Thai Weed is Medicine

A proposal for success at the dawn of legal cannabis in Asia: Why advocates of the legalization of real weed in Thailand ought to drop the medical/recreational distinction

Before Thailand locked down in 2021, the country was taking close to 90 cents of every dollar spent by medical tourists in Asia, treating over 1 million foreigners a year.

In March, a policy panel was tasked with the mission of resuscitating Thailand’s languishing medical tourism industry.

The project, led by Vice Health Minister Dr. Sophon Mekthon, prod…