Yasmin “Min” Pathan was setting up her dope jars on the counter when someone came through the door.
“What’s up, bro? How you feelin’ today?” Min said as they traded handshakes and big grins. “We just got new strains in. Check ‘em out.”
That’s that laid-back, friendly demeanor and extensive knowledge of cannabis that has made Min a familiar face, an online oracle in the outlaw days of weed now known to expat and Thai regulars alike at Sukhumweed, the now-world famous dispensary that opened the day it was decriminalized.
It was on Sukhumweed’s third day that Min joined as budtender – a diligent employee who arrives by 11am for her duties, which range from setting up displays and answering emails to her true passion, serving up the sticky icky to her loyal customers.
‘At first, I was afraid of getting arrested, so I didn’t show my face…
