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Scammers flee to Chiang Rai
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/08/2024
» Chinese nationals operating call centre scams in Laos have fled to Chiang Rai, a border security source said yesterday.
Cholnan frets at weed policy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2024
» Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew expressed concern that most people do not agree with the Pheu Thai Party's plan to recriminalise cannabis following a recent media interview by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on the subject.
Businesses 'need clarity over hemp, weed'
Post Reporters, Published on 11/10/2023
» The Thai Industrial Hemp Trade Association is pressing for clarity about whether hemp and cannabis plants will be re-listed as narcotics, because businesses need to plan ahead, Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said on Wednesday.
Premier supports medical use of cannabis
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/09/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says he disagrees with allowing recreational use of cannabis, though its medical use would remain a policy under his administration.
Cannabis network pushes for home-grown weed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/08/2023
» Thailand's Cannabis Future Network is seeking 10,000 names to petition parliament to continue its reading of the Cannabis-Hemp Act, which would allow individuals to grow weed at home and ban the import of cannabis products for five years.
Weed network fears law change
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/05/2023
» Citing research by the Ad-Hoc Committee on Systematic Hemp and Cannabis Resolution, Thailand's Cannabis Future Network has urged three alliance parties not to reinstate the plant as a narcotic drug, as that would be like "getting the first shirt button wrong" and lead to more problems.
Weed shop near school suspended
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/05/2023
» The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) has suspended the licence of a cannabis shop near a well-known school on Silom Road for a month.
Calls grow to ban weed shops near schools
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/05/2023
» Operating cannabis shops near schools is permitted as a specific law has yet to be issued to control the locations of such establishments, according to the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM).
Chuvit irked by weed cafe near school
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/05/2023
» Chuvit Kamolvisit, a former massage parlour mogul and staunch critic of cannabis legalisation, has urged the new government to relist cannabis as a narcotic amid concerns over weed sales near schools.
92k children at risk from narcotics
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2023
» More than 92,000 primary school-aged children are at risk of being exposed to narcotics, especially those who grow up in poor families with parents who take drugs, according to research by Mahidol University's National Institute for Child and Family Development (NICFD).