Thai Gov Rushes To Ban Cannabis After Weed-Smelling Coldplay Concert & More Pot Updates
Thailand: Government Will Ban Recreational Cannabis Use
Thailand Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said Tuesday that a new bill banning recreational marijuana is being urgently pushed to be taken up at next week’s Cabinet meeting, reported Agence France-Presse.
“The new Bill will be amended from the existing one to only allow the use of cannabis for health and medicinal purposes,” Srikaew told reporters. “The use for fun is considered wrong.”
Thailand regulated medical marijuana use in 2018 and decriminalized marijuana in June 2022, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to do so and third in the world after Uruguay and Canada. Since then, cannabis stores have proliferated in Thailand, due to a lack of regulation.
New pressure from the public to reverse cannabis law came after the recent concert of British rock band Coldplay when attendees complained on social media platforms saying “the entire concert smelled like marijuana.”
Will Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin support the bill? It’s still unclear, …