Weed shop near school closed
published : 24 May 2023 at 12:41
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) has suspended the licence of a cannabis shop near a well-known school on Silom Road for a month.
The dispensary near the all-girls St Joseph Convent School came under fire because of its location last week after operating there for six months.
According to the DTAM, the shop's licence was suspended as its owner failed to submit monthly reports on cannabis usage and storage to the DTAM.
The department said there is currently no specific regulation on the location of cannabis shops, but cabinet will address the issue if and when the Cannabis and Hemp Act is passed.
Meanwhile, Thailand's Cannabis Future Network said on its Facebook page on Tuesday that it wants to hold a pro-cannabis event sometime after the new government is established.
The move came after the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the seven alliance members signed a pact outlining their working agenda on Monday.
One of the key items on their agenda is the reinstatement of cannabis as a narcotic drug.
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Vocabulary
- Act: a law passed by a country’s government - กฎหมาย
- dispensary: the place that hands out medication and drugs to patients undergoing medical treatment in a hospital or clinic -
- establish: to start a company or organization that will likely continue for a long time - สถาปนา, ก่อตั้ง, จัดตั้ง
- licence: an official document that gives someone permission to do or use something - ใบอนุญาต
- location: where someone or something is - ที่ตั้ง,ทำเล
- narcotic: an illegal drug such as heroin, cocaine or crystal methamphetamine - ยาเสพย์ติด
- pact: an agreement between two or more people or organisations in which they promise to do something - ข้อสัญญา, ข้อตกลง
- pro: supporting or agreeing with something -
- regulation: an official rule that controls the way that things are done - กฎระเบียบ
- reinstatement: putting someone back in their previous position again - การให้กลับมารับตำแหน่งเดิม
- suspended (verb): not allowed to participate or to do a job for a period of time; not allowed to be used for a period of time - ถูกระงับ
- under fire: being criticised strongly - ถูกวิจารณ์, โดนว่า
