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Three years since Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, the government this week imposed new ...
In a major policy U-turn, the Thai government is tightening restrictions on the sale of cannabis just three years after ...
Thailand became the first country in Asia to remove marijuana from its list of illegal narcotics. Cannabis was decriminalised ...
Although Thailand decriminalized recreational marijuana use in 2022, there was initially no clear regulatory framework.
Government says decriminalisation fueled social ills, but producers argue new rules will only push industry underground.
Thailand, which decriminalized marijuana in 2022 — a first for the region — has reimposed a slate of renewed restrictions on ...
I took a personal trip to Thailand to observe firsthand what was then a groundbreaking shift in Southeast Asia: the legalization of cannabis. I have a particular interest in marijuana because I wanted ...
Medicinal marijuana was legalised back in Thailand in 2018, and in 2022 weed was fully decriminalised. This has since led to ...
The Thai Food and Drug Administration officially removed marijuana and hemp from the Category 5 narcotics list, a move that made Thailand the first country in Asia to decriminalize marijuana for ...
Marijuana was supposed to help Thailand. Why is the country planning to ban it again? Marijuana shops are seen throughout Khaosan Road on May 22, 2024, in Bangkok. By Max Kim.
Then Thailand threatened to revert course yet again. The opposition made cannabis a wedge issue in last year’s elections, and having stepped into power, nearly backtracked on the reforms that ...
Thailand legalizes growing and consuming marijuana 01:18. Bangkok — A Japanese tourist reaches into a baggie of cannabis he's just bought in a central Bangkok weed shop, pulling out a gram of ...