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POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDY OF MARIJUANA CONTROL IN THAILAND

Authors:
Chidchanok Chusakulnitisin , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornchai Wisuttisak and Asst. Prof. Dr. Pedithep Youyuenyong

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Chidchanok Chusakulnitisin1 , Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornchai Wisuttisak3 and Asst. Prof. Dr. Pedithep Youyuenyong2
1. Master's degree student Political Economy, Faculty of Social Sciences Chiang Mai University
2,3. Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University

MLA 8
Chusakulnitisin, Chidchanok, et al. "POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDY OF MARIJUANA CONTROL IN THAILAND." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 2, Feb. 2022, pp. 342-355, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i02.006. Accessed Feb. 2022.
APA 6
Chusakulnitisin, C., Wisuttisak, A., & Youyuenyong, A. (2022, February). POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDY OF MARIJUANA CONTROL IN THAILAND. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(2), 342-355. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i02.006
Chicago
Chusakulnitisin, Chidchanok, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pornchai Wisuttisak, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Pedithep Youyuenyong. "POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDY OF MARIJUANA CONTROL IN THAILAND." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 2 (February 2022), 342-355. Accessed February, 2022. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i02.006.

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ABSTRACT:
The academic article comes from “Political Economy Study of Marijuana Control in Thailand”, which is part of a master’s independent study program in Political Economics, Department of Social Sciences and Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University. The aim of this research is to (1) study the background of Drugs Law (cannabis in Thailand) through using a political economy analytical1 framework which consists of 4 dimensions are Totality, Historical analysis, Conflict, and Critical analysis. (2) study the development of cannabis control in Thailand, how has this policy happened? Which interest group has benefited, who has benefited or loss of benefit? (3) study the problems and obstacles on cannabis law enforcement, this study used qualitative research comprising of documentary research and in-depth interview. The population was divided into 5 groups, namely medical practitioners or health professionals, lawyers, patients, agriculturists, and others. The theories used in the independent study are the Neo-Marxism about the hegemony of Antonio Gramsci, the concept of Historic Bloc, Power, Interest group, and Roland Barthes’s Mythologies which are the political economy theory as a thinking basis of the research. This article has 4 issues are as follows: (1) the background about cannabis control in Thailand (2) Political Economics concepts (3) Review cannabis situation in Thailand and (4) the concept of political economy in cannabis control in Thailand.

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