Holding weed – and using it – on track to be legal in 10 more days

With cannabis possession on track to no longer be illegal in 10 days and parliament days away from permitting its consumption, Thailand’s top health official reminded the nation that it should really only use it “in good conscience.”

As parliament prepares to take up a bill regulating consumption June 8 – one day before weed possession is no longer illegal on June 9 – Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul put a fine point on the “de facto” aspect of legalization yesterday by reiterating that it should only be used for legitimate reasons such as personal health as he signed agreements with various related agencies.

After acting to decriminalize cannabis in January, a process that completes June 9, lawmakers must pass legislation enabling its use. 

A lawmaker in Anutin’s party stressed the importance of acting by June 9, ostensibly to avoid a period in…