Shops and retail
Age, pregnancy and student rules: who a shop cannot sell to
Thailand Cannabis Report · Reefers Club Co., Ltd. · Last checked 31 October 2026
A licensed Thai cannabis shop cannot sell to everyone who walks in, and since 2025 every flower sale needs a prescription anyway. Some buyers sit in a stricter category. Selling to them is one of the breaches that ends a licence outright.
The barred buyers
Since the first controlled-herb rules of June 2022, sale to people under 20 and use by pregnant or breastfeeding women have been restricted. Verified The guideline announced by DTAM on 22 June 2026 lists selling to these buyers without a PT.33 prescription as grounds for revocation: Estimated
- people under 20
- students
- pregnant women
- breastfeeding women
Prohibited places
The same guideline lists selling in prohibited locations, naming temples, dormitories and public parks, as grounds for revocation. Estimated Ministerial Regulation No. 2 also lets the authority refuse a licence on the location of the premises. See where a dispensary can and cannot be located.
Why these are the costliest breaches
Most breaches carry a 30-day or 90-day suspension. Selling to barred buyers, allowing smoking on the premises, selling online and falsifying reports carry revocation. A revoked licensee cannot apply for any licence under the Act for two years. Verified See suspension vs revocation.
What a shop should do
- Check identification for every buyer, not only the prescription.
- Train staff to refuse when in doubt, and record refusals.
- Do not trade near schools, temples, dormitories or parks, and check the location before signing a lease.
- Keep the PT.33 evidence for every sale at the shop.
Section 3 of the report, free to read, sets out the full 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
- Tilleke & Gibbins, Cannabis and Hemp Business Guide Thailand 2025
- Juslaws, Amendment to cannabis law on 25 June 2025
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
What is the legal age to buy cannabis in Thailand?
Licensed shops cannot sell to people under 20 without a PT.33 prescription, under rules dating from June 2022 and carried into the 2025 notification.
Can pregnant women buy cannabis?
Selling to pregnant or breastfeeding women without a PT.33 is a breach that leads to revocation under the June 2026 guideline.
Can students buy cannabis?
Students are among the barred buyers. Selling to them without a PT.33 is grounds for revocation.
Where are shops not allowed to sell?
The guideline lists temples, dormitories and public parks among prohibited locations.
What happens if a shop breaks these rules?
Revocation of the licence, and a two-year bar on applying for any licence under the Act.
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.