A CANNABIS network today (Sep. 22) urged Public Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew to clearly define what a planned draft bill on cannabis and hemp would mean in saying it is to be for medical and health purposes only because if traditional medical practitioners are cut out it could lead to conflicts, TV Channel 7
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Fire at Pattaya condo from lights left on to grow marijuana
A FIRE at a condominium in Pattaya rented by a foreign man this afternoon (May 26) was sparked by leaving lights on to grow marijuana but fortunately there was no one there thus no injuries, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 26). Upon being alerted of the fire at the condo in Soi
Read moreCourt accepts cannabis lawsuit against Anutin, ONCB
THE Administrative Court has accepted a lawsuit filed by a member of the Medical Council of Thailand and MPs from a few parties seeking to revoke the Public Health Ministry’s announcement removing marijuana from an official list of controlled substances, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 21). Prof. Dr. Smith Srison, the Medical Council
Read moreAnutin shrugs off party dissolution bid over free-marijuana campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters BHUMJAITHAI PARTY leader Anutin Charnvirakul today (Oct. 18) shrugged off a reported plan of the opposition bloc to file an unprecedented lawsuit against the second-largest coalition party over their free-marijuana campaign. Anutin who concurrently performs as deputy prime minister-cum-public health minister contended that his party’s electoral campaign to legalise the
Read morePush to dissolve Bhumjaithai Party over free-marijuana campaign
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE BHUMJAITHAI PARTY is facing an unprecedented lawsuit involving their previous free-marijuana campaign which might possibly result in the dissolution of the second-largest coalition partner, said Pheu Thai party leader Chonlanan Srikaew today (Oct. 17). The Pheu Thai-led opposition bloc has resolved to file a lawsuit against the Bhumjaithai Party,
Read moreMalaysia detains Thais who tested positive for marijuana
AMID heavy cross-border travel to Malaysia during the current holiday three Thais who had travelled from Satun province to the neighbouring country and tested positive for marijuana at their checkpoint were immediately detained at a police station for three days and fined 50,000 baht, Amarin TV said this evening (July 29). The three Thais,
Read moreMinistry moves to state that only marijuana inflorescence is a controlled herb
THE Public Health Ministry is rushing to improve its ministerial announcement decriminalising marijuana to specify that only the inflorescence is controlled with a conclusion expected to be reached next week, Sanook.com said this evening (July 27). Dr. Narong Saiwong, the deputy permanent secretary, and Dr. Yongyot Thammawut, the head of the Department of Thai
Read moreWith cannabis decriminalised, is it now gambling’s turn?
A FORMER politician and night business operator today (June 28) posted a message on Facebook urging the government to legalise gambling after implementing liberal marijuana use policy pointing out that all neighbouring countries already have casinos, Naewna newspaper said. After the policy became effective, possessing and using all parts of cannabis plants, including flowers
Read moreAnutin urges limited consumption of marijuana amid allergic reactions
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (June 16) recommended that no more than two to three marijuana leaves be used per dish as cases of consumers suffering from allergic reactions have started cropping up since June 9 when liberal marijuana policy came into effect, Sanook.com said. Using excess amounts of cannabis oil
Read moreChadchart concerned about liberal marijuana use with one man already dead
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (June 14) that he is concerned about the impact of the liberal marijuana use that started on June 9 as a 51-year-old man suffered a congestive heart failure and died after consuming large amounts of the plant, Sanook.com said. Addressing a Bangkok Executive Board meeting, Chadchart said as
Read moreAgency warns marijuana remains a Category 5 drug despite not being listed in code
THE Office of the Narcotics Control Board today (Jan. 11) reminded the public that marijuana remains a Category 5 drug and it is illegal to grow it without permission, Thai Rath newspaper said. Mr. Piyasiri Wattanavrangkul, deputy secretary-general of the Office of Narcotics Control Board, said questions have been raised about cannabis after a new
Read moreAnutin unveils ‘cannabis city’ on Mekong river amid decriminalisation move
PUBLIC Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Dec. 11) opened a pilot cannabis city called Nakhon Phanom Model amid moves to fully decriminalise the plant, Thai Rath newspaper said. Accompanied by Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Bhumjaithai MP from this province Mr. Supachai Phosu and provincial Governor Mr. Chatip Rujanaseri as
Read morePublic Health Ministry launches Medical Marijuana Institute
AS parts of marijuana plants, including leaves, roots and stems, can now be used in food in Thailand the Medical Marijuana Institute was officially launched today (Feb. 22) to provide information about marijuana to the general public, while promoting it as a cash crop, NNT said The Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, presided over the
Read moreTwo held for smuggling marijuana from Thailand to Myanmar
POLICE are moving to arrest other members of a marijuana trafficking gang after two of them, both Myanmar nationals, were arrested at Mae Sot border town in possession of two lots of the drug totaling 360 kilogrammes which was being taken across the border to the neighbouring country, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (October 6,
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