In a major policy U-turn, the Thai government is tightening restrictions on the sale of cannabis just three years after ...

Thailand's government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over $1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country's ...

The opposition made cannabis a wedge issue in last year’s elections, and having stepped into power, nearly backtracked on the reforms that made the Thai kingdom a pioneer in Southeast Asia.

Marijuana for sale at a cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2025. Credit - Chanakarn Laosarakham—AFP/Getty Images In 2022, Thailand bucked a trend in Asia.

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 decriminalise cannabis in 2022, in a move ...

Members of a pro-cannabis group gather at the Public Health Ministry to oppose the Thai government's plan to relist cannabis as a narcotic, in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, on May 16, 2024.

Different cannabis strains are displayed in a shop in Phuket, Thailand, on Aug. 24, 2023. Thailand plans to relist cannabis as a narcotic and issue permits only to those who grow and use it for ...

Dozens of Thai cannabis advocates urged the government on Thursday to abandon its plans to re-list marijuana as an illegal narcotic, a week after it announced its dramatic policy U-turn just two ...

A 21-year-old British woman has been charged in Germany with trafficking drugs from Thailand. Cameron Bradford, from ...

Thailand Considers Regulating Cannabis Instead of Recriminalizing It 3 minute read A cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok on Sept. 10, 2023. Dimas Ardian—Bloomberg/Getty Images ...

BANGKOK — Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant.