Thai Law: Foreigners And The Medical Marijuana Law, Explained

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Thai Law: Foreigners And The Medical Marijuana Law, Explained

By Wirot Poonsuwan, Attorney-at-Law

 

Gary Coughlan stands between two police officers Jan. 16 on Koh Samui after police accused him of cooking tom yum goong with cannabis.

 

Marijuana was legalized in Thailand in the closing days of 2018 when the National Legislative Assembly passed the Narcotics Bill in its third and final reading. Now it awaits publication in the Royal Gazette to become law, which should happen by March 25.

 

The upcoming general election, which had been expected in the new year’s first quarter, might have been a factor in the decisive enactment of the law, especially considering who it benefits most. People in rural areas constitute the largest pool of voters eligible to form licensed agricultural groups to cultivate hundreds of acres of the new economic crop. Some of these folks will also be able to earn extra income by obtaining licenses to prescribe medical marijuana as Thai traditional medicine practitioners and village healers.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/business/2019/01/24/thai-law-foreigners-and-the-medical-marijuana-law-explained/

 

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[DrTuner]

Where's the nearest village healer in Pattaya, I think I finally found a reason to visit a real quack,

[connda]

Easy to tell who was eating Tom Yum Gung and who was not.  Well, maybe the guy to his left had a mouthful - you know, tasted but not swallowed. 

 

[Solinvictus]

Despite these new regulations and the details of going about it legally. Theres going to be allot more greener people in general.

 

No prostitution too!

 

 

[jaltsc]

"Where's the nearest village healer in Pattaya..."

 

It looks like the new official song of Pattaya will be "High Ho, High Ho, It's Off to Work We Go".

[Nyezhov]

nice

[MyFriend You]

Foreigners have been expressly excluded from the new law. Foreign companies and foreign-majority companies incorporated in Thailand are prohibited from producing, selling, importing, exporting and possessing cannabis.

 

AW SHUCKS - there goes my retirement scheme..........back to the drawing board.

[lamyai3]

On 1/24/2019 at 5:56 PM, connda said:

Easy to tell who was eating Tom Yum Gung and who was not.  Well, maybe the guy to his left had a mouthful - you know, tasted but not swallowed. 

 

Just look at his happy smile. It's gotta be a good thing ????