How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization
Anutin Charnvirakul lays out his vision for how cannabis decriminalization will benefit ordinary Thais and his hopes for the May election
Until last summer, Thailand had some of the world’s harshest drug laws, with possession of cannabis then punishable by up to 15 years in prison. But on June 9, marijuana was decriminalized and a resu…