Fingers are poised to strike lighters across Thailand on Thursday when marijuana is decriminalized, but today health officials had a sobering reminder: You still face arrest if you stink things up with weed smoke.
Though weed will longer no longer be illegal in three days, health authorities urged people to smoke on private property, or else they could get arrested for causing an “odor-based nuisance,” said Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, deputy permanent secretary of the Health Ministry.
Holding weed – and using it – on track to be legal in 10 more days
The Department of Health has sent orders to related agencies about the “inappropriate use” of weed and informed them that people smoking in public can be arrested and charged for causing a public nuisance under health laws, which state generally that any activity generating a foul odor constitutes a…
