Following approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has turned over 1 ton of seized marijuana to the Department of Thai Traditional, Alternative Medicine and the Department of Medical Sciences to be …
Rangsit University has announced that they will be adding a new undergraduate program called, “Ganja Studies Department.” Rangsit University will play an interesting role as Thailand opens up to legalization of cannabis. While marijuana was once a integral part of …
Thailand’s new Tourism and Sports Minister, Pipat Ratchakitprakan, said that he would like to promote medical marijuana and Thai traditional medicine tourism. Pipat, a influential member of the pro-marijuana Bhumjaithai Party, believes that working with fellow party member, Public Health …
Leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, and newly appointed minister of Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul, discussed his party’s plans to implement a marijuana policy but cautioned that they were going to take a conservative path towards liberalization. The Bhumjaithai Party’s flagship …
In another sign that the Thai government is being very cautious as it rolls out medical marijuana in the kingdom, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressed several concerns and warnings about medical marijuana. The Prime Minister instructed people not to become …
Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, the public health minister, says that the first 10,000 bottles of marijuana extract oils will be produced jointly by the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) and Chao Phraya Abhaiphubejhr Hospital, and that those first batches will be ready …
Speaking at Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in the Prachin Buri province, Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party reiterated his intent to push his party’s pro marijuana agenda. The Bhumjaithai Party has made it clear that they would like to …
Chao Phraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital announced on Monday that they will not be accepting any more patients at its cannabis clinic which just opened on Monday. According to a hospital spokesperson, the clinic had reached its limit for patients shortly after …
Yuenyong “Ad Carabao” Opakul recently used the stage to voice his thoughts on the Public Health Ministry’s stance on medical marijuana. The popular singer and frontman of the band Cabarao told a packed crowd, estimated to be over 3,000, that he …
According to Dr Somsak Akhasilp, director-general of the Department of Medical Services at the Ministry of Public Health, doctors are currently being trained on prescribing cannabis-based medicine and may start issuing prescriptions as early as June of this year. Training …
“Highland: Thailand’s Marijuana Awakening,” is groundbreaking documentary three-part mini-series produced by Coconuts TV that was released on Netflix last year. Hosted by Sebastian Perry, a Coconuts TV producer, Highland follows Perry’s travels throughout Thailand as he seeks to educate viewers …