{"id":43257,"date":"2022-04-05T08:43:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T23:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/05\/thailand-dreams-of-high-end-cannabis-tourism-after-marijuana-is-legalised"},"modified":"2022-04-05T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T23:43:47","slug":"thailand-dreams-of-high-end-cannabis-tourism-after-marijuana-is-legalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=43257","title":{"rendered":"Thailand dreams of high-end cannabis tourism after marijuana is legalised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas ranging from wellness spas to profitable farms for rural communities could provide economic boost, say advocates<\/p>\n<p>From Bangkok Hilton to Bridget Jones, Thailand\u2019s reputation as one of the strictest countries in the world for drug offences is well documented. Even cannabis, considered a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2020\/dec\/02\/reefer-gladness-as-un-reclassifies-cannabis-as-less-dangerous-drug\">less dangerous<\/a> drug\u201d by the UN, carries the potential for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailand-lawyer.com\/marijuana-arrest.html#:~:text=Charges%20for%20Possession%20of%20marijuana,of%20up%20to%2050%2C000%20baht.\">15 year<\/a> prison term. But a recent announcement that it is to be delisted as a narcotic could trigger a transformation in how the drug is used inside Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people come here to get their faces fixed with plastic surgery. A lot of people come to do dental work and oral surgery, and for wellness retreats. Within that context, marijuana will integrate beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/05\/thailand-dreams-of-high-end-cannabis-tourism-after-marijuana-is-legalised\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas ranging from wellness spas to profitable farms for rural communities could provide economic boost, say advocatesFrom Bangkok Hilton to Bridget Jones, Thailand\u2019s reputation as one of the strictest countries in the world for drug offences is well d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2710,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,886,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-cannabis","category-thailand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43258,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43257\/revisions\/43258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}