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Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization
    #28619236 - 01/12/24 09:41 PM (4 months, 3 days ago)

Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization
January 12, 2024 - CNN

Bangkok, Thailand — Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legislation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

The relaxed laws saw a lucrative cannabis industry catering to locals and foreigners alike boom across the Southeast Asian nation, but a new conservative coalition government came to power late last year vowing to tighten the rules and only allow medical use.

A draft bill was released on Tuesday by Thailand’s health ministry outlining hefty fines or prison sentences of up to one year for offenders – or both. It also welcomed feedback from the public.

Cannabis and cannabis-related products will be limited to medical and health purposes only, the bill states, echoing Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s pledge in September that his new government will “rectify” laws on cannabis within the next six months.

Smoking marijuana in public remained illegal even under the relaxed laws, but the proposed new laws will ban advertising and marketing campaigns for cannabis buds and extracts, and other cannabis products.

An earlier draft bill failed to win parliamentary approval in November.

Thavisin has been vocal about banning recreational cannabis and stated in several media interviews that drug abuse is “a big problem for Thailand.”

“We drafted this law to prohibit the wrong usage of cannabis,” said the health minister Cholnan Srikaew, reported Reuters.

“All recreational usage is wrong.”

CNN has reached out to Thailand’s Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew for further comment about the new proposal.

Thailand became the first country in Asia to fully decriminalize cannabis in June 2022, a move years in the making and a rarity in a region where many countries give long jail terms and even death sentences for people convicted of marijuana possession, consumption or trafficking.

In nearby Hong Kong, even non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) is outlawed.

Singapore maintains the death penalty for trafficking drugs, and residents traveling to Thailand are warned they could still be prosecuted on return if they smoke weed overseas.

Medical marijuana has been legal in Thailand since 2018, but decriminalization in 2022 took things a step further, making it no longer a crime to grow and trade marijuana and hemp products, or to use any parts of the plant to treat illnesses.

Since then, thousands of cannabis dispensaries have sprung up across Thailand, as well as other cannabis-themed businesses like weed cafes and hemp spas and beauty treatment. Cities like Chiang Mai and the capital Bangkok have even held weed festivals, and decriminalization has been a major draw for tourists.

But Anutin Charnvirakul, the former health minister who strongly lobbied for cannabis legalization in the country, previously told CNN that the intention was never to allow Thais and tourists to smoke weed recreationally in public.

“Thailand will promote cannabis policies for medical purposes. There has never once been a moment that we would think about advocating people to use cannabis in terms of recreation – or use it in a way that it could irritate others,” Anutin said.

“We [have always] emphasized using cannabis extractions and raw materials for medical purposes and for health.”

Pro-legislation advocates have argued that the cannabis boom across Thailand has helped many Thais, from farmers to small business owners and workers behind the counter.

Cannabis entrepreneurs previously told CNN that they were strongly against any legalization that would hurt the growing multi-billion dollar industry.

The Future Cannabis Network, an advocacy group in Thailand, expressed disappointment at the government’s actions and stressed the importance of “public involvement.”

Kitty Chopaka, a Bangkok-based cannabis entrepreneur who has pushed for cannabis legalization for years, called it a knee jerk reaction from the government and said that it was “not unexpected.”

“But no matter what happens with the incoming cannabis regulations, it is now too late for cannabis to go back to being classified as narcotics.”

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: veggie]
    #28619249 - 01/12/24 10:01 PM (4 months, 3 days ago)

It sucks that the people of Thailand get their leaders forced on them.
It's like a form of rape.

I'm glad that civilized countries get to vote for their leaders.

I think Thailand has the creepiest royals on the planet.

Not only did their King Vajiralongkorn Boromchakrayadisorn Santatiwong Thewetthamrongsuboribal Abhikkunupakornmahitaladulyadej Bhumibolnaretwarangkun Kittisirisombunsawangwat Boromkhattiyarajakumarn marry his first cousin, he looks like he was an incest baby himself. His mother was quite beautiful so I don't know what happened there. Maybe she drank a lot when she was pregnant?

I guess Thailand is stuck with him for now.
I think that having Cannabis helps soothe the pain of having Kings like him. He's hard to appreciate sober.

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: Nillion]
    #28619307 - 01/13/24 01:16 AM (4 months, 3 days ago)

I hope the public feedback is all so terrible. They need to immediately roll this back.

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: GenesisCorrupted]
    #28620107 - 01/13/24 06:51 PM (4 months, 2 days ago)

While weed is not legal per se in South East Asia, you can easily find MJ edibles in many restaurants and happy cafes around Cambodia.
In Vietnam also people openly sell it to tourists, never had any issues smoking it on the beach and Vietnamese police are never out and about openly.
When I was in Thailand in 2015 before it was legalized, you could easily buy joints from many beach restaurants.
While I recommend you be careful in South East Asia smoking weed, it's pretty well tolerated by LE, a small fine is probably the worst you will get.

However, I would think twice before smoking anything Malaysia or Indonesia. They will come down on you like a tonne of bricks. Most Muslim countries have that attitude.

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: PsychoReactive]
    #28620119 - 01/13/24 07:03 PM (4 months, 2 days ago)

That sounds like the exact same rules we had when I was a kid growing up. Technically, you could get in trouble at any moment for using it. But none of the police wanna waste their time doing that. It’s just not something they wanna prioritize. That being said though. If you find a police officer who is particularly pissed off, or just in the mood to bust stoners today. You could still get in trouble.

Which is whack. It was proving so profitable. It was a model for all of the other Asian cultures to buckle down and get on board the train. But they let a bunch of conservatives try to demonize it again. Now it’s only being used by prescribed individuals. Which is something. That’s actually really great considering there are places in my country right now where you could get busted for having a joint in your car.

I guess we just have to accept that this is an ongoing war. We lost this battle. But psychedelics could still win the war.

Edited by GenesisCorrupted (01/13/24 10:14 PM)

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: veggie]
    #28620169 - 01/13/24 07:51 PM (4 months, 2 days ago)

What they really need to do is end the monarchy already.

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: GenesisCorrupted] * 1
    #28620344 - 01/13/24 10:11 PM (4 months, 2 days ago)

I have a very strong dislike of royals.

Rather than see them as living Gods, as they so often portray themselves to be, I see them as parasitic mascots at best.

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Re: Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization [Re: Nillion] * 1
    #28620512 - 01/14/24 04:20 AM (4 months, 2 days ago)

"use it in a way that it could irritate others''

Pretty sure weed is one of about ten million smells you will encounter on any block in thailand, how is it going to annoy anyone? The weed thing was looking to be huge industry there the closest place Aussie pot heads could go to smoke freely.


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