Cholnan Srikaew

Thailand’s cannabis industry is facing political hurdles. The main one being the to recriminalize cannabis, which could cost CBD stakeholders millions of dollars in lost investments, a key trade group has warned. The Thai Hemp and Cannabis Industry Association (HCIA) has expressed concern...

Hundreds of marijuana entrepreneurs, farmers and advocates gathered on Tuesday in Bangkok to protest the government's recent decision to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic, reported Bloomberg. The rally was held in front of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific...

A High-Stakes Game With A Bad Ending The serene beaches of Koh Phangan, Thailand, recently became the center of an unexpected clash between cryptocurrency trading and cannabis retail. Owned by Russian citizens Maksim Variukhin and Ibragim Gaitukiev, the Plantasia Cannabis Collective was...

Thailand's government postponed the consideration of a draft legislation that would ban the recreational use of marijuana. The measure needs more opinions from other parties, which requires more time, Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew, said after Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, when the bill was...

Thailand: Government Will Ban Recreational Cannabis Use  Thailand Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said Tuesday that a new bill banning recreational marijuana is being urgently pushed to be taken up at next week’s Cabinet meeting, reported Agence France-Presse.  "The new Bill will be...

Thailand Takes A U-Turn On Weed As New Government Aims To Enforce Recreational Use Ban Thailand regulated the medical use of cannabis in 2018 and decriminalized marijuana in June 2022, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to do so and third in the world after Canada and Uruguay. Since then...

Medical Cannabis-Based Epidiolex Advances Through Japan's Legislature Earlier this week, Japanese policymakers gave the green light to a measure to legalize medical products derived from cannabis, simultaneously emphasizing the country's existing restrictions on the use of other...

The global cannabis landscape is undergoing rapid transformation as countries worldwide reevaluate their stance on this once-stigmatized plant. In this journey, we'll explore the latest updates from Brazil and Thailand, as well as delve into HRI's Report on Foreign Aid. But there's more...