Looking for the best Bangtao cannabis cafe, marijuana bar, weed dispensary or health 
and CBD shop that sells home grown Phuket medical marijuana and CBD products around the Bang Thao, Laguna, Surin beach or Cherngtalay area of north west of Phuket? If so you are in the right place.
Our ‘Planet 9’ Phuket cannabis cafe and CBD shop is a small Thai / English family run Bang Tao beach cannabis dispensary store and health shop situated on the T-junction corner of Soi Bang Thao 4, which is just off the beach road in Bang Thao (See directions map and the Google street view location link below).
Some might say that our Bangtao cannabis café and marijuana dispensary shop is not the most elegant or trendy place in the area, but what we say is “what we might lack in that department we make up for in a place where you will feel safe and very welcome!
Better still, we offer the most unique home grown and organic (Pesticide and chemical-free) high-quality medical marijuana and CBD products available anywhere around the Bang Tao, Cherngtalay, Surin beach and Laguna beach area of Phuket island, Thailand, all accompanied by a small air-conditioned bar and café style seating area to relax and enjoy a locally grown Thai decaf or espresso coffee, a CBD soda, soft drink, a chilled beer while you wait for your takeaway joint to be prepared, or to just pop in for a chat if you need some advise about medical marijuana for any health condition”. We are there daily from 1pm ’til late.
A Word About Marijuana
The cannabis plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. Each one has a different effect on the body. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are the main chemicals used in medicine. THC also produces the “high” people feel when they smoke marijuana or eat foods containing it.
A Word About Medical Cannabis
Cannabis sativa has chemicals called active compounds. They act in the body in 
ways that may ease certain symptoms. The best known are delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). THC is the part of marijuana that acts on the brain and affects mood, behaviour and thoughts, called psychoactive. Studies report that medical cannabis might help some conditions.
The NHS in the UK, many countries in the European Union, as well as 30 other countries, including Thailand, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and 38 states in the USA, have now legalized medical use of cannabis-based medicines containing THC and CBD.
Conditions medical cannabis can help with include:
Epilepsy and seizures.
Wasting syndrome associated with anorexia and HIV/AIDS.
People with nausea and vomiting associated with cancer chemotherapy.
People with muscle stiffness and spasms caused by multiple sclerosis (MS).
Neuropathic and intractable cancer pain.
Other conditions medical cannabis can help with include:
People with on-going minor pain.
Anxiety and depression
Sleep disturbances and insomnia
Lessening tremors in Parkinson’s disease.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Crohn’s disease.
Irritable bowel syndrome.
Serious nausea or vomiting caused by cancer treatment.
Nausea and weight loss.
Post-stroke (CBD and cannabis)
Conditions medical CBD can help with include:
CBD may help with conditions like anxiety, insomnia, chronic pain, and seizures, with the most significant evidence supporting its use for certain types of epilepsy and chronic pain. While the FDA has approved a CBD-based medication for specific epilepsy syndromes, much of the research on other conditions is ongoing, and it’s important to note that the quality and content of over-the-counter CBD products can vary significantly.
Epilepsy
Anxiety and PTSD
Chronic Pain and Inflammation
HIV/AIDS.
Insomnia
Addiction
Depression
Schizophrenia
Important considerations:
Placebo effect: For some conditions, such as anxiety and pain, a portion of the perceived benefit from CBD may be due to the placebo effect. Consult a healthcare professional before using CBD for any medical condition, it is crucial to talk to a doctor or healthcare provider to ensure it is appropriate and safe for your individual needs.
Conclusion: Even though there are massive amounts of claims online from doctors, medical researcher’s and patients who use medical marijuana, that cannabis helps improve the above conditions, to date (2024) there is currently no conclusive scientific research supporting the benefits or short and long-term health effects (both harms and benefits). For this reason we suggest that you consult your doctor or medial adviser before you try any cannabis type products, just to be on the safe side.
Who Should Not Smoke Or Use Medical Marijuana?
People who should not use medical marijuana include:
People with heart disease.
Pregnant women or women breast feeding.
People with a history of psychosis.
People with a existing lung condition.
People with hypertension (high blood pressure) or elevated heart rate.
* If you have high blood pressure or a elevated heart rate it is not recommended to use cannabis related products but saying this research by the ‘European Journal of Internal Medicine’ shows that amongst older adults with hypertension, cannabis treatment for 3 months was associated with a reduction in 24-hours systolic and diastolic blood pressure values, with a nadir at 3 hours after cannabis administration. CBD oil and our 5mg CBD soda and water also offers health benefits. Once again please consult your doctor or medial adviser about using cannabis or CBD if you have high BP.
