{"id":1685,"date":"2026-03-06T13:14:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T06:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/is-marijuana-legal-in-thailand-cannabis-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:55:22","slug":"is-marijuana-legal-in-thailand-cannabis-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/is-marijuana-legal-in-thailand-cannabis-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48? \u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2026 \u0e2d\u0e18\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e32\u0e22\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e22\u0e14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e02\u0e48\u0e32\u0e27\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e14\u0e2b\u0e31\u0e27\u0e23\u0e30\u0e14\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e42\u0e25\u0e01\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2022 \u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e41\u0e23\u0e01\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e34\u0e01\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e15\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e27\u0e31\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 26 \u0e21\u0e34\u0e16\u0e38\u0e19\u0e32\u0e22\u0e19 2025 \u0e01\u0e0e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e19\u0e41\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e07\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e17\u0e19\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e40\u0e09\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e22\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19 \u0e2b\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e15\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34 \u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27 \u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e08\u0e49\u0e32\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e17\u0e33\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e04\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e21\u0e35\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e08\u0e33\u0e04\u0e38\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e14\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e35\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a 20,000 \u0e1a\u0e32\u0e17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-marijuana-legal-in-thailand\">\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e38\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e04\u0e39\u0e48\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e04\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e25\u0e38\u0e21\u0e17\u0e38\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e08\u0e33\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e23\u0e39\u0e49\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e23\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/criminal-law-thailand\/\">Thailand\u2019s criminal law framework<\/a>.\u00a0It shows as it applies to cannabis in 2026, including the legal history. We also talk about the current regulations, penalties, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/supreme-court-dika\/\">\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e0e\u0e35\u0e01\u0e32<\/a> rulings, and what the rules mean for foreigners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img alt=\"\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\" class=\"wp-image-31424 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Is-Marijuana-Legal-in-Thailand-1.png\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" style=\"width:800px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\" class=\"wp-image-31424 lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"384\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Is-Marijuana-Legal-in-Thailand-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Is-Marijuana-Legal-in-Thailand-1.png 688w, https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Is-Marijuana-Legal-in-Thailand-1-300x167.png 300w\" style=\"width:800px\" width=\"688\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#is-marijuana-legal-in-thailand\">\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e38\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#a-brief-history-of-cannabis-law-in-thailand\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e27\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e22\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#current-cannabis-law-in-thailand-2026\">\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e09\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (\u0e1b\u0e35 2026)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#penalties-for-cannabis-offenses-in-2026\">\u0e1a\u0e17\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#supreme-court-decisions-on-cannabis\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e0e\u0e35\u0e01\u0e32\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#cannabis-dispensary-rules-in-2026\">\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-this-means-for-tourists-and-expats\">\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e44\u0e23\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e15\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e28\u0e31\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#what-competitors-miss-the-legal-nuances\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e14\u0e47\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e21\u0e31\u0e01\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e16\u0e32\u0e21\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e22<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#cannabis-industry\">The Cannabis Industry: Opportunities and Legal Risk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last reviewed: 4 September 2026. The 2026 regulatory content on this page was read against primary texts rather than against summaries. The <strong>Ministry of Public Health notification on controlled herbs (cannabis) B.E. 2568<\/strong> was read in full from the Government Gazette (volume 142, special part 229 Ngor, page 8, 25 June 2025): clause 1 (in force the day after publication, so 26 June 2025), clause 2 (repeal of the B.E. 2565 notification), clause 3 (only the inflorescence is the controlled herb) and every limb of clause 4, which carries the licensee\u2019s record and reporting duty, the sale-only-to-licensees rule and its prescription exception, the GACP sourcing requirement, the ban on selling for smoking at the premises, the vending machine and online bans, the advertising ban, the list of places where sales are prohibited, and the thirty-day limit on a prescription. The <strong>Ministerial Regulation on permitting the research, export, sale or processing of controlled herbs for trade B.E. 2559 as amended by Ministerial Regulation (No. 2) B.E. 2569<\/strong> was read in the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine\u2019s own consolidated text: the new clause 8\/1 eligibility list, clause 4\/1, clause 10 paragraph two (odour and smoke extraction), clause 11 paragraphs two and three (renewal, and the direction to refuse it), clause 14 (existing flower licences run to their own expiry) and clause 15. The <strong>Protection and Promotion of Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act B.E. 2542<\/strong> was read section by section for the penalty table: sections 45, 46, 49, 52, 54 and the whole penal chapter, sections 77 to 82. The <strong>\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e18\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e02 \u0e1e.\u0e28. 2535<\/strong> was read for the public smoking rule: sections 25, 26, 27, 28 and 74. THC thresholds were checked against the <strong>Ministry of Public Health notification specifying Category 5 narcotics B.E. 2565<\/strong>, clause 1(3), and the hemp figure against clause 3 of the Ministerial Regulation on Category 5 narcotics, hemp only, B.E. 2559 and the Narcotics Control Committee announcement in force from 29 January B.E. 2564. The page\u2019s four Supreme Court citations were separately read to their dispositions in Thai on 3 September 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What this review does not cover: the <strong>Ministerial Regulation on cannabis and hemp extracts B.E. 2569<\/strong> itself. It is not in any law library we hold and the Government Gazette cannot be searched by keyword, so its publication date of 26 March 2026, its thirty-day commencement, its repeal of the B.E. 2563 and B.E. 2564 regulations and the 31 December 2026 expiry of licences issued under them are taken from Thai press reporting of the instrument and from the arithmetic of the commencement clause, not from the text. Treat those four points as reliable but unverified at source, and confirm a date you are going to act on with the Food and Drug Administration.