Anutin casts vote in marijuana-print shirt

Bhumjaithai Party’s prime ministerial candidate and acting Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul casts his ballot at a polling station in Muang district of Buriram province on Sunday. (Photo: Bhumjaithai Party) Thailand’s health minister and cannabis advocate Anutin Charnvirakul turned heads during Sunday’s election as he arrived to cast his vote ... Read More

Explained | America’s ‘illegal marijuana imports’ hurt Thailand’s weed boom as May elections near

After Thailand became the first Asian country to legalise the use of marijuana last year, the drug has become a political football as Thai politicians head for elections next month. Pro-cannabis activists and retailers say that supplies ‘coming in from the United States’ are hurting the prospects of profitability from domestic cannabis production.  Since ... Read More