(Bloomberg) Thailand wants to ban recreational use of cannabis by the end of this year, the nation’s health minister said, threatening to put thousands of marijuana shops and farms that have sprung up around the country since a decriminalization drive two years ago out of business. Most Read from BloombergYour 401(k) Will Be Gone Within a DecadeCapital One to Buy Discover for $35 Billion in Year's Biggest Deal Largest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health ConditionsStocks Fall Before
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.On Tuesday, the kingdom's health minister said the new bill which bans the recreational use of cannabis will be proposed to the cabinet meeting next week.