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-brief-history-of-cannabis-law-in-thailand\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e27\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e22\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e35\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e27\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e32\u0e27\u0e19\u0e32\u0e19\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e0b\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e0b\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e17\u0e33\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e27\u0e34\u0e27\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e08\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e22\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e27\u0e21\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e02\u0e36\u0e49\u0e19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cannabis-as-a-category-5-narcotic-1979-2022\">\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e08\u0e31\u0e14\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e34\u0e14\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 5 (\u0e1b\u0e35 1979-2022)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49\u00a0<strong>\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e34\u0e14 \u0e1e.\u0e28. 2525 (BE 2522)<\/strong>\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e08\u0e31\u0e14\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u00a0<strong>\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e34\u0e14\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 5<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e19\u0e40\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1d\u0e34\u0e48\u0e19\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e47\u0e14\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e34\u0e19\u0e08\u0e37\u0e2d \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e34\u0e15 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e02\u0e32\u0e22 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e34\u0e42\u0e20\u0e04\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e1a\u0e17\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e23\u0e38\u0e19\u0e41\u0e23\u0e07 \u0e23\u0e27\u0e21\u0e16\u0e36\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e08\u0e33\u0e04\u0e38\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e14 15 \u0e1b\u0e35\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e21\u0e35\u0e40\u0e08\u0e15\u0e19\u0e32\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e07\u0e04\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e04\u0e23\u0e48\u0e07\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e14 \u0e43\u0e19\u00a0<strong>\u0e04\u0e33\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e0e\u0e35\u0e01\u0e32 \u0e40\u0e25\u0e02\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 979\/2538 (1995)<\/strong>, the Court examined a case involving cannabis possession for sale. The defendant was charged under Section 26 and Section 75 of the Narcotics Act B.E. 2522. The Court ultimately acquitted the defendant due to contradictory police testimony and circumstantial evidence, establishing an important precedent on evidentiary standards in narcotics cases, a reminder that even under strict anti-cannabis laws, the burden of proof remained with the prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"medical-legalization-2018-2019\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c (\u0e1b\u0e35 2018-2019)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e14\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e18\u0e31\u0e19\u0e27\u0e32\u0e04\u0e21 2018 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e19\u0e41\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e25\u0e36\u0e01\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e49\u0e07 \u0e43\u0e19\u00a0<strong>\u0e04\u0e33\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e0e\u0e35\u0e01\u0e32 \u0e40\u0e25\u0e02\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 1225\/2567 (2024)<\/strong>, the Court addressed a case where a defendant had been convicted of producing and possessing cannabis without authorization under the Narcotics Act B.E. 2522 (Sections 26\/2, 26\/3, 75, and 76). The Court ruled that because the 2022 Notification removed cannabis from the Category 5 narcotics list, the defendant\u2019s actions were\u00a0<strong>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e16\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e01\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e1b<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e31\u0e04\u0e23\u00a0<strong>\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e32 2 \u0e27\u0e23\u0e23\u0e04 2 \u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e27\u0e25\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32<\/strong>\u00a0(\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e01\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e43\u0e19\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e22\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e34\u0e01\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e08\u0e30\u0e21\u0e35\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e22\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07) \u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e02\u0e15 6 \u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e01\u0e25\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e33\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e14\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e15\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e40\u0e19\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e16\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e14\u0e47\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e07\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e19\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e32 185(1) \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30 195(2) \u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e27\u0e25\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e27\u0e34\u0e18\u0e35\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e08\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e32\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-re-criminalization-june-26-2025\">Cannabis flower becomes a controlled herb (26 June 2025)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The period of broad decriminalization was short-lived. Concerns over unregulated recreational use, particularly among minors, led to a sharp policy reversal. The instrument was the Ministry of Public Health Notification on Controlled Herbs (Cannabis) B.E. 2568, signed by the Minister of Public Health on 23 June 2025, published in the Royal Gazette on 25 June 2025 and in force from 26 June 2025. It classified the cannabis <em>flower<\/em> as a controlled herb under the Protection and Promotion of Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act B.E. 2542, so selling it now requires a prescription from one of the recognised professions, and it tightened the rules on possession, processing and advertising. <strong>Note what it did not do:<\/strong> it did not put cannabis back on the Category 5 narcotics list. Cannabis was removed from that list in 2022 and has stayed off it, which is why the Supreme Court decisions on retroactive decriminalization set out below still stand. Calling this a re-criminalization, as much of the English-language coverage does, tells you the wrong thing about your exposure: the risk sits in licensing and prescription rules, not in the narcotics schedule. Reported figures put roughly 7,300 of Thailand\u2019s 18,433 cannabis shops as having closed under the tighter rules, leaving about 11,100 trading. We have not been able to trace those numbers to an official release, so treat them as an order of magnitude rather than a count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"two-ministerial-regulations-in-2026\">Two Ministerial Regulations in 2026, and They Do Different Jobs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2026 brought two separate instruments, one published on 26 March and in force from 26 April, the other published on 30 April. English-language coverage routinely merges them, which is how operators end up applying to the wrong regulator. One governs <strong>extracts<\/strong>, which are narcotics; the other governs the <strong>flower<\/strong>, which is a controlled herb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Extracts, in force 26 April 2026.