Marijuana shop owners in Pattaya worried about new ministry announcement
MOST marijuana shop owners in Pattaya are worried about a new announcement by the Public Health Ministry on controlling the herb and allowing for only medical purposes pointing out that some tourists travelled to the seaside city to access it legally, TV Channel 7 said this morning (June 25). This TV channel’s reporters surveyed […]
Read MoreWomen increasingly used to smuggle hybrid ganja from Bangkok to India
By M.P.Praveen, The Hindu Kerala India – More women seem to be increasingly deployed as carriers for smuggling in suspected hydroponic weed, also known as hybrid marijuana or hybrid ganja, mostly from Bangkok in Thailand going by the seizures by Customs at the Kochi airport. Two women were intercepted and arrested with 15kg of […]
Read MoreFire at marijuana farm warehouse in Phuket causes 3m baht damage
A FIRE that raged through a warehouse in Phuket where marijuana was grown this morning (Sep. 15) caused at least 3 million baht damage but there were no casualties, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7.26 a.m. Pol. Lt. Thanphisit Muangchan, an investigator at Thalang police station, inspected the marijuana farm warehouse in Si Sunthon […]
Read MoreMarijuana U-turn raises question who is the real PM: Thepthai
By Naewna and Reuters – published by CNA AFTER Interior Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakil said yesterday (July 23) that the government will now work towards legislating marijuana for medical use, signalling a U-turn on plans to re-criminalise the plant by yearend, former MP Thepthai Senapong questioned who is really the prime minister of this […]
Read MoreThaksin and Anutin getting together ‘not an attempt to end row over marijuana’
AFTER a photo of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, his daughter and party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra singing a song together with Interior Minister-cum-Bhumjaithai leader Anutin Charnvirakul at Khao Yao circulated today (July 21), government whip Visuth Chainaroon denied this is an attempt to patch up differences over as relisting marijuana as a […]
Read MoreMarijuana demonstration in front of Govt House
A NETWORK opposing the Pheu Thai-led government’s move to relist marijuana as a narcotic by the end of this year held a demonstration in front of the Government House yesterday afternoon and submitted a proposal that a joint study be conducted on this step, Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 9). At 1.30 p.m. […]
Read MoreCannabis network gives Health Minister a warning
A CANNABIS network today (Sep. 22) urged Public Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew to clearly define what a planned draft bill on cannabis and hemp would mean in saying it is to be for medical and health purposes only because if traditional medical practitioners are cut out it could lead to conflicts, TV Channel 7 […]
Read MoreFire at Pattaya condo from lights left on to grow marijuana
A FIRE at a condominium in Pattaya rented by a foreign man this afternoon (May 26) was sparked by leaving lights on to grow marijuana but fortunately there was no one there thus no injuries, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 26). Upon being alerted of the fire at the condo in Soi […]
Read MoreCourt accepts cannabis lawsuit against Anutin, ONCB
THE Administrative Court has accepted a lawsuit filed by a member of the Medical Council of Thailand and MPs from a few parties seeking to revoke the Public Health Ministry’s announcement removing marijuana from an official list of controlled substances, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 21). Prof. Dr. Smith Srison, the Medical Council […]
Read MoreAnutin shrugs off party dissolution bid over free-marijuana campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI PARTY leader Anutin Charnvirakul today (Oct. 18) shrugged off a reported plan of the opposition bloc to file an unprecedented lawsuit against the second-largest coalition party over their free-marijuana campaign. Anutin who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister-cum-public health minister contended that his party’s electoral campaign to legalise the […]
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