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Thailand blew open its cannabis market, then tried to force it back under control. This feature tracks the country’s shift from prohibition to medical legalization, decriminalization, and regulatory backlash, exposing how weak enforcement, political pressure, and rushed policy turned a reform headline into a live case study in state correction.
Thailand has lived a century of cannabis politics in less than a decade. From medical legalization in 2018 to decriminalization in 2022, a crackdown in 2025, and now the Cannabis King himself taking power as Prime Minister, the story is wild, contradictory, and global. Outlaw culture has found its throne in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia’s underground cannabis culture is alive but buried under layers of paranoia and strict legal enforcement. From the legendary Aceh weed to the risky spliffs in Bali, this article explores how locals and expats navigate one of the world’s harshest anti-cannabis landscapes