<\/strong> The Ministerial Regulation on permission to produce, import, export, dispose of or possess extracts of cannabis or hemp B.E. 2569 was published in the Royal Gazette on <strong>26 March 2026<\/strong> and comes into force once thirty days from publication have elapsed, which is <strong>26 April 2026<\/strong>. It repealed and replaced two earlier regulations, the hemp regulation of B.E. 2563 and the cannabis regulation of B.E. 2564, so extract licensing now sits in a single instrument administered by the Food and Drug Administration. Its transitional provision is the one to diarise: <strong>a licence issued under either repealed regulation is valid only until 31 December 2026<\/strong>, and an operator who wants to carry on must apply under the new regulation before the old licence expires and must actually <strong>hold the new licence<\/strong> before continuing. Applying is not permission. Licences granted under the new regulation run to <strong>31 December of the third year<\/strong> counting from the year of issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The flower, published 30 April 2026.<\/strong> Ministerial Regulation (No. 2) B.E. 2569 amended the B.E. 2559 regulation issued under the Protection and Promotion of Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act B.E. 2542, which is the statute that governs the cannabis flower as a controlled herb. Its new <strong>clause 8\/1<\/strong> is the change that reshapes the retail market, because it decides who may hold a licence to sell, process or export the flower. In addition to the general criteria, an applicant must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>own the premises or hold a possessory right over them, or attach the owner\u2019s written consent;<\/li>\n\n<li>have a storage area of a size appropriate to the volume handled, with equipment that keeps the flower in good condition, stored separately, not mixed with anything else and not in contact with the floor;<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>be one of the following<\/strong>: the holder of a licence to operate a healthcare establishment under the law on healthcare establishments; a licensed manufacturer or seller of herbal products; a licensed manufacturer or seller of medicines; the holder of a licence to produce Category 5 narcotics limited to cannabis or hemp extracts under the Narcotics Code; or a certified traditional folk healer under the law on the practice of Thai traditional medicine. Alternatively, the applicant may be a grower whose site supplies licensees under section 46 of the Act;<\/li>\n\n<li>have at least one worker trained by the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine present in the establishment at all times it is open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same regulation adds a duty to install an effective odour and smoke extraction system, and <strong>directs<\/strong> the licensing authority to refuse renewal where the licensee has previously been suspended for failing to comply with a Ministry of Public Health notification on controlled herbs made under sections 44 and 45 of the Act. That is clause 11 paragraph three, and it is written as an instruction to the licensor, not as a discretion it may decline to exercise. Existing flower licences issued under the B.E. 2559 regulation are not cancelled: clause 14 lets them run to their own expiry, which under <strong>section 46 paragraph 3<\/strong> of the Act is 31 December of the third year counting from the year of issue. The practical effect for an ordinary dispensary is a deadline rather than a ban, and the question on renewal is whether it can meet clause 8\/1 at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"current-cannabis-law-in-thailand-2026\">\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e09\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (\u0e1b\u0e35 2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e15\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u00a0<strong>26 June 2025<\/strong>, the cannabis\u00a0<strong>flower<\/strong>\u00a0has been regulated under the\u00a0<strong>Protection and Promotion of Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act B.E. 2542 (1999)<\/strong>. Be precise about what was designated: clause 3 of the Ministry of Public Health notification on controlled herbs (cannabis) B.E. 2568 makes only the\u00a0<strong>inflorescence<\/strong>\u00a0of a plant of the genus Cannabis a\u00a0<strong>\u201ccontrolled herb\u201d (samunphrai khuapkhum)<\/strong>. So the flower is a controlled herb and is not a narcotic, while an\u00a0<a href=\"#thc-limits\">extract<\/a>\u00a0can still be a Category 5 narcotic under the Narcotics Code. This is an important legal distinction, and it is the one most often lost in English-language coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"medical-use-legal-with-prescription\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c: \u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e35\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e22\u0e32<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e04\u0e07\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c \u0e43\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e0b\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22 \u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e0f\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e15\u0e32\u0e21\u0e40\u0e07\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e44\u0e02\u0e14\u0e31\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u00a0<strong>prescription<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>bai sang chai<\/em>). Clause 4 paragraph two of the 26 June 2025 notification lists who may write one: a physician, a Thai traditional medicine practitioner, an applied Thai traditional medicine practitioner, a folk healer, a practitioner of the art of healing in the Chinese medicine branch, a pharmacist, or a dentist. It must be for a medical purpose.<\/li>\n\n<li>The prescription is what makes the sale lawful. Clause 4(3) otherwise requires a licensed seller to sell the flower\u00a0<strong>only to another licence holder<\/strong>, so without a prescription an ordinary buyer is not someone the shop may lawfully sell to at all.<\/li>\n\n<li>The prescriber sets the quantity, and clause 4 paragraph three requires it to be what the treatment needs, for the patient\u2019s own use, and\u00a0<strong>not more than thirty days\u2019 supply<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n<li>\u0e21\u0e35\u00a0<strong>no weight limit in the notification<\/strong>. Figures such as \u201c30 grams a month\u201d circulate widely and are not in the instrument; the quantity is a clinical judgement bounded by the thirty-day rule.<\/li>\n\n<li>There is also\u00a0<strong>no age threshold in the current notification<\/strong>. The under-20 rule people remember was in the B.E. 2565 notification, which clause 2 of the B.E. 2568 notification repealed. The gate now is the prescription, and whether to prescribe for a person under 20 is the practitioner\u2019s clinical decision.