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

A cannabis policy advocacy group, Writing Thailand's Cannabis Future Network, submitted a petition to the Government ...

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 ...

Government restricts cannabis use to medical purposes only and threatens to re-criminalise altogether, sparking fears for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Cannabis use among Thais aged 18 to 65 has increased tenfold in recent years, according to Thailand's Center for Addiction Studies, from 2.3% in 2019 to 25% in 2022.

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 ...

A business class passenger who flew into Newcastle Airport carrying more than 30kg of cannabis has been locked up. Dhroo Singh returned from a trip to Thailand flying in business class and arrived ...

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.