Thailand is not backing down on cannabis legalization and wants to be the ASEAN Hemp Industrial Hub

Secretary to the Thai Minister of Industry Pongpol Yodmuangcharoen has revealed that the Thai government has a plan to “make Thailand the Hemp Industrial Hub of ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] by 2027”.
Despite the various reports in the international press in recent months announcing the Thai government’s intention to ban cannabis in the country again, this possibility now seems very remote. Proof of this is the success of the fourth edition of the Asia International Hemp Expo & Forum (AIHEF), which featured more than 200 exhibitors from the international hemp and cannabis industry and welcomed more than 12.000