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During their assault on Khao San Road on April 20, the Public Health Ministry and police filed charges against five illegal cannabis stores.
The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine( DTTAM ), Metropolitan Police Bureau and Chana Songkhram police, City Hall staff, and Phra Nakhon District Office staff all collaborated on the raid, which covered the region from the nearby road to Soi Rambuttri.
Following the cancellation of so-called” 420″ marijuana parties, which some had planned to hold on the raid’s’s functioning but were instead postponed until June 9 after the general election, the operation was conducted.
The attack, according to Dr. Tewan Thaneerat, deputy chairman of DTTAM, was intended to have a proper discussion with individuals and business managers about the cannabis use regulations put in place by the Public Health Ministry.
According to him, the laws forbid smoking in public places and do not permit businesses to market hemp to students or those under the age of 20.
He stated that those who sell marijuana may have authority.
Nine of the 14 cannabis stores on the road were legitimately operating, while two were breaking their industry licenses, he continued, adding that one store permitted customers to smoke marijuana inside while the other had no report of where they bought cannabis buds.
Temporarily, their license has been revoked. Additionally, two street food vendors and a store owner who were not authorized to sell hemp were detained by police.
The three were detained and must appear in court.
According to him, those who disobey the law prohibiting the sale of marijuana without a licence risk spending up to one year in jail and / or paying 20,000 baht in fines.
According to Dr. Tewan, DTTAM had mandated that business owners abide by the law by informing the authorities of their hands and hemp use as well as by giving the general public information about their use of cannabis.
DTTAM’s’s main stance on cannabis use is to offer it to those who require it as an alternative medicine for medical treatment, neither for recreational purposes, he said.
The bureau wanted to add the plants to the National List of Essential Medicines after a departmental study discovered that locals in various regions have their own ways of using cannabis in their everyday life.