Thailand's 'weed wild west' faces new rules as smuggling to UK rises

A number of British travellers have been arrested and prices have collapsed due to overproduction.

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Its government has approved new measures that went into effect on Wednesday restricting the sale of the drug to those with a doctor's prescription, in the hope of helping regulate an industry some describe as out of control.

The south-east Asian nation's public health minister has also said that consumption of marijuana will be criminalised again, although it's unclear when that could happen.

Ever since the drug was decriminalised in 2022, there has been a frenzy of investment.

There are now around 11,000 registered cannabis dispensaries in Thailand. In parts of the capital, Bangkok, it is impossible to escape the lurid green glare of their neon signs and the constant smell of people smoking their products.

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