The brand new regulation would ban leisure use of marijuana.

Bangkok:

The Thai authorities will urgently transfer a invoice to ban the leisure use of hashish, the well being minister stated on Tuesday, after the dominion decriminalised the drug in 2022.

Hashish was taken off the checklist of banned narcotics in June 2022 below the earlier authorities, which included the pro-legalisation Bhumjaithai get together.

The transfer prompted tons of of hashish dispensaries to sprout across the nation, significantly in Bangkok, upsetting concern from critics who urged the necessity for tighter laws.

On Tuesday, the dominion’s well being minister stated the brand new invoice — which bans the leisure use of hashish — can be proposed to the cupboard assembly subsequent week.

“The brand new invoice can be amended from the prevailing one to solely permit using hashish for well being and medicinal functions,” Chonlanan Srikaew informed reporters.

“The use for enjoyable is taken into account flawed.”

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who took workplace final August, has steadily voiced his opposition to the leisure use of the drug and stated it ought to solely be allowed for medicinal use.

There was recent stress from the general public final weekend after attendees of British rock band Coldplay’s reveals in Bangkok complained on social media saying “the whole live performance smelled like marijuana”.

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