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Anutin casts vote in marijuana-print shirt

Bhumjaithai Party's prime ministerial candidate and acting Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul casts his ballot at a polling station in Muang district of Buriram province on Sunday. (Photo: Bhumjaithai Party)

Thailand's health minister and cannabis advocate Anutin Charnvirakul turned heads during Sunday's election as he arrived to cast his vote at a polling station wearing a dark shirt with bright green marijuana leaves.

The 56-year-old is the prime ministerial candidate for the Bhumjaithai Party, which has campaigned on a promise to promote medical marijuana after successfully pushing for the substance to be decriminalised last year.

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