A woman inspects cannabis plants grown at a house in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district. Over 150,000 people signed up with the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday morning to grow the plant after it was removed from the narcotics list, making the production, trade, distribution, consumption and possession of cannabis and hemp legal. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
More than 150,000 people registered to cultivate cannabis with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday as the decriminalisation of the plant took effect.
FDA secretary-general Dr Paisarn Dunkum said the regulation allows people to grow hemp and cannabis after registering with the FDA via plookganja.fda.moph.go.th or the "ปลูกกัญ" mobile app.
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