Josh Boylan, the alleged second-in-command leader of a Drogheda crime gang, has been using the south-east Asian country as ...

Thailand became the first country in Asia to remove marijuana from its list of illegal narcotics. Cannabis was decriminalised ...

Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, which, to the alarm of Thai conservatives, has since led to a spike in recreational use from locals and tourists, and the ...

Thailand is moving to pass new legislation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal, three years after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalise the drug, local media ...

BANGKOK--Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year but continue to allow its use for medical purposes, the health minister told Reuters in an interview.

Thailand decriminalized cannabis in 2022. However, it did so without a comprehensive law regulating its sale, production or use. Since then, tens of thousands of licensed dispensaries and ...

Business operators in Pattaya, a city known for its bustling nightlife and growing cannabis-related ventures, are calling for ...

Thailand became the first country in Asia to fully decriminalise cannabis in 2022, in a move that has been wildly popular with tourists but less so among more conservative Thais.

Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant. The move had boosted Thailand’s ...

FILE--A customer sits outside a cannabis shop in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, July 16, 2024. Credit: AP “Owners are freaking out, a lot of them are scared,” she said.

Thai cannabis store owners and activists on Thursday hit out at new government plans to tighten the rules on selling the drug by requiring a doctor's approval, three years after it was decriminalised.

Thailand to crack down on cannabis after tourists allegedly caught smuggling drugs. Tourism in Thailand boomed after it became the first Asian country to decriminalise cannabis ...