News Forum - Thailand teaches Indonesia how to legalise cannabis

[Thaiger]

Government officials from Indonesia – a country famous for having some of the strictest drug laws in the world – flew to Thailand to learn about the kingdom’s liberal medical cannabis policies this morning. News that old-fashioned Indonesia is considering legalising medical cannabis comes as quite a shock given that lawmakers in the country approved a Draconian law that bans premarital sex yesterday. Indonesian members of parliament visited the Ministry of Public Health to listen to the Director of the Medical Cannabis Institute, Kitti Losuwanarak, talk about the process of legalising cannabis in Thailand as well as measures implemented to prevent […]

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[jerm138]

Blind leading the blind. Why not look to countries like Canada or US states that already have years of experience with it? Are they that afraid of learning anything from westerners? Is it a pride thing?

Thailand’s rollout has been comically bad. I’m glad it’s available now but they bungled it pretty badly and could have really benefited if they didn’t think that all ideas must originate in Thailand  

I get that other countries’ laws aren’t “plug and play” for other cultures, but it seems like Thailand goes out of their way to avoid any outside ideas or research. 

[HiuMak]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Government officials from Indonesia – a country famous for having some of the strictest drug laws in the world – flew to Thailand to learn about the kingdom’s liberal medical cannabis policies this morning. News that old-fashioned Indonesia is considering legalising medical cannabis comes as quite a shock given that lawmakers in the country approved a Draconian law that bans premarital sex yesterday. Indonesian members of parliament visited the Ministry of Public Health to listen to the Director of the Medical Cannabis Institute, Kitti Losuwanarak, talk about the process of legalising cannabis in Thailand as well as measures implemented to prevent […]

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No please, one country in SEA is enough.