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Al Jazeera on MSN23h
Thailand moves to re-criminalise cannabis in blow to $1bn industry
The Thai Chamber of Commerce previously estimated that the cannabis trade could be worth $1.2bn by 2025, although experts say ...
Major Tourist Hub Walks Back Cannabis Legalization After Local Backlash
Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis in 2022, but now its government is rethinking that ...
Australian tourists warned as Thailand overhauls cannabis laws, re-criminalises drug for recreational use
Aussie holidaymakers have been warned not to be caught out unaware after Thailand made sweeping changes to its cannabis laws, re-criminalising all non-medical sales of the drug.
DPA International on MSN20h
Is Thailand about to lose it status as world capital of legal weed?
Three years after the extensive legalization of cannabis in Thailand, the government appears set to do a U-turn and ...
Thailand's 'weed wild west' faces new rules as smuggling to UK rises
"It's massively increased over the last couple of years," says Beki Wright, spokesperson at the National Crime Agency in ...
Bangkok Post1d
Thai cannabis advocates plan mass rally on July 7
Cannabis advocates in Thailand plan a mass rally at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health on July 7 to protest ...
Pattaya Mail2d
Reclassifying cannabis as a narcotic could upend Pattaya’s tourism industry and local economy
As the Thai government considers reclassifying cannabis as a narcotic, the uncertainty is sending ripples through Pattaya’s ...