with it remaining illegal (with a potential 3 month prison sentence) to smoke in public, it looks like it could be a very short path to Thai police officers using this to solicit bribes from tourists

I believe South Korea and Singapore still criminalise drug use even when out of the country. Make sure to flush it out of your system before returning home.

How is this enforced? Are citizens returning from abroad randomly drug tested at customs?

It's always been legal** in India

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_India#Legal_stat...

tldr: legal in derivative forms (like hash) but not legal to be sold as a harvested plant

"Known as ganja in the local lingo"

> "Known as ganja in the local lingo"

"[to a D.E.A. officer]

Ali G: What is the different types of hasch out there? We all know that it's called the bionic, the bomb, the puff, the blow, the black, the herb, the sensie, the cronic, the sweet Mary Jane, the sh*t, Ganja, split, reefa, the bad, the buddha, the home grown, the ill, the maui-maui, the method, pot, lethal turbo, tie, shake, skunk, stress, whacky, weed, glaze, the boot, dimebag, Scooby Doo, bob, bogey, back yard boogie. But what is the other terms for it?"

and then the police officer comes out with another 3 names he missed