Shops and retail
Selling cannabis online or by delivery: what is legal
Thailand Cannabis Report · Reefers Club Co., Ltd. · Last checked 31 October 2026
During the open-retail years, Thai cannabis moved online fast: delivery apps, LINE orders, vending machines. The 2025 rules closed all of it. Selling cannabis flower online is now one of the few breaches that costs a licence outright.
What the rules ban
The 2025 controlled-herb notification, in force from 26 June 2025, brought in a ban on online sale alongside the prescription rule. Verified The DTAM guideline announced on 22 June 2026 lists selling through vending machines, online or other electronic channels as grounds for revocation. Estimated
A revoked licensee cannot apply for any licence under the Act for two years. Verified
What counts as an online sale
- Taking orders through a website, app, social media or messaging service.
- Delivery to a customer's address.
- Vending machines and other self-service electronic sales.
A valid PT.33 does not change any of this. The prescription allows a sale at the licensed premises, not a delivery.
Advertising is a separate breach
Advertising controlled herbs for commerce is a 30-day suspension under the same guideline. Estimated A shop's website or social media account that promotes products, prices or deals can breach the advertising rule even if it never takes an order.
What is still allowed
- Selling at the licensed premises, against a PT.33, from a certified source.
- Factual information about the business that does not promote the product.
- Licensed, registered products such as some CBD foods and cosmetics, sold under their own rules. See Thai FDA registration for hemp and CBD products.
Section 3 of the report, free to read, sets out the bans and the penalty path.
Sources
- Section 3 of the 2026 report, The rules in force (free to read)
- Thairath, DTAM guideline on administrative orders for cannabis shops, 22 June 2026
- Juslaws, Amendment to cannabis law on 25 June 2025
- The Star (Bernama), Thailand to tighten cannabis controls and propose tougher penalties, 22 October 2026
This article is market intelligence, not legal, tax or immigration advice. Rules change by notification; check the current text with the relevant authority or Thai counsel before you act.
In short
Can you buy cannabis online in Thailand?
Licensed sellers are banned from selling flower online, by vending machine or other electronic channel.
Is cannabis delivery legal in Thailand?
Delivery is part of an online or remote sale, which the rules ban. Sales happen at the licensed premises against a PT.33.
What is the penalty for selling online?
Under the guideline announced on 22 June 2026, selling online is grounds for revoking the licence.
Are cannabis vending machines legal?
No. Vending machines are named in the same ban.
Can a shop have a website?
A shop can exist online, but advertising controlled herbs for commerce is itself a breach, so a website must not promote or sell the product.
Want the numbers behind this?
This article gives you the argument. The figures, where they come from and how sure we are of each one are in the report.