Cannabis plants are seen during a campaign to give away 1 million free cannabis plants in Buriram Province, Thailand, June 10, 2022. - Reuters
BANGKOK, June 11 (AP): Thailand’s health minister kicked off a marijuana giveaway on Friday, handing out the first 100 seedlings of a planned distribution of 1 million plants a day after the country legalised cultivation and possession of the drug.
Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who has been the driving force behind legalisation, presided over the giveaway at a fair and exhibition held in the northeastern province of Buriram, a stronghold of his Bhumjai Thai party.
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