The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack

Thailand will be recriminalising cannabis again by the end of 2024, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday (May 9) as reported by Bangkok Post and Khaosod English. The move comes just two years after the country legalised marijuana, for recreational and medical use.

Thailand's Cannabis Future Network issued a statement on May 9, 2024 in response to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s order instructing the Ministry of Public Health to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic substance.

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Wednesday that cannabis would be re-listed as a narcotic by end of 2024, in a stunning U-turn for the country two years after it became the first in the region to decriminalise its recreational use.

The Prime Minister of Thailand on Wednesday announced plans to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic, reversing the country's legalization about two years ago.

Thailand had decriminalized marijuana in 2022, but the country’s new government is pushing for stricter drug laws.

El primer ministro de Tailandia, el primer país en Asia que legalizó el cannabis hace dos años, dijo el miércoles que desea prohibir la droga nuevamente ante preocupaciones de que la falta de regulación la estaba haciendo disponible para niños y que había aumentado la criminalidad.

Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister said on Tuesday, in a stunning U-turn just two years after becoming one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalise its recreational use.

BANGKOK - Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has ordered government agencies to have stricter measures against drugs, especially cannabis. Srettha said the drug problem is a national agenda that all agencies must work together to eradicate.