One year ago today, the Earth shifted slightly on its axis as the unthinkable became reality and Thailand, with little fanfare, fully decriminalized cannabis.
Most didn’t see it coming. Our many stories heralding the change five months in advance were met with skepticism, even from other news agencies who didn’t bother reading the details. (And when they caught on, they still got it horribly wrong.)
Smokers new and old lit up in celebration, fortunes were made virtually overnight, and a new industry was born as dispensaries mushroomed across the kingdom. But the past year has remained a time of uncertainty as the full legal question has remained unresolved. With no regulations on the book, a drumbeat has grown from those who would turn back the clock and make weed illegal again, fed by a steady stream of Reefer Madness-style hysteria and misinformation.
