Legal Related Thailand Minister Says You Still Can’t Smoke Joints in the Country by Sophia Vida June 09, 2022 This week Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis. The country's Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has signed a measure that drops cannabis from his ministry's list of controlled drugs. While th...
Marijuana Thailand to Offer Free Marijuana Plants for Home Cultivation by Sophia Vida May 11, 2022 Residents of Thailand have something to be excited about, at least those who are cannabis enthusiasts. The country's public health minister says the government will distribute 1 million of the plants free when most legal restri...
Legal Related Thailand is Dropping Jail Terms and Fines for Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 19, 2022 In a highly buzz worthy move, the country of Thailand has decided to drop jail terms and fines as it decriminalizes marijuana. According to the country's FDA chief, Withid Sariddeechaikool, a deputy secretary general of the FDA...
Legal Related Thailand Aims to Make Marijuana Mainstream in Asia by Sophia Vida April 26, 2021 It was in 2018 that Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize medical marijuana. The use for recreational purposes is still banned in the country. It wasn't until the 1930's that the country started to prohi...
Legal Related Thailand’s First Cannabis Clinic is Filled With Patients by Sophia Vida January 28, 2020 In just the first ten days of Thailand's first official cannabis clinic opening, there has been an overflow of patients. According to the Nation/Asia News Network, cannabis caregivers at the facility have attended to a staggeri...
Legal Related Thailand’s Prime Minister is Seen Using Medical Marijuana at an Event by Sophia Vida December 13, 2019 Top officials in Thailand are getting the word out about medical marijuana in an interesting way. The country's prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was seeing using medical marijuana at an event. Chan-o-cha announced the la...
Legal Related Thailand Will Soon Allow its Citizens to Grow Marijuana for This Reason by Sophia Vida November 20, 2019 Talk about progressive. Thailand is doing more to show how supportive it is of legal marijuana. The country is going to allow Thais to cultivate six cannabis plants in their own homes so they can sell them to the government, which...
Legal Related Thailand Makes Bold Move by Legalizing Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 27, 2018 In a country that has some of the harshest laws when it comes to the possession of drugs, Thailand has made a revolutionary move and has voted to approve marijuana for medicinal use. The country's junta appointed parliament vot...
Trends & Articles Thailand Could be First Asian Nation to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 01, 2018 According to Thailand's National Legislative Assembly standing committee of public health chairman, Jet Sirathraanon, "Thailand has the best marijuana in the world." The country could be on its way to becoming the first Asian n...