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- Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty for drug offences.
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- New Category of A ‘Serious Drug Offence’
- Emphasis on Alternatives to Prison For Personal Use Offences
- Establishment of Social Rehabilitation Centres
- Preliminary Observations
The amendments establish a new category of offence as a ‘serious drug offence’ which includes production, import, export, distribution, and possession of drugs, except possession for personal use, as well as conspiring, supporting, assisting, or attempting to commit such offences. Key changes include a reduction of penalties, and the removal of min...
Possession for personal use will be determined by a threshold quantity that defines a ‘small amount’, to be established by a ministerial order issued by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). Specifically: 1. Personal use (of category I, II and V substances, e.g. heroin, opium, methamphetamine, cocaine) is liable for a term of imprisonment not excee...
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Jun 20, 2022 · Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty for drug offences. The BBC's South East Asia...
