Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister says, in a stunning U-turn just two years after becoming one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalise its recreational use.
The move comes despite the rapid growth of a domestic retail sector for marijuana, with tens of thousands of shops and businesses springing up in Thailand in the past two years in an industry projected to be worth up to $US1.2 billion ($A1.8 billion) by 2025.
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