Thaiger Posted September 17, 2022 #248604 Share Posted September 17, 2022 After a cannabis bill aimed at moving the decriminalisation away from recreational use and defining it for medicinal purposes only was shot down this week in the House of Representatives, Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul insists that recriminalising the drug is out of the question. Anutin is the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party who had originally pushed for the legalisation of cannabis in Thailand, but later backtracked after negative stories surfaced of people being harmed by the drug, saying that the party only ever intended it to be made available for medical purposes. In fact, the bill that was blocked […] The story Anutin on cannabis: Going backwards is not an option as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
palooka Posted September 17, 2022 #248619 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Going backwards is not an option Anyone want to tell him that he has been going backwards his whole political life 3 5 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/#findComment-248619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobapps Posted September 17, 2022 #248630 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) kind of mentioned that a few mere hours ago . Edited September 17, 2022 by jobapps Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/#findComment-248630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok_Gary Posted September 17, 2022 #248664 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Very sensible. It's just a plant. It's been part of Nature for millions of years. 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/#findComment-248664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc-Thai Posted September 18, 2022 #248701 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Square head must be smoking this with all of his ideas and statements 2 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/#findComment-248701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen840 Posted September 18, 2022 #248709 Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Malc-Thai said: Square head must be smoking this with all of his ideas and statements Not necessarily. I do believe he is growing it, though, and profiting that way. A politician profiting from legislation? Nah, doesn't happen, right? 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/#findComment-248709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWS60 Posted September 18, 2022 #248730 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Still in the initial faddish craze phase so it's in your face, on the agenda, and leaders need to be seen as 'leading'. If they just left it alone the hype will fade away, and we could get on with squabbling about the next non-crisis. 1 Quote Link to comment https://talk.thethaiger.com/topic/17678-news-forum-anutin-on-cannabis-going-backwards-is-not-an-option/#findComment-248730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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