CANNABIS PATENTS BY FOREIGN PHARMA – JUNTA TOSSES BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday banned applications for patents related to commercial uses of marijuana until a new law on medical cannabis is enforced. In an order issued under Section 44 of the 2014 interim charter, which allows Gen. Read more…
Thailand is the world’s third most-visited country when it comes to medical and wellness tourism. And with the newly instated legalization of medical cannabis, Hemp Export Thailand will to promote medical cannabis tourism became apparent. This might be the leading cause for Thailand law and regulation amendments that loosen up Read more…
Thailand Hemp Laws and Regulations The Drug Act of B.E. 2510 (1967) is currently stilled in effect, whereas the new Drug Act of B.E.2546 (2003) is in the final stage of promulgation. Attempts to revise the Drug Act of B.E. 2530 (1987) are painstaking and time-consuming. When it becomes effective, Read more…
The Cabinet today approved an amendment to the Narcotic Act allowing registered patients, Thai traditional medicine businesses, and farmers to access medical cannabis, Government Spokesperson Narumon Pinyosinwat said. They will receive certificates to produce, export, import, sell and possess marijuana to develop medical knowledge in collaboration with the government. The Read more…
Public Health Minister Anutin Charvirakul said that he had every intention to lift the restrictions on cannabis and allow it to be grown commercially, but said his plan had been delayed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. He was speaking at a convention on hemp products in Nonthaburi province on Monday Read more…