A new proposal drops plans to relist the plant as a narcotic – but upholds that weed should be restricted to medical uses.
After months of uncertainty over the future of cannabis in Thailand, the government released a proposal to restrict it mainly to health and medical purposes.
Published in September, shortly after Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra took office, the draft legislation does not explicitly ban the recreational use of weed nor does it uphold previous plans to reclassify the substance as a narcotic.
But it does lay out fines and punishments for those selling or consuming cannabis for purposes not laid out in the bill.
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