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  • THAILAND

    The highs and lows of liberalising weed

    News, Pratch Rujivanarom, Published on 02/03/2023

    » A boom in cannabis businesses has helped jolt the tourism industry back to life, as travellers flock to Thailand for marijuana tourism.

  • THAILAND

    Take a leaf

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/03/2019

    » In the factory grounds of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district, stands an ordinary two-storey building. Small, old and fairly nondescript, it is nevertheless guarded around the clock and equipped with a security system. This is because its upper floor is a restricted zone where the first lot of 140 cannabis plants will be grown for R&D and medical purposes.

  • THAILAND

    Push for legalisation reaches new highs

    Spectrum, Published on 08/05/2016

    » 'Can I hear it from the ganja lovers in the house?" yelled Sutipong "Junior" Tanakoset, lead singer of the underground reggae band Rastafah 4E. A roar of cheers from the crowd of more than 1,300 erupted in reply.

  • THAILAND

    Online sale, new routes 'will lead to boom in drug trade'

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/01/2020

    » While the economy still shows no sign of pulling out of last year's tepid growth, the one industry that may see a real boom in 2020 is the drug trade.

  • THAILAND

    What happened to my dead brother?

    Spectrum, Published on 27/11/2016

    » James Hughes was found dead in a Hua Hin hotel room on Sept 6 after having disappeared on Aug 5. He was 58 and his cause of death was given as "circulatory failure". But when brother David Hughes received an autopsy report a month later, he was convinced that something major was being covered up.

  • THAILAND

    Meth in the madness

    Spectrum, Published on 11/09/2016

    » Thirteen years ago Saksiri Vanichanon was one of tens of thousands of addicts caught up in Thaksin Shinawatra's "war on drugs".

  • THAILAND

    Industry up in smoke?

    News, Published on 28/05/2023

    » The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by eight prospective parties on forming a coalition government could be bad news for advocates of the current freer cannabis policy.

  • THAILAND

    Not a high crime

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/04/2019

    » At the age of 71, Daycha Siripatra needs no eyeglasses. His nearsightedness and astigmatism are things of the past. His hands that once showed an early sign of Parkinson's disease have no tremor. He says his brain, which once began to deteriorate, is now sharp.

  • THAILAND

    Making a better treatment work

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/11/2018

    » The attempt to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes has gained momentum, especially now that the National Legislative Assembly has promised to go in full-speed toward passing amendments to the 1979 Narcotics Act, decriminalising weed for health reasons. Despite controversy, such a movement would be another significant treatment alternative to cope with a growing number of illnesses.

  • THAILAND

    Fighting for a way of life

    Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/06/2018

    » The Supreme Administrative Court's ruling ordering the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to pay 300,000 baht in compensation to six Karen people living in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province is a mixed victory for the minority group in its lengthy struggle with parks officials for the right to occupy forest land.

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