Cannabis Vaporizers Vs Smoking It
Tests have proven that smoke-free vaporizers deliver THC as well or even more efficiently than smoking, and that most patients prefer vaporizers over smoking.
When comparing the respiratory effects of vaping and smoking marijuana, vaping is generally considered less harmful to the lungs. This is because vaping involves heating the cannabis material to a temperature that is a lot lower than that of combustion during smoking, which intern creates a vapour that has significantly reduced levels of these toxins. As a result, vaping produces fewer toxic by products, such as as tar, benzene, toluene, ammonia and carbon monoxide, which are present in the smoke generated by smoking or burning cannabis. Basically, while vaping, people inhale all of the good stuff, and little of the bad stuff.
Thai Law On Growing & Selling Cannabis & CBD Today
On 25 June 2025, the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand published an announcement to amend the previous Announcement on Controlled Herbs. The amendment to cannabis law in Thailand has now come into force and shall be observed by cannabis sellers, growers, and consumers alike.
First and foremost, it is important to state that cannabis sales and consumption remains perfectly legal in Thailand.
Foreigners can still buy cannabis, but any person purchasing and possessing cannabis must be in possession of a prescription from a licensed medical practitioner under the Medical Profession Act, the Thai Traditional Medicine Act, or the Dental Professional Act. The prescription must specify that the treatment prescribes the use of cannabis.
Ask us or any medical professional how to receive a prescription for cannabis. Several types of practitioners are authorized to prescribe medical cannabis:
Medical doctors
Traditional Thai medicine practitioners
Chinese medicine practitioners
Pharmacists
Dentists
Applied traditional medicine practitioners
Licensed folk healers
Fear not! To get your legal cannabis prescription in Phuket there is a fast online and local service from licensed Thai doctors. You can apply in 60 seconds and receive approval in under an hour, so it’s pretty easy to get a prescription. Just pop in and ask us. We’re here to help.
Thai Law On Food Products Containing Cannabis Or Hemp Today
According to the Ministry of Public Health’s announcement on food products containing marijuana or hemp components, and according to the Ministry of Public Health’s announcement on food standards containing THC and CBD contaminants, the standards of foods containing cannabis and hemp components are as follows;
(1) THC detected not exceeding 0.2 milligrams (Not exceed 5 ppm – 5 milligrams per kilogram).
(2) CBD needs Thai FDA approoval to be able to sell.
* The above information concerning food products containing cannabis or hemp comes directly from a Phuket law Attorney and Barrister in 2024 / 2025.
Directions To Our Phuket Cannabis Shop In Bangtao
If you are staying to one of the local Bangtao Hotels or Resorts, and walking, just follow the map directions below, then open to door and we will be there to welcome you.
If you are riding a motorbike, driving a car, or using an app to book a taxi, then you can follow the directions and stop or park by our shop front or on the other side of the street. Same applies if you are staying the the Cherngtalay, Surin beach and Laguna beach area.
Phuket Cannabis & Weed Cafe Location In Bang Tao Map
Google street view map: Obviously many building and things have changed, and also many restaurants and bars around us have changed hands, since Google drove through Bangtao the last time, but our little cannabis & weed cafe and shop is still here in the same place it’s always been. We are not yet on Google my business listing but for a better view of the area and directions of where we are located here is the Google street view map of our Bangtao cannabis cafe.
Address: 69/45 Moo 3, Bangtao Beach, Cherngtalay, Thalang, Phuket 83110
Final note: As a pilotless rule people should be aware to only smoke cannabis within a licensed cannabis shop, or, if buying a takeaway joint, to only smoke it in the privacy of your home / hotel balcony (If allowed), or simply away from the general public. Please do not to encroach on other people’s space smoking weed around Bangtao, or anywhere in Phuket, such as any venue selling food, or anywhere both local and tourist families, with or without children gather. Please remember that to date (Sept, 2024) public smoking of cannabis is banned. Offenders can face a fine of up to 25,000 Baht and/or imprisonment for up to 3 months, so always ensure consumption occurs in private spaces, and please be respectful, and comply with Thai law. Stay safe!
At our Phuket Cannabis Café and shop in Bang Tao our main goal is to advise, help and hopefully improve the lives of both locals, tourists and expats through the use of medical cannabis and CBD.
If you are staying around the Bangtao area and fancy a smoke, a takeaway joint, or just a drink and a chat about medical cannabis uses and treatments, we are here daily from 1pm onwards. See you soon.
A little promo video for Planet 9 in Bangtao
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