<\/li>\n\n<li>A shop may\u00a0<strong>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48<\/strong>\u00a0sell the flower for smoking on its own premises. That is clause 4(5), and its only exception is a sale by one of the listed practitioners used in treating their own patient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recreational-use-illegal\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e17\u0e19\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23: \u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e17\u0e19\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e37\u0e2d\u00a0<strong>\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e40\u0e14\u0e47\u0e14\u0e02\u0e32\u0e14<\/strong>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e0b\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e22\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e04\u0e23\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e04\u0e23\u0e32\u0e27 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e02\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e41\u0e01\u0e48\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e23\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e25\u0e49\u0e27\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e25\u0e30\u0e40\u0e21\u0e34\u0e14\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thc-limits\">\u0e02\u0e35\u0e14\u0e08\u0e33\u0e01\u0e31\u0e14 THC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An extract of cannabis or hemp is a <strong>\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e34\u0e14\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 5<\/strong> unless it falls inside the exception. What makes it one is the Ministry of Public Health notification specifying Category 5 narcotics of B.E. 2565, issued under section 29 paragraph 2 of the Narcotics Code. Clause 1(3) of that notification makes an extract of any part of a cannabis or hemp plant a Category 5 narcotic and then excepts an extract containing <strong>not more than 0.2 per cent THC by weight<\/strong> where the plant was grown in Thailand and the extraction was licensed, and it excepts extracts of the seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two cautions, because this is where CBD sellers get into trouble. First, falling outside Category 5 is not the same as being unregulated: a compliant low-THC extract is still a herbal product, cosmetic or food, and it needs whatever registration those laws require. Second, the 0.2 per cent figure is about the <em>extract<\/em>. It is not the definition of hemp. Hemp is\u00a0<em>Cannabis sativa<\/em>\u00a0L. subsp.\u00a0<em>sativa<\/em>, a subspecies of the cannabis plant, containing\u00a0<strong>not more than 1.0 per cent THC by dry weight<\/strong>: that is clause 3 of the Ministerial Regulation on Category 5 narcotics, hemp only, B.E. 2559, and the Narcotics Control Committee announcement in force from 29 January B.E. 2564 requires that test to be run\u00a0<strong>on the flowering tops<\/strong>, not on the leaves. Quoting the wrong one of those two numbers at a customs officer or an inspector is a common and expensive mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"public-smoking-ban\">\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e38\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e35\u0e48\u0e43\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e18\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e30<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smoking cannabis in public is treated through the nuisance machinery of the\u00a0<strong>\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e18\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e02 \u0e1e.\u0e28. 2535 (BE 2535)<\/strong>, and it is worth knowing how that actually works before you rely on the number everyone quotes. A Ministry of Public Health announcement of B.E. 2565 declares that causing the smell or smoke of cannabis is a\u00a0<strong>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e01\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e40\u0e14\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e14\u0e23\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e23\u0e33\u0e04\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e41\u0e01\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e18\u0e32\u0e23\u0e13\u0e30<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>het ramkhan<\/em>) for the purposes of section 25. Sections 26 to 28 then give the local official power to order the nuisance stopped. The penalty of\u00a0<strong>up to 3 months\u2019 imprisonment or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/fine\/\">\u0e14\u0e35<\/a> of up to 25,000 baht, or both<\/strong>, is section 74, and section 74 punishes\u00a0<strong>failing to comply with that order<\/strong>\u00a0or obstructing the official, not the act of smoking in itself. In practice that still ends badly: you are told to stop, and ignoring it is the crime. A dispensary faces a separate and stricter rule, because clause 4(5) of the controlled-herb notification forbids selling the flower for smoking at the premises at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"penalties-for-cannabis-offenses-in-2026\">\u0e1a\u0e17\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e08\u0e1a\u0e17\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e04\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e21\u0e32\u0e01 \u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e40\u0e09\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e30\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e22\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/immigration-consultation\/\">\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e15\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34<\/a>\u00a0\u0e0b\u0e36\u0e48\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e08\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1c\u0e0a\u0e34\u0e0d\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e1a\u0e14\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21 \u0e1a\u0e17\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49\u0e01\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e38\u0e19\u0e44\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e21\u0e35\u0e14\u0e31\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14<\/th><th>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29<\/th><th>\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e49\u0e19\u0e10\u0e32\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Selling, processing for trade, researching or exporting the flower without a licence<\/td><td>Up to 1 year imprisonment or a 20,000 THB fine, or both<\/td><td>Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Protection and Promotion Act B.E. 2542, <strong>\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 46<\/strong> for the licence requirement and <strong>section 78<\/strong> for the penalty. Note what section 46 does <em>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48<\/em> reach: buying or consuming the flower without a prescription is not an offence under this Act. The exposure there is the seller\u2019s<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ignoring a local official\u2019s order to stop cannabis smoke or odour, or obstructing the official<\/td><td>Up to 3 months imprisonment or a 25,000 THB fine, or both<\/td><td>Public Health Act B.E. 2535, <strong>section 74<\/strong>, read with section 25 and the B.E. 2565 nuisance announcement. The penalty attaches to defying the order, not to the act of smoking<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Licensee breaking a condition of the controlled-herb notification, for example selling without a prescription<\/td><td>Suspension for up to 90 days at a time, or revocation for a serious breach. Trading on after either is what carries up to 1 year or 20,000 THB, or both<\/td><td>Act B.E. 2542, suspension <strong>section 52<\/strong>, revocation <strong>section 54<\/strong>, \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30 <strong>section 78<\/strong> for trading while suspended or after revocation. Renewal must also be refused where the licensee was previously suspended for breaching the notification<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Selling the flower or a product processed from it through a vending machine, an electronic channel or a computer network<\/td><td>Breach of a licence condition: suspension or revocation, then section 78 if trading continues<\/td><td>Ministry of Public Health notification on controlled herbs (cannabis) B.E. 2568, <strong>clause 4(6)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Selling the flower or a processed product in a temple or place of religious ceremony, a dormitory, a public park, a zoo or an amusement park<\/td><td>Breach of a licence condition, as above<\/td><td>Notification B.E. 2568, <strong>clause 4(8)<\/strong>. That is the whole list, it bites on sales made <em>\u0e43\u0e19<\/em> those places, and it says nothing about a distance from a school<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Advertising the controlled herb through any channel for trade<\/td><td>Breach of a licence condition, as above<\/td><td>Notification B.E. 2568, <strong>clause 4(7)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Producing, importing, exporting, selling or possessing a cannabis or