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Cannabis cafe opens in Thailand, influx of customers in the first days

2022-08-02 09:13:16Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Cannabis cafe opens in Thailand, influx of customers in the first days

The first cannabis cafe in Thailand opens. Curiosity was great. Cannabis cafe RG420 opened just four days ago in Khao San, an area of ​​Bangkok that is already packed with customers.

Several such spots have popped up across the capital since Thailand decriminalized the plant in June, weeks before lifting COVID-related controls on foreign visitors.

Foreign arrivals shrank to 2 million in the first half of 2022 from nearly 40 million in 2019, and RG420 owner Ongard Panyachatiraksa and others like him see their cafes as central to efforts to revive a tourism industry that contributed about 12% in GDP before the pandemic. hit. He said hundreds visited the cafe every day and he plans to open more.

"Europeans, Japanese and Americans are looking for Thai sativa. Cannabis and tourism are a match," Ong-ard told Reuters, referring to a type of cannabis. In 2018, Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize marijuana for medical use In June, the entire cannabis plant was decriminalized, CNN reports.

This has led to an explosion in its recreational use, something that government officials who are concerned about the negative effects on health and productivity often associated with uncontrolled use of the drug have tried to retroactively discourage it.

"The law does not cover the recreational use of cannabis and thus the promotion of tourism is focused on medical aspects," said the deputy governor of the national tourism authority, Siripakorn Cheawsamoot.

Opposition to how the new policy is being interpreted has caused some confusion, with authorities using partial regulations, such as banning the public smoking of cannabis and its sale to under-20s. A parliamentary committee is now debating a bill to regulate the use of cannabis that is expected to be finalized in September and could affect cannabis cafes. Akira Wongwan, a medical cannabis entrepreneur and one of the committee's advisers, said she expected recreational use to be subject to zoning laws. In the smoky room at RG420 Britain's Malik Khan has just finished rolling a joint. "This place is beautiful and there is a lot to do here as well. Cannabis adds to the scene very nicely," said the 26-year-old.


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