Pot-smoking tourists not welcome in Thailand, says health minister

"We don't welcome those kinds of tourists," Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters when asked about recreational marijuana use among foreign visitors.

In 2018, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize cannabis for medical use. In June, the entire plant was decriminalized, leading to widespread recreational use.Despite the government's pleas against getting high, cannabis businesses with special smoking rooms have been a hit with locals and visitors.A staff member prepares cannabis for customers at the Happy Bud, a cannabis truck on Bangkok's Khaosan Road.

Last year, the pandemic slashed foreign arrivals to just 428,000, compared with a record of nearly 40 million in 2019. Thailand has focused its cannabis policy on the 28 billion baht industry built around its medical and health benefits.Anutin said, however, recreational use could be explored once there was better understanding of the drug.Thailand's cannabis policy has also drawn interest from regional neighbors like Malaysia, which is studying the use of cannabis for medical purposes.

Top image: A jar with cannabis in a dispensary shop in Bangkok, Thailand on August 17, 2022. Credit: Athit Perawongmetha/REUTERS

Strange news, but hopeful.

Really? Dos he understand that those tourists also use hotels, eat food, drinks, use transport etc? Most stoner tourists are spending a lot. And he don't want that money?

Yeah, do not forget rw

LOL!

Unbelievable,

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