hemp extract that is a Category 5 narcotic, without a licence<\/td><td>\u0e08\u0e33\u0e04\u0e38\u0e01\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e14 5 \u0e1b\u0e35 <strong>\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30<\/strong> a fine up to 500,000 THB, with heavier penalties where the act is for trade, spreads the drug among the public, or is a sale to a person under 18 or at a school, a place of religious worship or a government office<\/td><td>Narcotics Code, sections 93 and 148<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Possessing such an extract for one\u2019s own consumption<\/td><td>Up to 2 years imprisonment or a fine up to 40,000 THB, or both<\/td><td>Narcotics Code, sections 107 and 164<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Consuming such an extract<\/td><td>Up to 1 year imprisonment or a fine up to 20,000 THB, or both<\/td><td>Narcotics Code, sections 104 and 162<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e39\u0e25\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e04\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e15\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34:<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e21\u0e35\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e08\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49...\u00a0<a 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\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e27\u0e25\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32<\/strong>\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e09\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e28\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e16\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e35\u0e01\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e1b \u0e1a\u0e38\u0e04\u0e04\u0e25\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e01\u0e47\u0e08\u0e30...\u00a0<strong>\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e22\u0e01\u0e40\u0e27\u0e49\u0e19\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14<\/strong>\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c\u0e21\u0e35\u0e2d\u0e33\u0e19\u0e32\u0e08\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e08\u0e30\u0e22\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e34\u0e01\u0e04\u0e33\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e14\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e15\u0e19\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e41\u0e21\u0e49\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e08\u0e33\u0e40\u0e25\u0e22\u0e08\u0e30\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e22\u0e37\u0e48\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e38\u0e17\u0e18\u0e23\u0e13\u0e4c\u0e43\u0e19\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e25\u0e48\u0e32\u0e27\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e01\u0e47\u0e15\u0e32\u0e21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Practical significance, and the part usually reported wrongly:<\/strong>\u00a0the principle is real, but <strong>this defendant was not freed<\/strong>. Read to its disposition, 1225\/2567 is a <strong>methamphetamine and firearms case<\/strong> in which cannabis counts were only two charges among many. The prosecution asked for punishment under Penal Code sections 32, 33, 80, 91, 138, 140, 289 and 371, Narcotics Act sections 4, 7, 8, 15, 26\/2, 26\/3, 66, 75, 76, 100\/1 and 102, and the Firearms Act. The Supreme Court varied the judgment: <strong>2 years for resisting officers with a firearm<\/strong> (section 138 paragraph two with section 140 paragraphs one and three, three years reduced by a third), which together with possession of a firearm, carrying it in public and <strong>selling methamphetamine for trade<\/strong> came to <strong>7 years 6 months and a fine of 300,000 baht<\/strong>. The attempted-murder charge was dismissed. So the case shows that a cannabis count is struck out retroactively <strong>even inside a conviction that otherwise stands<\/strong>. It does not show anyone walking free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"decision-no-2591-2566-2023-no-refund-of-fines-already-paid\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e40\u0e25\u0e02\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 2591\/2566 (2023): \u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e37\u0e19\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e0a\u0e33\u0e23\u0e30\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e41\u0e21\u0e49\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e25\u0e14\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e08\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e1a\u0e38\u0e04\u0e04\u0e25\u0e1e\u0e49\u0e19\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e19\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e0e\u0e35\u0e01\u0e32\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e01\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e14\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e02\u0e15\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e0a\u0e31\u0e14\u0e40\u0e08\u0e19\u0e44\u0e27\u0e49\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e49\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e14\u0e25\u0e07\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u0e43\u0e19\u0e01\u0e23\u0e13\u0e35\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49 \u0e08\u0e33\u0e40\u0e25\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e0a\u0e33\u0e23\u0e30\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e20\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e15\u0e49\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e34\u0e14 \u0e1e.\u0e28. 2525 (\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e32 26\/2, 26\/3, 75 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30 76) \u0e44\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27 \u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e04\u0e37\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e25\u0e14\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32 \u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u00a0<strong>\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e32 2 \u0e27\u0e23\u0e23\u0e04 2 \u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e21\u0e27\u0e25\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e2b\u0e22\u0e38\u0e14\u0e40\u0e17\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u00a0<em>\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e19\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07<\/em>\u00a0enforcement, it does not undo penalties already fully served. The defendant was\u00a0<strong>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e17\u0e18\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e07\u0e34\u0e19\u0e04\u0e37\u0e19<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e48\u0e32\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a 40,000 \u0e1a\u0e32\u0e17\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e08\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e04\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e43\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e0f\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34:<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e22\u0e01\u0e40\u0e25\u0e34\u0e01\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e25\u0e07\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e08\u0e30\u0e17\u0e33\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e1e\u0e49\u0e19\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e43\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e32\u0e04\u0e15 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e08\u0e30\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e0a\u0e14\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e22\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e41\u0e25\u0e49\u0e27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"decision-no-2939-2565-2022-asset-forfeiture-and-cannabis\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e40\u0e25\u0e02\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48 2939\/2565 (2022): \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e22\u0e36\u0e14\u0e17\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1e\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is <strong>not a criminal appeal but a forfeiture case<\/strong>, which is what makes it useful. The state applied to forfeit <strong>17 