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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Industry up in smoke?

Taking a whiff: A cannabis shop with a big selection of strains and an indoor smoking room on Khao San Road in Phra Nakhon district.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by eight prospective parties on forming a coalition government could be bad news for advocates of the current freer cannabis policy.

Under the 23-point agreement, the Move Forward Party-led bloc has agreed to reinstate the plant as a narcotic drug under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Health and pass new laws supporting just certain beneficial uses while regulating all other use, cultivation, import and export of the plant.

The move marks a reversal of the cannabis policy which has become divisive and politicised due to the absence of an…

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