Thailand's expanding cannabis industry faces significant changes as 18,000 cannabis dispensaries must convert to medical ...

Thailand, which decriminalized marijuana in 2022 — a first for the region — has reimposed a slate of renewed restrictions on ...

Three years since Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, the government this week imposed new ...

Government says decriminalisation fueled social ills, but producers argue new rules will only push industry underground.

Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first ...

After pioneering cannabis reform in 2022, Thailand has reversed course—reclassifying cannabis as a narcotic, requiring prescriptions, restricting tourism access, and prompting backlash from businesses ...

Thailand now requires foreign tourists to present a doctor's prescription if they wish to buy cannabis as part of new ...

Medical marijuana has been legal in Thailand since 2018, but decriminalization in 2022 meant it was no longer a crime to grow and trade marijuana or hemp products, or to use any parts of the plant ...

Thailand’s government is further restricting cannabis with a ban on sales of the plant to those without prescriptions.

Marijuana for sale at a cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2025. Credit - Chanakarn Laosarakham—AFP/Getty Images In 2022, Thailand bucked a trend in Asia.

Chokwan Chopaka, a Thai cannabis activist who leads Writing Thailand’s Cannabis Future Network—a group of users, business owners, and producers of the plant—said they plan to protest the order.