Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant.

The relaxed laws saw a lucrative cannabis industry catering to locals and foreigners alike boom across the Southeast Asian nation, but a new conservative coalition government came to power late last year vowing to tighten the rules and only allow medical use.

A draft bill was released on Tuesday by Thailand’s health ministry outlining hefty fines or prison sentences of up to one year for offenders – or both.

    • Bonehead
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      3011 months ago

      Cannabis doesn’t cause schizophrenia. It merely brings out symptoms earlier than normal in individuals that already have schizophrenia but haven’t had a major episode yet.

      Repeat after me: Correlation Does Not Equal Causation.

    • rigatti
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      2011 months ago

      Can you share some of that research with me? Anecdotally, I know plenty of non-schizophrenic stoners.

    • gregorum
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      1611 months ago

      Cannabis doesn’t cause anyone to “develop” schizophrenia.

        • @kttnpunk
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          1011 months ago

          That doesnt mean it’s dangerous to society at large, and I’d argue that authoritarism IS. Also, (illicit) heavy cannabis use saved my life and is the only thing that adaquately treats my depression and allows me to function like a normal human being. So reading this honestly makes me want to tell you to go play in traffic -The world is bleak-a-fucking-nough I hope you’re at least getting paid to post this crap

        • ֆᎮ⊰◜◟⋎◞◝⊱ֆᎮ
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          211 months ago

          Yes and your chances are very very low… Lower than say getting hit by a car.

          And that’s factoring the possible 30% increase in incident rate from those studies…

    • @MotoAsh
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      1411 months ago

      Removed by mod

    • @Zahille7
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      1011 months ago

      This astroturf smells like shit

    • @schmidtster
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      911 months ago

      Nah, it just supports general atrocities like child labour and slaves though.