A political party has endorsed the plant’s benefits while marijuana-themed conferences and panels have sprung up across Thailand, with the three-day festival in Buriram town being the latest showcase for the drug’s uses. The “Pan Buriram” (Buriram Strain) festival, ending today, is a first for the sleepy town located about five hours northeast of Bangkok and known mainly for its football and motorsports competitions. “At the festival I saw old people and I took pictures and I will show them to my parents,” the 26-year-old said. Though Thai authorities plan to tightly regulate the marijuana sector for the first five years, Newin predicted the next government would speed up the process. The secretary-general of The Union of Thai Traditional Medicine Society attended the festival and said he joined Bhumjaithai about a year ago because of its pro-marijuana stance.

Source: The Star April 21, 2019 01:18 UTC