By Duncan Forgan
If Anutin Charnvirakul has planned to bond himself with cannabis, he has gone about it the right way.
Over the past year or so, Thailand’s current health minister has not missed an opportunity to display his weed-friendly credentials. Images of him sniffing cannabidiol (CBD) oil in parliament, planting cannabis seedlings in a fetching hairnet, or mixing cannabis leaves into drinks circulate on a near weekly basis.
A recent photo on his personal Facebook page showed the tycoon-turned-politician caressing a giant cannabis plant with a near ecstatic look on his face. He posted the snap ahead of the Cannabis 360 festival in Buriram — his party’s Isaan powerbase — where the minister was a star draw at an event to promote the use of cannabis in food, drinks, and health and beauty items.
