Anutin Charnvirakul

Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai (BJT) party leader Anutin Charnvirakulshared said Tuesday that he believes the new government would support the party's pro-cannabis policy, writes Bangkok Post. “This new Democrat team isn’t the same [as the previous one], and I believe...

Thailand: Cannabis Network Urges Prime Minister To Sign Cannabis Act The Network for Shaping the Future of Thai Cannabis recently sent a letter to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisinurging urging him to sign the Cannabis Act as soon as possible, writes The Pattaya News. About two weeks ago...

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai (BJT) party leader, Anutin Charnvirakul, confirmed Tuesday that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin agreed that proper regulation is a better solution than reclassification. It's still not clear how both medical and recreational cannabis use will...

The Thai political party that spearheaded a campaign to legalize cannabis nationwide gained significantly more seats in Sunday's general election than previously estimated by a Nation Group survey, reported Bloomberg. According to data from the Election Commission, Bhumjaithai Party, led...

Eswatini: Marijuana Growers Are Opposing Proposed Cannabis Reform Marijuana activists and farmers in Eswatini (previously called Swaziland) are raising their voices against the medical marijuana legalization bill, writes Semafor Africa. What happened: The southern African Kingdom of...

A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after three of its Buddhist monks and an abbot failed drug tests and were defrocked, a local official said Tuesday. The monks, from Phetchabun province's Bung Sam Phan district were sent to a health clinic for drug...

Thailand’s health minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said Wednesday that tourists visiting the country with the sole purpose of smoking marijuana are not welcomed. "We don't welcome those kinds of tourists," Charnvirakul told reporters when asked about cannabis consumption as...

Back in 2018, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical marijuana. Some four years later, it took the cannabis regulations to the next step and became the first Southeast Asian country to decriminalize marijuana. While the country’s Public Health Minister ...

Thailand became the first South-East Asian country to decriminalize marijuana on Thursday, reported CNN Travel. Now that cannabis is removed from the banned Category 5 narcotics list, Thais can legally grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop, a move that will,  as the government hopes,...

Four police officers were transferred to “inactive posts,” after arresting a woman, Pornpimol Prakobpol, for possessing a small cannabis plant in her home located in Chonburi province, Thailand. “Pornpimol’s arrest comes just one week before Thailand’s much-...

On Thursday, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health announced that three types of cannabis oil have been deemed essential medicine, reported Thaiger. The addition of cannabis oil to the country's National List of Essential Medicines, or NLEM, allows doctors from 893 government...

After Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical cannabis in 2018, this January it became the first in Asia to legally allow marijuana. Under the new regulation, which officially takes action on June 9th, its residents are allowed to cultivate cannabis for personal use....

Thailand's Public Health Ministry confirmed Monday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with RxLeaf World Medica to establish an International Medical Cannabis Research Center. The latest move is a part of Thailand's plan to become a world-class cannabis...