Humans, every time, all you need do is follow the money with us.
Think of the children my ass.. I mean think of them yes sure, but enough of the holding them over your head in faux protest.
"We can't sell our homegrown product any more," Mr Pan said. "We now have to buy cannabis from government-certified suppliers. Previously, one gramme cost around 40 baht wholesale. Overnight, prices jumped dramatically to 120 baht per gramme."
The whole arrangement needs work and some tuning, no doubt about that, but this is the Big 5 making their move more or less.. albeit 10 years too late to the international markets, dummies.