{"id":56098,"date":"2022-10-19T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/japanese-tourists-are-flying-to-thailand-to-avoid-harsh-anti-weed-laws-back-home\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T23:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T23:00:02","slug":"japanese-tourists-are-flying-to-thailand-to-avoid-harsh-anti-weed-laws-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/japanese-tourists-are-flying-to-thailand-to-avoid-harsh-anti-weed-laws-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Tourists Are Flying to Thailand to Avoid Harsh Anti-Weed Laws Back Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese tourists have been keen to vacation in Thailand after the government decriminalized some forms of cannabis<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to Japan Today<\/em>, droves of young people from Japan \u2014 where weed is super-illegal and highly stigmatized \u2014 took trips during Silver Week, a September stretch of Japanese holidays. Many arrived in Bangkok, where weed trucks<\/u><\/a> are reportedly hawking a variety of flower to all comers.<\/p>\n

That may or may not be a good idea, according to one attorney who also teaches law.<\/p>\n

“Upon returning from abroad, one can’t rule out the possibility that people who smoked overseas might be arrested or detained,” Hisashi Sonoda told<\/a> Japan Today<\/em>. “So one should not act rashly.”<\/p>\n