Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

The relaxed laws saw a lucrative cannabis industry catering to locals and foreigners alike boom across the Southeast Asian nation, but a new conservative coalition government came to power late last year vowing to tighten the rules and only allow medical use.

A draft bill was released on Tuesday by Thailand’s health ministry outlining hefty fines or prison sentences of up to one year for offenders – or both.

  • Ronald McDonald 🍟🍔
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    -166 months ago

    heavy cannabis use allows me to function like a normal human being

    You seem very sane, definitely not addicted.

    • emmanuel_car
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      76 months ago

      Would you say the same thing to someone who needs SSRIs to maintain stability?