Thailand set to crack down on cannabis market with ban on ‘recreational’ use

Two years after Thailand made cannabis legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on ‘recreational’ use (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Two years after Thailand made cannabis legal, the country appears set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on “recreational” use.

Legal marijuana has fuelled Thailand’s tourism and farming trades and spawned thousands of neon green shops, but is facing a public backlash over perceptions that under-regulation has made the drug available to children and caused crime.