Few plants are as controversial as cannabis, which has been deified and demonised throughout human history. And few places in Asia are as enthusiastic about the tourism potential of cannabis as Chiang Mai, Thailand. Deified and demonised throughout history, the drug derived from the cannabis plant goes by many names – among them marijuana, weed, hemp, grass, dope, pot, Mary.
In Chiang Mai, Thailand cannabis is everywhere - in drinks, food, spa treatments, medicines for depression, anxiety and better sleep, and in hemp clothes.