Is It Legal to Sell Cannabis in Thailand After Recriminalization?

Selling cannabis in Thailand after recriminalization is legal only under strict conditions: through a licensed dispensary with on-site medical supervision, to customers holding a valid prescription, sourced from certified suppliers. Selling recreationally, or without verifying prescriptions, is not legal. The shops still open are the ones that met these conditions; the thousands that closed largely did not.

The conditions for legal sale

A legal seller must hold the appropriate license, employ a medical or traditional-medicine practitioner on-site (required since January 2026), verify each customer's prescription, and source product from certified growers. Miss any of these and the sale falls outside the framework. This is why "the shop is open" is not the same as "the sale is legal."

What is no longer allowed

The open recreational sales model, selling cannabis flower to any adult walking in, ended in June 2025. Selling without prescription verification, selling non-compliant product, and selling above the low-THC threshold without proper authorization are all outside the law. The legal sales channel is narrow and medical.

Why enforcement is uneven but real

Some shops still sell loosely, which creates a misleading impression that recreational sale is tolerated. It is not legal, and the risk sits with both seller and buyer. For anyone considering a retail business, building on non-compliant sales is building on sand, because the regulatory direction is toward tighter enforcement, not looser.