The Issues with Thailand’s Legal Cannabis

By admin | May 15, 2022 |

The Issues with Thailand’s Legal Cannabis

In February 2019, Thailand became one of the first countries in Asia to legalize medical cannabis to treat epilepsy, nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy, multiple sclerosis and neuropathic pain.

‘Ganja’ or weed clinics at public hospitals give consultations to patients and prescribe either cannabis oil or Thai traditional medicine incorporating cannabis free of charge for patients.

But some patients in need of cannabis medication still turn away from this legal channel, and go underground for stronger doses to treat their condition.

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50 Comments

  1. Rolly on May 15, 2022 at 5:35 pm

    reason why it was outlawed (when most of the world used it medicinal and recreational use for hundreds of years) was because the war on drugs, perpetrated by the west. Even Japan who has used it for centuries had to outlaw MJ because of the US and its war on drugs, via General MacArthur when he wrote the Japanese constitution. War on drugs – drugs won, countless lives lost and families ruined for what? The history of the outlaw of this plant was due to racist. This is what happens to colonized people, they have to abide by laws that were never apart of their society effectively being FORCED to adapt to western laws and culture and thats called freedom? Free the plant, free your mind.



  2. Tumor_Man_Tick on May 15, 2022 at 5:36 pm

    I like that 7 lol my lucky number.



  3. I Don't Like That Shit on May 15, 2022 at 5:37 pm

    Free Mary Jane!!!



  4. Shaun Smith on May 15, 2022 at 5:38 pm

    💚



  5. Eclipse 6344 on May 15, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    It isn’t for me, but ppl should have the option to



  6. Sagacious Apotheosis BLM on May 15, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    Legalize cannabis! No restrictions.



  7. FER ESQ on May 15, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    MIDS, MIDS EVERYWHERE 🙁



  8. Serg47 on May 15, 2022 at 5:45 pm

    Shoutout to these caregivers risking their freedom to help others!



  9. Kajak Johlopi on May 15, 2022 at 5:46 pm

    THE first and only country in Asia to legalize medical cannabis. The first line of your documentary is a fail…



  10. MadEnergy on May 15, 2022 at 5:46 pm

    Very good



  11. 👉👉 VENDORBILLZ on Telegram on May 15, 2022 at 5:48 pm

    👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 (name above) I just wanna say I’m Very impressed with your service. Got my cannabis, Absolutely faultless, hope to be doing plenty of future business. Many thanks.



  12. WhyNoKill on May 15, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    Does anybody know how to make the smoking oil? So u need to grind up normal bud and put what In it and then soak it. Then evaporate it right



  13. Izan Baharum on May 15, 2022 at 5:50 pm

    When in Malaysia made for Medical.. cancer institute Malaysia..



  14. PersistentApparationKitty on May 15, 2022 at 5:51 pm

    Can we arrest all Health Ministers past or present who ever put on record that Cannabis has ZERO medicinal value? Kinda like a Nuremberg 2.0 for the countless millions who suffered needlessly for the sake of Pharmaceutical company profits. Human rights abuse on Steroids!



  15. 游証富 on May 15, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    #游証富 哈們



  16. okisdr on May 15, 2022 at 5:52 pm

    Medicinal Cannabis in Thailand was legalized to enrich the elite such as Anutin himself. That’s why they made sure to make all the regulations only benefit themselves and while they wrote these regulations they, their familys and friends already were setting up their businesses.

    Medicinal cannabis is extremely expensive in Thailand, and they are monopolizing it the same way they havd done with the alcohol and tobacco production, making sure the regular citizens can never threaten their monopoly nor financially benefit from it.



  17. justice & healing 4 All on May 15, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    I love Thailand, I wish that country all the best and I am so happy for thai people



  18. C6o6r6d on May 15, 2022 at 5:55 pm

    I Thai people want cannabis inflorescences to be legal now. I 💚Thai cannabis, I💚Kratom,I 💚Thailand.



  19. Self..Destroyer on May 15, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    Thailand will obviously take pole position in South-East Asia’s destined to boom cannabis industry, while neighboring countries stymied by their regressive, outdated and failing drug policies will be losing out big time! Neighboring Asians will have new reason to flock to Thailand, not just for the you-know-whats…



  20. Robert Moray on May 15, 2022 at 5:57 pm

    did this guy just say at 11:17 that dried Cannabis root sells there for 900-1,200$ a Kilo?
    hook me up. I’m a Legal Organic Grower in Canada.



