BANGKOK (Reuters) – “Amnesia”, “Jack Haze”, and “Night Nurse” are amongst marijuana strains on sale at a pop-up truck in Bangkok, as retailers money in on demand for the newly decriminalised substance from foreigners and locals alike.
Thailand final week turned the primary Asian nation to legalise the rising of marijuana and its consumption in meals and drinks by de-listing it as a narcotic.
The authorities has stated it hopes the transfer will assist the agriculture and medical analysis sectors of the financial system. Sellers of the drug stated the COVID-19-pandemic battered tourism trade must also get a lift.
Smoking pot in public can violate well being legal guidelines, nevertheless, and parliament continues to be debating a draft cannabis regulation invoice that means there may be confusion about how it may be legally used.
Keira Gruttner, a 32-year-old buyer from Canada, was amongst tourists who queued at a inexperienced pop-up truck in vacationer haven Khaosan Road, the place employees weighed and packaged buds and crushed leaves.
“I feel it would deliver individuals from nations the place it is not authorized. I might be one other tourism pull for individuals,” she stated.
The truck, situated in an space of Bangkok popular with backpackers, is promoting buds at 700 baht ($20) per gram and employees stated the drug can have an effect on customers in several methods like serving to them sleep higher or easing nervousness.
Another overseas buyer, Kentaro Kajima, described his buy as a “dream come true” whereas dancing with a pal in entrance of the truck.
The Southeast Asian nation, which has historically used cannabis to alleviate ache and fatigue, legalised medicinal marijuana in 2018.
(Reporting by Juarawee Kittisilpa; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor and Ed Osmond)
