A health ministry order that effectively spelled the end of unlicensed weed sales was revoked late Wednesday, hours after it spooked many shops into suspending operations with fears of arrest.
Dispensaries may continue operating, for now, after a top health official said late Wednesday afternoon that the order for instructing police to arrest those selling cannabis without official sanction had been withdrawn – an order that came despite there being no such licenses or legal requirement to possess one.
That’s exactly why it was pulled, according to Arun Avery of cannabis advocacy Highland, which operates a dispensary of the same name in Lat Phrao. Eager to show they were cracking down, he said, officials jumped the gun by insisting on licenses that don’t actually exist nor were required by law.
“That’s exactly the point,” he said. “Welcome to…
