Thailand's parliament has voted to approve cannabis for medical use, with a key lawmaker calling it a "New Year's gift" to the Thai people. Recreational use will remain illegal. Marijuana was used ...

We never thought we would go this far in Thailand," says Rattapon Sanrak, who began campaigning for legalisation of marijuana after experiencing its medical benefits while studying in the United ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. Thailand's new government is reconsidering ending the ongoing ...

The ministry of health is making preparations to begin research into the benefits from marijuana plants. The proposed law on research into medical uses of marijuana was sent to the Presidential Palace ...

BANGKOK--Thailand’s decriminalization of cannabis has delighted its fans ... Apart from the legislative limbo, the benefits of a new cash crop for farmers, trumpeted by Health Minister Anutin ...

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. After ...

The episode is "a reflection of the ongoing global dialogue on the role of cannabis in society", said Thai News, "balancing the scales between medicinal benefits and social responsibility".

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dario Sabaghi covers the cannabis industry with a focus on Europe. Thailand is making a U-turn by planning to regulate cannabis without re ...

The move comes less than two years after the Thai government became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize the cultivation and consumption of marijuana. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin told ...

The marijuana industry in Thailand is a fast growing market and ... adding that she became a firm believer in the health benefits of CBD. Healy, who's from Malboro, New Jersey, used marijuana ...

Since then, cannabis stores have increased in Thailand, due to a lack of proper ... destroying the monopoly of politicians taking (its) benefits away from the people," Prasitchai Nunuan, a ...