Thailand Moves To Ban Recreational Cannabis After Three Years Of Decriminalization
- Thailand is set to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic after decriminalizing its recreational use three years ago.
- The health ministry issued an order banning recreational cannabis sales, requiring a doctor's prescription for legal purchases.
- The unregulated cannabis market has caused social issues, especially among young people.
- The crackdown on recreational cannabis is happening during a delicate political crisis.
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Thailand Moves To Ban Recreational Cannabis After Three Years Of Decriminalization
Thailand is planning to reintroduce a ban on recreational cannabis use, limiting consumption to medical purposes only, after three years of decriminalization that saw a rapid expansion of the recreational market.

Thailand takes further step to tighten control on sales of cannabis
Thailand’s government has taken a further step to tighten control of cannabis sales after the health minister signed an order banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.


Politics over pot: Thailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, rattling US$1b industry
BANGKOK, June 25 — Thailand’s government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over US$1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country’s narcotics list in 2022. The push to impose new controls on recreational use of cannabis comes after the Bhumjaithai Party, which championed its legalisation, withdrew from the ruling coalition last week following Thai Prime Minister Pa…
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