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ID soon required to buy cannabis buds

An official from the Department for the Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine inspects cannabis products at a shop on Khao San Road in Bangkok in November. (File photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

Thai nationals seeking to purchase cannabis buds will soon have to show their ID cards, with sales information recorded on a government database, according to the Department for the Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM).

Thongchai Lertwilairattanapong, the department’s director-general, said he had signed the directive and it would take effect as soon as it is published in the Royal Gazette.

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