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Thailand one step closer to decriminalizing marijuana

Thailand's Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reacts during news conference Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi, Thailand, after signing a measure that drops cannabis from his ministry's list of controlled drugs. The action amounts to decriminalizing marijuana, which is a form of cannabis, but production and possession of it remains partially regulated. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Thailand's Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reacts during news conference Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi, Thailand, after signing a measure that drops cannabis from his ministry's list of controlled drugs. The action amounts to decriminalizing marijuana, which is a form of cannabis, but production and possession of it remains partially regulated. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Thailand's Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks at a news conference at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, after signing a measure that drops cannabis from his ministry's list of controlled drugs. The action amounts to decriminalizing marijuana, which is a form of cannabis, but production and possession of it remains partially regulated. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)