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Budget panel fears legal weed could hurt tourism

People buy cannabis products from a mobile stall on Khao San Road in Bangkok in June 2022. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The House committee deliberating the budget bill for fiscal 2023 fears the decriminalisation of cannabis could have an adverse impact on tourism because the plant is still illegal in many countries.

Koranis Ngamsuthonrattana, a Palang Pracharath Party MP and the committee's spokeswoman, said the panel raised concerns about the matter on Tuesday as it discussed budget allocations for the Public Health Ministry.

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