Thai health ministry proposes easing rules on cannabis use


A cannabis plant is on display at the first full-time clinic prescribing cannabis oil for medical treatment in the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Jan. 6, 2020. Thailand, which in 2020 became the first South-East Asian nation to decriminalise the production and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, has moved to loosen regulations on the drug. - AP

BANGKOK, Jan 22 (AP): Thailand, which in 2020 became the first South-East Asian nation to decriminalise the production and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, has now moved to further loosen regulations on the drug.

The Public Health Ministry’s Food and Drug Administration proposed that cannabis -- which includes marijuana and hemp plants -- be completely dropped from its official listing as a prohibited narcotic or psychotropic substance.

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