Pro-cannabis advocates in Thailand rallied at the health ministry in response to the prime minister's stated intention to recriminalize cannabis.
Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered Thursday at the health ministry on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, to oppose the government’s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalized. The rally came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin last week said he would like the plant to be relisted as a narcotic again by the end of this year.
The group's representative, Prasitchai Nunuan, said they all agreed that cannabis should be properly regulated, but that doesn't require the rescheduling of the plant as a narcotic, noting possible economic impacts on a budding industry. 'Whenever it is relisted as a narcotic, cannabis will be put in jail again,' Prasitchai said as health minister Somsak stood listening to the group's demands.
Somsak, who was appointed as health minister in last month's cabinet reshuffle, responded that he would take the demands into consideration. The minister said that his standpoint has always been that cannabis should be used for medical purposes only, not recreational. Chokwan 'Kitty' Chopaka, a cannabis shop owner and activist, said that the government’s U-turn on the policy appears to be more political than scientific.
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