Majority of Thais Back Plan to Label Cannabis as Narcotics Again
- Government aims to prohibit recreational use from next year
- Recriminalisation move comes two years after lifting curbs
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An overwhelming majority of participants in a Thai government survey have backed the Southeast Asian nation’s plan to reclassify cannabis as a narcotics to prohibit its recreational use.
At least 80% of the 111,201 respondents supported a draft plan to once again label marijuana as a “category five” from next year, according to Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin. The Food and Drug Administration gathered public feedback to the draft regulation between June 11 and 25.