Thailand has built what's described as the biggest industrial-scale medical marijuana facility in Southeast Asia with 12,000 plants, and will soon allow everyone to grow six cannabis plants "in their back gardens like any other herb."
Recreational use remains illegal with punishments including
imprisonment. Enthusiasts hope the disappearing resistance to
marijuana's medical use will result in looser laws for public
enjoyment and business profits.
Those changes appear to be gaining momentum.
Government officials attended a ceremony in northern Thailand's Chiang Mai in September where Maejo University researchers planted 12,000 new marijuana sprouts.
The promising shoots are inside a newly built 32,722-square-foot
(3,040-square-meter) greenhouse with controls for temperature,
moisture and light.
Seeds for the 12,000 plants were provided by the government's Department of Medical Service.
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