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BANGKOK — Thailand will work towards legislating marijuana for medical use, a deputy prime minister said Tuesday (July 23), signalling a U-turn on plans to re-criminalise the plant and another change in the government's hazy position on cannabis.
Thailand will work towards legislating marijuana for medical use, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, signalling a U-turn on plans to re-criminalise the plant and another change in the government’s hazy position on cannabis.
BANGKOK – Two years after a military-led government decriminalized cannabis, Thailand’s elected civilian leader announced he will end its recreational use in December, shut thousands of licensed weed shops and punish those involved with marijuana unless for medical use.
NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered Thursday at the health ministry on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, to oppose the government’s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalized.
They say they are fed up with what has been a bungled political experiment, one that has mainly benefited foreign investors – including illegal cannabis importers – and the rich, rather than inspire a thriving local industry of farmers, wellness businesses and cannabis aficionados.
BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use.