Thailand last week became the first Asian country to decriminalize recreational cannabis, giving locals the green light to grow the drug at home. However, authorities left a grey area around how tolerant they will be with regards to growing and using.
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"The bill … basically allows you to grow at home now," explained Erich Parpart, deputy editor in chief of the English-language website Thai Enquirer.
"You can only use it for medical purposes … But for recreational use, you cannot smoke it in public," he told i24NEWS.
Thailand's Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the Narcotics Control Board approved dropping cannabis from the ministry's list of controlled drugs, AP reported. The delisting by the ministry's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now must be formally signed by Charnvirakul and will go into effect 120 days after it is publicized.
