BANGKOK: Tourism operators believe the reclassification of cannabis as a narcotic will yield more benefits than drawbacks, ...

Is Thailand no longer a draw for tourists? - TRAVEL FOCUS: With reports of an unexpected slump in visitors coming at a time ...

Cannabis use among Thais aged 18 to 65 has increased tenfold in recent years, according to Thailand's Center for Addiction Studies, from 2.3% in 2019 to 25% in 2022.

TWO young Brits have been jailed for six years each for smuggling nearly 70kg of cannabis out of Thailand stashed in their ...

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.

A DRUG-smuggling Brit mum has dodged jail after being caught bundling a huge stash of cannabis from Thailand into Germany.

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.

The opposition made cannabis a wedge issue in last year’s elections, and having stepped into power, nearly backtracked on the reforms that made the Thai kingdom a pioneer in Southeast Asia.

Then Thailand threatened to revert course yet again. The opposition made cannabis a wedge issue in last year’s elections, and having stepped into power, nearly backtracked on the reforms that ...

Dozens of Thai cannabis advocates urged the government on Thursday to abandon its plans to re-list marijuana as an illegal narcotic, a week after it announced its dramatic policy U-turn just two ...

Members of a pro-cannabis group gather at the Public Health Ministry to oppose the Thai government's plan to relist cannabis as a narcotic, in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, on May 16, 2024.

Different cannabis strains are displayed in a shop in Phuket, Thailand, on Aug. 24, 2023. Thailand plans to relist cannabis as a narcotic and issue permits only to those who grow and use it for ...