Hundreds Of Cannabis Advocates Rallied In Bangkok Protesting Government’s Marijuana Policy U-Turn
Hundreds of marijuana entrepreneurs, farmers and advocates gathered on Tuesday in Bangkok to protest the government’s recent decision to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic, reported Bloomberg.
The rally was held in front of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific headquarters. Advocates, carrying “stop villainizing cannabis” posters, managed to collect close to 2,000 signatures for a legal petition against the government’s move.
In May, Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin announced the intention to re-criminalize cannabis by the end of 2024, reversing the country´s 2022 decision to decriminalize the plant. The 2022 decision made Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize recreational cannabis and the third in the world after Canada and Uruguay. Since then, cannabis stores have proliferated in Thailand, due to a lack of regulation.
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