In sticky, sweaty Bangkok, there seemed to be more weed shops than there were Buddhist temples — and there were a lot of temples. Some shops were decorated with psychedelic art on the walls, beanbags ...

In 2022, Thailand bucked a trend in Asia. While many other countries in the region have historically meted out harsh punishments for drug use and even tightened restrictions in recent years, Thailand ...

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Thailand, which decriminalized marijuana in 2022 — a first for the region — has reimposed restrictions on the drug. Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin signed an order this week to bar sales of ...

With culture-stacked cities, a jungle interior and some of the continent's best beaches, Thailand welcomed over 35.5 million ...

BANGKOK — Thailand became the first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis in 2022. The policy has faced backlash, and seen a lot of changes, since being enacted. It is now more strictly regulated ...

Thailand is further tightening control of cannabis by banning sales of the plant to those without prescriptions. Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis in 2022, in a move ...

BANGKOK -- Two years after Thailand made pot legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on "recreational" use. Legal cannabis has fueled Thailand's tourism ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials on Wednesday said they planned to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months.

Marijuana for sale at a cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2025. Credit - Chanakarn Laosarakham—AFP/Getty Images Since then, marijuana production and sale became a ...