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Student dies after drinking 1.5L of kratom juice
News, Online Reporters, Published on 05/07/2025
» A 19-year-old vocational student was found dead in her dormitory room in Udon Thani on Saturday morning, after consuming an entire 1.5-litre bottle of kratom juice before going to bed, friends told police.
Chiang Rai café busted selling kratom brew to students
News, Online Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» Authorities in Chiang Rai raided a local café on Tuesday that was illegally selling kratom leaf tea to teenage students.
Somsak signs order requiring doctor’s prescription for cannabis
Online Reporters, Published on 24/06/2025
» Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Tuesday he had signed an order restricting cannabis use to strictly medical purposes.
Thaksin appearance puts end to flight rumours
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra showed up at the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Tuesday afternoon, putting to rest rumours that he planned to flee Thailand to escape the prospect of new legal fallout from a controversial hospital stay during his one-year prison term.
Another young vaper admitted to hospital
Online Reporters, Published on 15/03/2025
» A young woman who had been vaping from Grade 4 to 8 is currently being treated for severe pneumonia at a hospital in Chiang Mai, the provincial public health office said on Saturday.
100 rehab escapees allege abuse in Krabi facility
Online Reporters, Published on 08/06/2024
» Local residents of Koh Siboya in Krabi province were put on high alert following the mass escape of 100 drug addicts from a rehabilitation facility on the island on Friday, with the patients later claiming they were fleeing abuse.
ID soon required to buy cannabis buds
Online Reporters, Published on 10/01/2023
» Thai nationals seeking to purchase cannabis buds will soon have to show their ID cards, with sales information recorded on a government database, according to the Department for the Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM).
Kratom bill becomes law, minors warned
Online Reporters, Published on 27/08/2022
» A law to promote the sale of kratom by individuals has officially taken effect, with violators reminded of the penalties, especially for people under 18.
Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation
Online Reporters, Published on 11/12/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health will next year push for legalisation of all cannabis parts, lifting the last remaining hurdle preventing full use and commercialisation of the plant.
Democrat MP Thepthai disqualified, new poll to be held
Online Reporters, Published on 27/01/2021
» Democrat MP Thepthai Senpong has been disqualified in a unanimous decision by the Constitutional Court over poll fraud in Nakhon Si Thammarat.