Bad news: A proper 420 won’t happen next Wednesday. Great news: Save those spliffs for June when the decriminalization of the cannabis plant is complete.
That’s when marijuana advocacy group Highland will hold its seventh annual 420 event, slightly delayed until the legal process has been completed for delisting cannabis as a controlled narcotic. The event is dubbed Thailand 420: Legalaew!? (“legalized!?”).
“Highland invites you to celebrate the independence day that liberalizes marijuana, which has been imprisoned as a drug for decades,” the group wrote. “From the efforts and struggles of people fighting for rights and freedoms until the day we all have been waiting for: the day when cannabis plants are no longer an illicit drug.”
The two-day event will be held in Nakhon Pathom province and promises games, sports, music, panel discussions,…
