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Big fine, jail time threatened for cannabis shops with smoking lounges

Dispensaries that allow smoking on the premises risk hefty fines and imprisonment, health officials announced today.

Those operating smoking lounges inside their cannabis shops face a large fine, a year in jail, and loss of their provisional licenses face risks of hefty fines, according to the industry oversight agency.

Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, director of the Department of Thai Traditional And Alternative Medicine, said the prohibition enacted Friday was meant to deter accidents and medical emergencies.

“Currently, we don’t have laws that regulate the amount of cannabis concentrations in blood like alcohol, and we’re waiting for that to take place,” Thongchai said.

He said at a news conference today that smoking excessive amounts of THC – the psychoactive compound in buds – causes immediate dizziness and heart palpitations.

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