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Cookies brings California swagger to Bangkok, gets foothold in Thai cannabis

The joints being passed around were larger than the largest Burmese cheroots as people crowded the San Francisco rapper as he celebrated his American weed brand’s arrival to Bangkok.

Scores of people waited in line to step inside Bangkok’s newest – at least for a few hours – cannabis dispensary, which opened downtown on Saturday. While dozens of new dispensaries appear every day, this one was covered in the distinctive logo of cannabis giant Cookies, and rapper/founder Berner was there to vibe with his friends and celebrate its first store in Asia. 

Inside the small, second-floor shop located a ways down Soi Ruamrudee – past three other dispensaries – colorful bags of branded cannabis strains were sold alongside shelves of merch.

Photo: Nicky Tanskul / Coconuts

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