items of property<\/strong> to the narcotics fund after a seizure of 747 bars of dried cannabis weighing 772.30 kilograms. The first objector had separately been sentenced to <strong>15 years and a 900,000 baht fine<\/strong> in his own criminal case. The Court began from the definition in <strong>section 3<\/strong> of the Measures for Suppression of Narcotics Offenders Act B.E. 2534: property can be forfeited only if it is connected with a <em>narcotics offence<\/em>. Once the 2022 Notification took cannabis off the Category 5 list, <strong>Penal Code section 2 paragraph two<\/strong> absolved the conduct and the right to prosecute lapsed under <strong>Criminal Procedure Code section 39 (5)<\/strong>, so the property was no longer connected with any narcotics offence at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e04\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e43\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e0f\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34:<\/strong>\u00a0the Court did not merely note that the change &#8220;affected&#8221; the forfeiture, it <strong>ordered all 17 items returned to their owners<\/strong>, holding they were not property connected with an offence under sections 2, 27 and 29 of that Act. It also took the point <strong>of its own motion<\/strong>, because it goes to public order, under Criminal Procedure Code sections 195 paragraph two and 225. Scale was no obstacle: 772 kilograms was still cannabis, and cannabis was no longer a narcotic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cannabis-dispensary-rules-in-2026\">\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are considering visiting or operating a cannabis dispensary in Thailand, the framework is the Ministry of Public Health notification on controlled herbs of B.E. 2568, in force since 26 June 2025, as tightened by <a href=\"#two-ministerial-regulations-in-2026\">Ministerial Regulation (No. 2) B.E. 2569 of 30 April 2026<\/a>. Between them they impose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"licensing-and-compliance\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e0f\u0e34\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e15\u0e32\u0e21\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Medical supervision:<\/strong>\u00a0the sale of cannabis flower is prescription-only, so a licensed practitioner has to be involved in every lawful sale. Whether a shop must also have one <em>physically present throughout opening hours<\/em> is a staffing rule applied administratively; it is not a clause of either instrument above, and it is widely repeated online without a citation. <strong>Confirm the current staffing requirement with DTAM before you hire against it, and before you assume you can trade without it.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li><strong>\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e07 GACP:<\/strong>\u00a0this one is a clause, not a custom. <strong>Clause 4(4)<\/strong> of the 26 June 2025 notification requires that the controlled herb a licensee sells or exports come from a source\u00a0<strong>certified by DTAM to the good cultivation and harvesting practice standard<\/strong>. What the notification does not fix is the administration around it: the processing time, the validity period and which certifying bodies are recognised are set administratively and do change, so confirm those three with DTAM before you plan around them.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e02\u0e32\u0e22:<\/strong>\u00a0A \u201cLicense to Sell or Process Controlled Herbs for Trade\u201d is required<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reporting:<\/strong>\u00a0A licence holder must report its operations to the licensing authority <strong>at least once a year<\/strong>, stating the quantity of controlled herb sold, exported or processed. That is clause 10(2) of the Ministerial Regulation on permitting the research, export, sale or processing of controlled herbs for trade, B.E. 2559, and under clause 11 a renewal application is filed\u00a0<strong>within the last 60 days before the licence expires<\/strong>, so the window opens 60 days out rather than closing then. A second duty sits in the notification itself: <strong>clause 4(1)<\/strong> requires the licensee to keep records of the source of the herb, its use and the quantity held at the premises, and to report that to the registrar on the form the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/director\/\">\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e33\u0e19\u0e27\u0e22\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23<\/a>-General prescribes. The licence and application forms in the 2559 regime are the <strong>Phor.Tor. 9 to Phor.Tor. 13<\/strong> series prescribed by the DTAM notification of 7 February B.E. 2560; the report form, the per-export notification and the prescription form are prescribed separately under clause 6 of the 2568 notification. Operators are sometimes told to file monthly; treat any monthly schedule as an administrative requirement to confirm with DTAM rather than something the regulation itself imposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prohibited-activities\">\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Selling through an electronic channel or a computer network, or through a vending machine (clause 4(6))<\/li>\n\n<li>Selling in a temple or place of religious ceremony, a dormitory, a public park, a zoo or an amusement park (clause 4(8)). That is the complete list, and it is about selling <em>\u0e43\u0e19<\/em> those places; the notification sets no distance from schools<\/li>\n\n<li>Advertising the controlled herb through any channel for trade (clause 4(7))<\/li>\n\n<li>Selling the flower for smoking at the premises, unless the seller is a listed practitioner treating their own patient (clause 4(5))<\/li>\n\n<li>Selling to anyone who is neither another licence holder nor the holder of a prescription (clause 4(3))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" 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id=\"for-expats-and-long-term-residents\">\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e15\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e1e\u0e33\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e22\u0e30\u0e22\u0e32\u0e27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e08\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e22\u0e32\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e08\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e43\u0e04\u0e23\u0e01\u0e47\u0e15\u0e32\u0e21\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/extension-based-on-retirement-in-thailand\/\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e27\u0e35\u0e0b\u0e48\u0e32<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e21\u0e35\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e43\u0e19\u0e04\u0e14\u0e35\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e08\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e32\u0e04\u0e15\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/90-day-report-thailand\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e23\u0e32\u0e22\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19 90 \u0e27\u0e31\u0e19<\/a>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e22\u0e38\u0e27\u0e35\u0e0b\u0e48\u0e32 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e41\u0e1c\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1e\u0e33\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e22\u0e30\u0e22\u0e32\u0e27<\/li>\n\n<li>CBD below 0.2% THC sits outside Category 5 of the Narcotics Code, which is not the same as being unregulated: the product still has to comply with the herbal product, cosmetic or food rules that apply to whatever it is sold as<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"for-business-owners\">\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e08\u0e49\u0e32\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e01\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e01\u0e33\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e14\u0e33\u0e40\u0e19\u0e34\u0e19\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e32\u0e07\u0e41\u0e1c\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e08\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e14\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32 \u0e42\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e14\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e36\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/online-consultation-with-a-thai-lawyer\/\">\u0e17\u0e19\u0e32\u0e22\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/a>\u00a0before proceeding. The regulatory landscape is evolving rapidly. Enforcement is real, and most of the attrition has come from shops failing to renew rather than from prosecutions. The reported closure figures, and a note on how far we can stand them up, are in the FAQ below. Businesses that want to survive need to meet the GACP standard for what they grow, employ the practitioners the prescription rules require, and keep the licence and reporting obligations current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/register-a-company-in-thailand\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e08\u0e14\u0e17\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e34\u0e29\u0e31\u0e17<\/a>\u00a0\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32 \u0e08\u0e30\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e21\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e01\u0e23\u0e21\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e41\u0e1c\u0e19\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 \u0e19\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e14\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e10\u0e32\u0e19\u0e17\u0e31\u0e48\u0e27\u0e44\u0e1b\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/business-law-in-thailand\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e08\u0e14\u0e17\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The ownership trap, which is where foreign operators actually get hurt.<\/strong> A cannabis licence is issued to a person or a company, and both of the 2026 regulations ask who the applicant is, not who stands behind them. Retail sale is a service business, so a company with majority foreign ownership needs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/foreign-business-licence\/\">foreign business licence<\/a> or a treaty route before it can carry it on at all. The usual workaround, putting Thai names on 51 per cent of the shares while the foreigner funds and controls the company, is the offence in <strong>section 36 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/foreign-business-act\/\">\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0d\u0e31\u0e15\u0e34\u0e18\u0e38\u0e23\u0e01\u0e34\u0e08\u0e15\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28<\/a><\/strong>: up to three years in prison, or a fine of 100,000 to 1,000,000 baht, or both, for the Thai <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/nominee\/\">\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e0a\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d<\/a> and for the foreigner who consents, plus a court order to unwind the shareholding and a further 10,000 to 50,000 baht a day if that order is ignored. The Supreme Court decides these cases on where the capital came from rather than on the register, so a compliant-looking 49\/51 split proves nothing. We set out how the courts test it, and what a genuine restructuring looks like, in our guides to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/thai-nominee-shareholders\/\">\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e16\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e2b\u0e38\u0e49\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e41\u0e17\u0e19\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/a> \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/thailand-nominee-company-crackdown-2026\/\">2026 \u0e01\u0e25\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e1a\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e19\u0e2d\u0e0a\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-competitors-miss-the-legal-nuances\">\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e14\u0e47\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e21\u0e31\u0e01\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e04\u0e39\u0e48\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e19\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e0d\u0e48\u0e21\u0e31\u0e01\u0e40\u0e19\u0e49\u0e19\u0e40\u0e09\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e30\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e01\u0e46 \u0e40\u0e17\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e48\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e27\u0e01\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e21\u0e31\u0e01\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e21\u0e35\u0e14\u0e31\u0e07\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e08\u0e31\u0e14\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e20\u0e17\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e22\u0e32\u0e40\u0e2a\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e34\u0e14<\/strong>\u00a0It is a \u201ccontrolled herb\u201d under the Thai Traditional Medicine Act, a legally distinct category with different penalties and enforcement mechanisms than narcotics<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e21\u0e35\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e0a<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e22\u0e31\u0e07\u0e04\u0e07\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e43\u0e19\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e04\u0e19\u0e34\u0e04 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e34\u0e15\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e17\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e14\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e15\u0e32\u0e21\u0e21\u0e32\u0e15\u0e23\u0e10\u0e32\u0e19 GACP \u0e2b\u0e32\u0e01\u0e19\u0e33\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e0a\u0e34\u0e07\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e13\u0e34\u0e0a\u0e22\u0e4c<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e22\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e31\u0e07\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e19\u0e41\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22<\/strong>\u00a0As established by Supreme Court Decision No. 1225\/2567, changes in cannabis classification have full retroactive effect under Section 2 of the Criminal Code, meaning past convictions were overturned<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e08\u0e33\u0e01\u0e31\u0e14\u0e43\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e15\u0e33\u0e23\u0e27\u0e08<\/strong>\u00a0\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e01\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e43\u0e19\u0e02\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e2b\u0e32\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32 \u0e15\u0e33\u0e23\u0e27\u0e08\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e44\u0e27\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e27\u0e19\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e14 48 \u0e0a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e27\u0e42\u0e21\u0e07 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e28\u0e32\u0e25\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e40\u0e01\u0e34\u0e19 84 \u0e27\u0e31\u0e19<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>\u0e40\u0e01\u0e13\u0e11\u0e4c THC 0.2%<\/strong>\u00a0applies to extracts and products, the cannabis plant itself (flower, leaf) is subject to the controlled herb rules regardless of THC content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">\u0e04\u0e33\u0e16\u0e32\u0e21\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e22<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777859797\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e08\u0e30\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2026 \u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Cannabis is legal in Thailand for medical use with a prescription from a licensed Thai practitioner. It was not re-criminalized. The instrument of 26 June 2025 is the Ministry of Public Health notification on controlled herbs, which made the flower a controlled herb and put its sale behind a prescription; it did not return cannabis to the Category 5 narcotics list. Selling or supplying outside the licence and prescription rules carries up to 1 year imprisonment or a 20,000 baht fine, or both, under sections 46 and 78 of the Protection and Promotion of Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act B.E. 2542. Extracts are a different regime and carry much heavier narcotics penalties.