A recent article in The Nation—and a growing chorus of similar commentary—argues that Thailand’s brief experiment with cannabis liberalization has produced troubling results. We are told that hospitalizations are up,
Our community has reached the end of yet another year in our journey from legalization to whatever the future has in store for us. The greatest, and perhaps only true
There is no shortage of amazing weed in Thailand. While writing this article, I’m also working my way through 80 entries for the Terps of Life competition in Chiang Mai.
The Ministry of Health has proposed new regulatory steps for cannabis in Thailand. Commercial growers will be required to pass Good Agriculture and Collection Practices (GACP) certification, while consumers will
Another crazy year (as discussed in yesterday’s article) with a lot of development in the quality of buds here. Top growers upped their game for the third year in a
Tomorrow we will publish our “Best of 2024”, but first we wanted to look back at 2024, a crucial year for cannabis in Thailand. The year that cannabis became “normal”
I am a great believer that the true wealth of a person or community lies in education, experience, and knowledge and not in actual material wealth. Possessions, land, money, and things come and go. Things may be earned, gifted and inherited—but
UpperCut is the first dedicated project presenting Thai cannabis culture to the world directly from the Thai cannabis community. On the face of it, UpperCut will be a competition between
Political movements are all about taking up empty space. Sitting around hoping everything turns out “alright” is a means to nothing, so if something needs fixing, you mobilise and fix
Our community lost a giant and a friend last Sunday when Soranut “Beer” Masayavanich suddenly passed away. For the two decades preceding legalization he stubbornly dedicated himself to cannabis. First
The following article was written and submitted by a friend of HighThailand who enjoyed his time at our last UpperCut event. We encourage all our friends and readers to submit
Thailand took another step forward with cannabis in 2023. The quality amongst the top growers increased exponentially when compared to the market in 2022—while at the same time the ranks