAL.

But I never knew anything about it - apparently it is substantially worse than cigarettes.

 

If we started a thread on ridiculous laws world wide it would run 1000 pages high. 

BTW, smoking my vaper, my (recreational) joint is ready and negotiating BF with hottie while posting; all illegal in LOS but....who cares

Edited December 6, 2022 by Kandinski

[rog555]

19 minutes ago, swede37 said:

They are a firehazard in the clubs. I have no idea if thats the reason just something ive heard 

It is a hazard to other customers, yes.  I've nearly been burnt by it in busy venues.

Doubt a major fire would start from it.

Mo-go-taas, jim-joom (cannot spell it)  seem dangerous too.   BBQ at table level.

We accept the risks, but wish the staff were more careful.

Edited December 6, 2022 by rog555

[travelling_man]

48 minutes ago, swede37 said:

They are a firehazard in the clubs. I have no idea if thats the reason just something ive heard 

Possibly, but (to the best of my recollection), when the crackdown started on Shisha and Hookahs a few years (?) ago, they were mostly located OUTSIDE of bars on the street in the Soi Arab area.  Chairs lined the sidewalk in front of the shops.  Even on 2nd near the Arab area, pipes were in abundance.

 

38 minutes ago, Kandinski said:

BTW, smoking my vaper, my (recreational) joint is ready and negotiating BF with hottie while posting; all illegal in LOS but....who cares

I'm going to go on a limb here and say the ones that get the law applied to them would likely care, especially as they are going after Shisha again.

 

 

[Thomaz73]

On 06/12/2022 at 20:00, swede37 said:

They are a firehazard in the clubs. I have no idea if thats the reason just something ive heard 

My bet is it's the tobacco monopoly. Much like vaping. Or the beer duopoly making the craft scene unviable. 

[Fire Bar Matt]

26 minutes ago, Thomaz73 said:

My bet is it's the tobacco monopoly. Much like vaping. Or the beer duopoly making the craft scene unviable. 

You’re not the first to theorise it’s most likely the Thai owned tobacco monopoly that is against this but coming from someone who works within the industry, it’s usually the very vocal anti-tobacco groups that lobby government officials and agencies that are responsible for shutting down anytime type of expansion or change. 
 

Be it LOS or any other country, supposed not for profit agencies continually lobby governments against the use of any type of nicotine based products, be they vapes, shisha or cigarettes. They are very well back financially and ultimately have ‘public health and safety’ on their side of their argument.