Thai Cannabis Groups Rally Against Plan to Relist Plant as Drug
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Cannabis advocacy groups in Thailand urged the government to reconsider a plan to relist marijuana as a narcotic to protect the interest of a nascent industry and a large community of weed growers.
Supporters rallied in Bangkok and other cities on Thursday to protest Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s order earlier this month to re-criminalize cannabis. Members of Writing Thailand’s Cannabis Future, an advocacy group, gathered at the Health Ministry office in the Thai capital and handed a petition to minister Somsak Thepsutin against reclassifying marijuana as a “category five” drug again.