Cannabis Cafes Open New Front in Thai Tourism Revival Effort

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by Paul Rujopakarn

    

BANGKOK (NNT) - Several cannabis cafes have sprung up across Bangkok since Thailand decriminalized the plant in June, a few weeks before it dropped pandemic-linked controls on foreign visitors.

 

Foreign arrivals shrank to 2 million in the first half of 2022 from nearly 40 million in 2019, and many cannabis cafe owners view their venues as central to efforts to revive a tourism industry that contributed about 12% to GDP before the pandemic struck.

 

In 2018, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize marijuana for medical use. In June, the entire cannabis plant was decriminalized.

 

A parliamentary committee is currently debating a bill to regulate cannabis use that is expected to finalize in September and could impact the cannabis cafes.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG220802104113365

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2022-08-02

 

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[connda]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

In 2018, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize marijuana for medical use. In June, the entire cannabis plant was decriminalized.

Give the government another month or two to kill the goose laying the golden eggs.  It's coming.

[JonnyF]

I wouldn't be investing too much money into Cannabis cafe's until the government can decide whether the current status of legality is going to be overturned or not.