Arun Avery News Today

Is the sky falling on Thailand’s nascent cannabis industry? Not according to some of its biggest players.  After the votes were counted Sunday, cannabis entrepreneurs were even more confident that the future of weed is green, with most saying the outcome gave them more confidence that much-needed regulation will be…

With Khaosan Road positioning itself as Bangkok’s “cannabis hub,” the street cannot lack the very first dispensary to open when weed was decriminalized in Thailand.  Following its first location in Lat Phrao, Highland Cafe this month has opened a second location on Khaosan Road, adding dozens of weed vendors and…

Cannabis activists reacted with dismay Friday to lawmakers’ decision to shoot down legislation that would regulate cannabis, saying it was a self-defeating political move. Longtime advocates said opposition lawmakers missed the opportunity to put needed regulations in place by voting down the Cannabis Act on Wednesday. They believe it was…

Weed smokers were exhaling smoky sighs of relief on word that pending regulations, at least in their current form, pose no threat to the new stoner status quo. Several advocates said today that they saw nothing to fear in the forthcoming Cannabis Act’s regulations, which are mostly aimed at production…