Thailand looks set to crack down on legal pot market with ban on 'recreational' use

Thailand set to crack down on its freewheeling drug market with a ban on 'recreational' use.

Legal cannabis has fueled Thailand 's tourism and farming trades, but it's facing public backlash over perceptions that under-regulation has made the drug available to kids and caused crime.

Cabinet expected to consider a law that would ban recreational cannabis use while allowing medical as soon as Tuesday .

Thailand was the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis.