News Forum - Cannabis penalties to be quashed from Thursday

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s Courts of Justice announced that suspects and prisoners on charges related to cannabis use and possession would be freed after cannabis and hemp are removed from the Public Health Ministry’s Category 5 drug list. The decriminalisation of cannabis and hemp in Thailand will come into effect from Thursday, June 9 onwards, so there will be a change in all cannabis related offenses. On Saturday, spokesperson of the Courts of Justice, Sorrawit Limparangsi, confirmed that all suspects and prisoners charged with production, import, export, distribution, use, and possession of cannabis even before June 9 would be released. Sorrawit says the […]

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[Cabra]

I'm reading it, but I don't believe it. I will when/if it happens. 

[ThaiEyes]

“Those who had already paid or presented any assets for bail would get their assets back too.”

Yeah, good luck with that. Someone is probably either wearing their gold jewelry or driving around in their cars

[AmbientMopar]

The last 2 words in the 6th paragraph say it all.. There is possible room for change that may come sooner than we are thinking it may happen. Let's hope that change comes soon

[TorontoJeff]

In the words of Peter Tosh: Legalize it.

Build it and they will come. 

I'm shocked they will release people convicted of smuggling high THC weed while it still remains illegal. 

And how are people supposed to know the THC content of what they are growing?

Anyway, steps in the right direction,  I guess. 

[Fanta]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

On Saturday, spokesperson of the Courts of Justice, Sorrawit Limparangsi, confirmed that all suspects and prisoners charged with production, import, export, distribution, use, and possession of cannabis even before June 9 would be released. 

Don’t mistake this for act of kindness. It is the law in Thailand. When any law is amended and sentencing guidelines reduced any prisoners sentenced under previous laws must be resentenced, or as in this case, freed.
Finally some semblance of sanity prevails in Thailand’s lost war on drugs. 

EDIT: Upon reading this again it appears to only refer to people charged but not yet convicted. I assume the convicted will need to lodge their own documents for a sentence reduction.