A top Thailand official has a clear message to would-be tourists who are considering a cannabis-filled visit to the southeast Asian country: Don’t bother.
“We don’t welcome those kinds of tourists,” Thailand’s health minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Wednesday while talking to reporters, as quoted by CNN.
The country has been dealing with the repercussions of a new law passed in June that removed marijuana from its list of banned substances, making Thailand the first country in Asia to decriminalize weed. In 2018, Thailand became the first southeast Asian country to legalize medical cannabis.
The new policy unveiled in June made it legal to cultivate marijuana and hemp, and also opened the door for restaurants to offer food and beverage products infused with a small amount of THC.
But the law has also been shrouded in gray area. Anutin and other Thai…
