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Thai government turns decriminalization cannabis:
“Unjust”: managers of cannabis dispensaries. Meanwhile, militants castigated the turns of the Thai government on June 26, which wants to restrict the legal consumption of the plant, three years after its historical decriminalization.
After years of severe repression. Nevertheless, Thailand withdrawn in June 2022 the psychotropic of its drug list, becoming the first Asian country to open this market that the authorities hoped for lucrative.
This regulation. Therefore, justified in the name of the development of tourism and agriculture, led to the opening of hundreds of points of sale, but its detractors denounced a lacunar and lax text, in a region where consumption and drug trade remain severely punished.
Presence of a compulsory doctor – Thai government turns decriminalization cannabis
After several months of government announcements to that effect. the Minister of Health Somsak Thepsuthin signed a decree on Tuesday evening the presence of a doctor in the store to approve transactions, for therapeutic thai government turns decriminalization cannabis purposes.
The text will come into force after its publication in the Royal Gazette. the Official Journal of the Kingdom, on a date that is still uncertain.
Market restriction already envisaged
This is not the first time that the government has displayed its firmness on the issue. especially since the 2023 elections, a year after decriminalization, have recomposed the political landscape, changing consensus on cannabis.
Former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. in place between 2023 and 2024, wanted to accelerate the process to restrict this market, but without achieving its ends.
In the new proposal. dispensaries will be able to sell cannabis to customers only for medical reasons, under the supervision of approved professionals such as doctors, traditional Thai doctors, popular healers or dentists.
The government’s announcement occurred a few days after the coalition of the Conservative Party Bhumjaithai. known for having led the cannabis decriminalization project, against the backdrop of tensions on the Cambodian border.
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