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Abstract

Thailand has amended the Narcotics Act 1979 to take advantage of research and
medical use but information related to the legality of cannabis use is insufficient. These

research objectives are to 1) draw a lesson learn from the legalized cannabis industry in

other countries 2) examine the economic impact and potential risk from legalization and
3) propose extension guidelines to legalize cannabis farming to be Thailand’s commercial

product. The degree of cannabis legalization varies across countries. Some countries are
legalized only for medical use and some are legalized for both medical and recreational

uses. The cannabis industry in countries where recreational uses are legalized has higher
growth. Canada, USA, Netherland, and Uruguay are the pioneers to legalize the cannabis

industry in the world. The medical and recreational uses in these four countries are

legalized. The regulations and measures including restrictions, standard, monitoring, and
traceability are similar, however, is lack of accessibility measure in Uruguay. Growing

cannabis at home regulations is different across countries. For the economic impacts, we

find that tax income, and employment increases, and government spending on arresting
decreases. For social impacts, we find that the accessibility of patients is easier. The offense

of cannabis use decreases. Also, juvenile delinquency and car accidents-related to

cannabis use do not significantly change. However, trading of illegal cannabis in black
market does not decrease because of the high price of legal cannabis. In terms of a

financial feasibility study, compared with other growing systems, the greenhouse system
achieves higher net returns than an indoor system for both foreign and thai species.

However, thai specie cannabis obtains higher returns. Therefore, the most important issue

is that government should promote and build explicit knowledge about growing and seed
breeding to be compatible with the local area and climate in Thailand. Thailand has

amended the Narcotics Act 1 9 7 9 to take advantage of research and medical use but
information related to the legality of cannabis use is insufficient. These research objectives

are to 1) draw a lesson learn from the legalized cannabis industry in other countries 2)

examine the economic impact and potential risk from legalization and 3) to propose
extension guidelines to legalize cannabis farming to be Thailand’s commercial product.

The degree of cannabis legalization varies across countries. Some countries are legalized