Marijuana for sale at a cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2025. Credit - Chanakarn Laosarakham—AFP/Getty Images In 2022, Thailand bucked a trend in Asia.

Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis in 2022, in a move that boosted Thailand’s tourism and farming, and spawned thousands of shops.

Cannabis use among Thais aged 18 to 65 has increased tenfold in recent years, according to Thailand's Center for Addiction Studies, from 2.3% in 2019 to 25% in 2022.

BANGKOK — Thailand has started banning the sale of cannabis to those without a prescription, three years after becoming the first country in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

After cannabis was decriminalised in Thailand, there was a "frenzy of investment", said the BBC 's Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head. There are about 11,000 registered cannabis ...

Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis in 2022, which has boosted Thailand’s tourism and farming and spawned thousands of shops.

Thailand video news: cannabis crackdown, visa rule changes, border tensions, crash probe, and youth sobriety trend.

US cannabis edibles brand KANHA partnered with an award-winning luxury beachfront hotel on Thailand's Koh Samui Island, The Beach Samui. This partnership introduces a range of cannabis-infused ...

Thailand, which decriminalized marijuana in 2022 — a first for the region — has reimposed restrictions on the drug. Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin signed an order this week to bar ...

Thailand's Office of the Narcotics Control Board said a study conducted by the agency last year found the number of people addicted to cannabis had spiked significantly after it was decriminalized.

FILE - Police stand guard as cannabis activists and entrepreneurs, holding cannabis plant gather in front of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 8, 2024. Two years after marijuana ...

Marijuana for sale at a cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2025. Credit - Chanakarn Laosarakham—AFP/Getty Images In 2022, Thailand bucked a trend in Asia.