Cannabis rollback drives a wedge into Thailand's ruling coalition

Bhumjaithai resists Pheu Thai's move to re-criminalize marijuana

20240710 Cannabis shop in Bangkok

After cannabis was decriminalized in 2022, dispensaries sprang up mainly in tourist areas but have yet to deliver substantial tax revenue.(Photo by Shinya Sawai)

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- The ruling Pheu Thai party's effort to relist cannabis as a narcotic this month has emerged as a public disagreement with its largest coalition partner, Bhumjaithai, the party that led the charge to decriminalize marijuana two years ago, as the government seeks to regulate the substance without handicapping a nascent industry and medicinal users.

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