Buri Ram, the self-proclaimed capital of the Bhumjaithai Party, was on a high last Friday, albeit not from cannabis, but from the historic achievement of liberalising the use of the plant, condemned as a narcotic for eight decades.
Yes, Thailand has finally woken up to see the benefits of medical cannabis and its commercial potential after being duped by the Western world for more than 80 years into believing that cannabis is a narcotic, although the plant was used as medicinal herb to heal illnesses since the days of King Narai of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1632. In 1934, a law was enacted prohibiting the possession, cultivation and trade of cannabis.