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777862282\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e0b\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>\u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e0b\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e47\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e1e\u0e1a\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e04\u0e25\u0e34\u0e19\u0e34\u0e01\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e22\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e21\u0e35\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e27\u0e34\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e35\u0e1e\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e01\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e19 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e0b\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e22\u0e32\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e02\u0e32\u0e22\u0e22\u0e32\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e15\u0e23\u0e07\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777863002\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2a\u0e39\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e21\u0e35\u0e42\u0e17\u0e29\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e44\u0e23?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Two different things get merged here. Selling or supplying the flower without a licence is the offence that carries up to 1 year or a 20,000 baht fine, or both, under sections 46 and 78 of the Traditional Thai Medicine Wisdom Act; buying or smoking it yourself is not an offence under that Act. Public smoking runs through the Public Health Act B.E. 2535 instead: cannabis smoke and odour is a declared public nuisance, the local official can order it stopped, and section 74 punishes ignoring that order with up to 3 months, or a fine of up to 25,000 baht, or both. Extracts are a separate and much heavier narcotics regime.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777903599\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e34\u0e15\u0e20\u0e31\u0e13\u0e11\u0e4c CBD \u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Largely yes, but calling them unrestricted overstates it. An extract containing not more than 0.2 per cent THC by weight, from a plant grown in Thailand and lawfully extracted, is outside the Category 5 narcotics list under the Ministry of Public Health notification of B.E. 2565, so it needs no narcotics licence and no prescription. It is still a herbal product, cosmetic or food and must meet the registration and labelling rules of whichever of those laws applies. An extract above that threshold is a Category 5 narcotic whatever it is called on the label.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777904518\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e09\u0e31\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e21\u0e32\u0e23\u0e16\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e2a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e19\u0e15\u0e31\u0e27\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e44\u0e14\u0e49\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e21\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e31\u0e14\u0e40\u0e08\u0e19 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e08\u0e30\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e44\u0e1b\u0e15\u0e32\u0e21\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e1a\u0e35\u0e22\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e27\u0e1a\u0e04\u0e38\u0e21\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e38\u0e19\u0e44\u0e1e\u0e23 \u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e39\u0e01\u0e40\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e49\u0e32\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e21\u0e35\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e07 GACP \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e38\u0e0d\u0e32\u0e15\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e08\u0e32\u0e01\u0e01\u0e23\u0e21\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e41\u0e1c\u0e19\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e17\u0e22\u0e4c\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e40\u0e25\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e01<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777938632\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e40\u0e01\u0e34\u0e14\u0e2d\u0e30\u0e44\u0e23\u0e02\u0e36\u0e49\u0e19\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e16\u0e39\u0e01\u0e15\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e19\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32\u0e21\u0e35\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e1c\u0e34\u0e14\u0e43\u0e19\u0e04\u0e14\u0e35\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e01\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e35 2022?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Supreme Court Decision No. 1225\/2567 confirmed that the 2022 decriminalisation applies retroactively under section 2 of the Criminal Code, so a cannabis count is struck out even inside a conviction that otherwise stands. Read to its disposition that case is a methamphetamine and firearms prosecution in which the defendant was left serving 7 years 6 months and a 300,000 baht fine, so it is not authority that everyone convicted of a cannabis offence walked free. Decision No. 2591\/2566 adds that fines already paid are not refunded.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1772777957965\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e08\u0e08\u0e38\u0e1a\u0e31\u0e19\u0e21\u0e35\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e08\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e14\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e34\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Reported figures put roughly 11,100 dispensaries still trading out of an original 18,433, with about 7,300 closed. We flag those as reported rather than official: they circulate widely in Thai and trade press coverage and we have not been able to trace them to a DTAM or Ministry of Public Health release. What the closed shops failed to meet came from the controlled-herb notification of 26 June 2025, which put sales behind a prescription so that a licensed practitioner has to be involved in every sale, and the pressure has increased since, because Ministerial Regulation (No. 2) B.E. 2569 of 30 April 2026 now limits new flower licences to healthcare establishments, pharmacies, herbal-product sellers, licensed extract producers and certified folk healers.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"is-weed-legal-in-thailand-in-2026\">\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e04\u0e33\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e36\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e14\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e01\u0e31\u0e0d\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2b\u0e23\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cannabis regulations in Thailand are changing rapidly, and the consequences of non-compliance can be severe, from criminal penalties to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/glossary\/deportation\/\">\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e40\u0e19\u0e23\u0e40\u0e17\u0e28<\/a> for foreign nationals. Whether you are a tourist with questions about the current rules, an expat concerned about legal risks, or a business owner navigating the dispensary licensing requirements, professional legal guidance can protect your interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u00a0<strong>ThaiLawOnline.com<\/strong>\u0e17\u0e35\u0e21\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e34\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e04\u0e33\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e36\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e17\u0e32\u0e07\u0e01\u0e0e\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e42\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e48\u0e07\u0e43\u0e2a\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e23\u0e32\u0e04\u0e32\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e41\u0e1e\u0e07 \u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e40\u0e23\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e15\u0e49\u0e19\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48...\u00a0<strong>5,000 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