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  22. DayShawn Keemp on May 15, 2022 at 5:58 pm

    Once they legalize it its not gonna be a true plant like it was before just a plant all messed up with harsh Chemicals….just take a look at the u.s



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  24. Krabsauce on May 15, 2022 at 6:00 pm

    Im in bangkok anyone have some bud?



  25. Street Smart Drumming on May 15, 2022 at 6:01 pm

    Thailand weed is good.



  26. tim kahn on May 15, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    can they even think of the sales advantage of having the product name thai stick would be?



  27. ปั่นประสาท on May 15, 2022 at 6:02 pm

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  28. Egzoset on May 15, 2022 at 6:02 pm

    Problem: it’s got "vice" in the brand name… Which is like calling it marihuana, marijuana, or my prefered tagword for the gov’s industrialized "shit": mari-caca. Which boils down to predatory economies making big money while persecuting the wrong targets as the hate speeches systematically miss the real causes of socio-toxic decay, like the most "gateway" drug of all: alcohol, for starters. So keeping that legal & advertised day or night is plain absurd and yet here we are, hopeful and quite PATIENT, waiting for humanity to rise and reverse a non-sensical stuation.



  29. Roasted Blueberry on May 15, 2022 at 6:04 pm

    wanna make money abroad but not helping the local are just normal thai government move, lies and then lied about lying
    oriental italy style thats never going anywhere



  30. Carigis on May 15, 2022 at 6:06 pm

    yea. i dont get the point of the resteraunts.. its a gimmick. zero effects from sticks and stems .. or fan leaves…



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  33. Vanilla Gorilla on May 15, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    I have bipolar , anxiety, ptsd , and borderline personality disorder….cannabis helps more than the 5 meds and 15 pills I’m prescribed daily and is much easier on my kidneys n liver. Cannabis is God’s medicine



  34. Buy Thai Property on May 15, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    Its the same G in MSG that makes the soup taste good but does not give u a high.

    Cannabis was made illegal in the USA because of a racist White government who saw mainly blacks and Latinos smoking weed. Unfortunately during the Vietnam War this racist law was exported to SE Asia, one reason was the US Army seeing so many of their GIs stoned on local weed, with many countries criminalizing cannabis like Thailand in 1979 but prior to that ganja (as it was locally known) was just another traditional herb.



  35. Cyka on May 15, 2022 at 6:12 pm

    Weed is good for your health and soul 🍁👍



  36. Bayu Basuki on May 15, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    APA KABAR INDONESIA?



  37. PersistentApparationKitty on May 15, 2022 at 6:14 pm

    There is growing evidence of Cannabis and its potential use in Oncology in such things as Apoptosis of Cancer cells Vice stop lying!



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  39. Michael Philip Oliver on May 15, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    Cowardly Democrats in Power nationally in USA have had ample opportunity to Deschedule Cannabis.



  40. δlieř on May 15, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    0.2 thc? hmm, but better than nothing i guess



  41. TobyW360 on May 15, 2022 at 6:20 pm

    The thumbnail is leaves all burnt out or w mite damage



  42. BaronUnderbite on May 15, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    When Thailand legalizes weed (and mushrooms) they will be one step closer to claiming their true power, before the globally reaching tentacles of the American DEA started bullying other countries into their draconian endless war. These things were part of Thai culture until America’s war on drugs….



  43. TIKTOK PILIPINAS on May 15, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    sana sa pilipinas malulugi ang yosi at alak yan.



  44. porwerman on May 15, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    So fake i live here thailand so fake we cannot use normal people too hard for use it . Weak canna bis grow by old man



  45. Dub Element on May 15, 2022 at 6:27 pm

    01:56 allright m8 ^^



  46. Zen Thomas on May 15, 2022 at 6:30 pm

    For Gods sake just make it legal worldwide, the big pharmaceutical corporations don’t want it legal worldwide because it will put a massive dent in their profit margins



  47. Mick Gatz on May 15, 2022 at 6:31 pm

    Good Report.



  48. OBNBU 🙃 on May 15, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    What’s the name of the restaurant and where in bkk is it located?



  49. Roasted Blueberry on May 15, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    that oil in the 1:47 NEVER ARRIVED to any medical patience in need of it.



  50. mamonpret on May 15, 2022 at 6:33 pm

    Make it Legal for Indonesia 🇮🇩