Thailand's Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul touches a cannabis plant.
Nthabi Nhlapo reflects on Thailand's poverty levels, writing that it is critical to understand the wealth gap in other parts of the world to acknowledge that South Africa is well placed close to it and realise that we are not alone in this predicament.
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