Quote Originally Posted by Dragonman View Post
They, and you, will be fined if they sell it to you. Similarly, Valium, Rohypnol, etc., cannot be sold to you without a prescription. They are all classed as narcotic drugs. Thailand has strict regulations about who can take these drugs into Thailand (e.g., people going there fore medical treatment), and how much they can import (30-days supply).
It wasn't always so difficult. I used to travel extensively from another country and for 3 or 4 years was prescribed rohypnol as a mild sleeping tablet for use on those trips. Probably 3 decades ago on a vacation in Bangkok, I thought I'd check if any pharmacy had them just to save me going to my doctor at home. In a pharmacy on Patpong 2, I inquired about the drug. The duty pharmacist said they would soon be made prescrption only drugs by the Thai government but he did have some he could sell me. He leaned below the counter and brought out a large bottle with l;ots of pills. "There's about 1,000 here. Will that be enough?"