Yes, you can continue selling cannabis – just not to moms, kids, teens

A top Thai cannabis official has dismissed concerns that a newly issued order means cannabis dispensaries must stop selling or users must obtain prescriptions.

After several weed shops across Bangkok closed in a panic Friday following an emergency government order limiting cannabis and hemp sales, Marut Jirasetasiri, director of the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, told Coconuts this morning that it did not make a medical prescription necessary and shops could continue selling, “with conditions.”

The conditions the order puts in place are the same restrictions in the draft cannabis bill awaiting passage in parliament: no sales to anyone under 20, pregnant, or breastfeeding. 

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