Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has vowed to crack down on illegal drugs, saying that possessing “even one pill” should be punished, and ordering officials to press ahead with plans to recriminalise cannabis.

The Thai government announced plans to re-list cannabis as a narcotic in February, after decriminalising the drug in 2022.

The kingdom was once notorious for its tough drug laws, but it has sought to cash in on the global boom in medical marijuana in recent years.

Thailand is also an important transit country for opium and methamphetamine – – much of it produced in war-torn Myanmar.

“The drug problem is a national agenda that all agencies must work together to solve the problem seriously,” Srettha said Wednesday on social media
platform X saying he wanted to see progress within 90 days.