The changes will not affect patients who rely on cannabis for medical purposes.  Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The Ministry of Public Health is pushing to enact a new ministerial regulation on cannabis before the next government takes ...

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 ...

More than 7,000 cannabis shops closed in Thailand in 2025 after licence renewals plummeted under new government regulations.

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 ...

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 ...

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Two years ago, soon after Thailand became the first Asian nation to decriminalize cannabis, Sarunyu Toprasert and three friends joined a rush of pot entrepreneurs and launched the Channel Weed Store.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. Thailand's new government is reconsidering ending the ongoing ...

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 ...

Thailand’s new government is seeking to tighten control over the country’s nascent cannabis industry, taking steps to curb recreational use of the plant. The health ministry will likely submit to ...

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 ...