Three years after Thailand became the first Asian nation to decriminalise cannabis, the country’s health minister signed an order banning shops from selling the drug for recreational use, but did not detail any penalty for violations.
The new rule, which will take effect when it is published in the Royal Gazette, has plunged Thailand’s billion-dollar cannabis industry into a state of confusion, with shops scrambling to comply with the requirements, and many fearing they will be forced to close.
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