Bangkok, June 26, 2025 (AFP) - Thai cannabis stores fret as government moves to tighten rules on sales

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2025-06-26

Thai cannabis store owners and activists on Thursday hit out at new government plans to tighten the rules on selling the drug by requiring a doctor's approval, three years after it was decriminalised. The kingdom was the first country in Southeast Asia to decriminalise the drug when it removed cannabis from the list of banned narcotics in June 2022. The intention was to allow sales for medical rather than recreational use, but the move led to hun......

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