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

The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes

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.

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.