Skip linksSkip to Content.css-v2kfba{height:100%;width:100%;}play Live Sign upShow navigation menu.css-15ru6p1{font-size:inherit;font-weight:normal;}Navigation menuShow more news sectionsMoreShow more sectionsplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upNavigation menucaret-leftWar on GazaDonald TrumpRussia-Ukraine warTexas floodscaret-right|As Thailand does U-turn on legal cannabis, businesses scramble to surviveGovernment says decriminalisation fuelled social ills, but producers argue new rules will only push industry underground.A neon cannabis sign glows in the window of the Wonderland dispensary in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 28, 2025 [Zsombor Peter/Al Jazeera]By Zsombor PeterPublished On 2 Jul 20252 Jul 2025Bangkok, Thailand – Even at the Nana intersection, a pulsating mecca of this megacity’s seamy nightlife scene, the Wonderland cannabis shop is hard to miss., Industrial hemp textile products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fibre. Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known by several slang terms, such as marijuana, pot or weed., Thailand has recriminalised cannabis for recreational use, now limited to medical purposes only, impacting a billion-dollar industry..