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Thailand: Surachoke Tangwiwat, secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), provided some details on the proposed regulation on cannabis extracts on Friday
Thailand: A proposal by the Ministry of Public Health that would regulate the possession, sale, import and export of cannabis extracts has been approved
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has issued a draft law to regulate cannabis that will be under public comment until 30th September. Under
Thailand: Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party who spearheaded cannabis legalisation, says that he is confident that the new government will implement his
Thailand: Prime minister Srettha Thavisin has been removed from office after a constitutional court ruling and will be replaced by Pheu Thai party leader
Thailand: Deputy prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that prime minister Srettha Thavisin has agreed to not relist cannabis as a narcotic in yet another
Thailand: A health committee has approved a proposal to relist cannabis and hemp in the narcotics list and will submit the proposal to the
Thailand: Health minister Somsak Thepsutin said that he still intends to relist cannabis as a narcotic after the public consultation period has ended with
Thailand: Draft regulations to relist cannabis as a Category 5 narcotic are now available online and are open to public comment until 24th June 2024.
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has issued draft regulations to relist cannabis flower as a category 5 narcotic beginning 1st January 2025,
Thailand: Public health minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Thursday (23rd May) that new regulations to relist cannabis as a category 5 narcotic will only
Thailand: Health minister Somsak Thepsuthin said the Ministry of Public Health will move to place cannabis back on the list of category 5
Thailand: A day after new health minister Somsak Thepsuthin said that he was seeking opinions on how to regulate cannabis, prime minister Srettha Thavisin
Thailand: Newly-appointed health minister Somsak Thepsuthin is seeking input from others on how to regulate cannabis and says that a final decision has not
Thailand: Yesterday (28th April), health minister Cholnan Srikaew was dismissed from the Cabinet, press reports. Srikaew was a supporter of the recreational cannabis ban
Thailand: Contrary to the stances recently expressed by the prime minister and health minister, deputy prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a public
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew has said the government will soon pass a law to ensure cannabis is used only for medical purposes,
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew told the media that the government hopes to ban the recreational use of cannabis by the end of
Thailand: Amid industry backlash, the draft bill to ban recreational cannabis use has been delayed to seek opinions from other parties, press reports. The bill
Thailand: Public health minister Cholnan Srikaew says that a new version of a bill to ban recreational use of cannabis will be presented
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew has provided more details on the draft bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis. Most notably, Cholnan said that
Thailand: The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTTAM) is holding a session today to hear public comments on the government's proposal to prohibit
Thailand: Public health minister Cholnan Srikaew has signed off on a proposed bill to limit cannabis use to solely medical purposes, media reports. The proposed bill,
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has completed its draft of the Hemp-Cannabis Law to regulate cannabis, which may be available for public comment
Thailand: Prime minister Srettha Thavisin has vowed to prohibit the use and sale of recreational cannabis within six months, press reports. “The law will need to
Thailand: Newly appointed public health minister Cholnan Srikaew said on 11th September that cannabis will not be reclassified as a narcotic, press reports. He
Thailand: Anutin Charnvirakul, the current minister of public health who will become the minister of interior in the new government, told the media that
Thailand: The Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a draft regulation (translated version) on permissions to produce, import, export, sell, or possess cannabis
Thailand: The cabinet for newly-appointed prime minister Srettha Thavisin has been announced, press reports. The most significant cabinet positions for cannabis include Anutin Charnvirakul's
Thailand: Srettha Thavisin of the populist Pheu Thai party has been voted in as prime minister by Parliament, press reports. In forming a
Thailand: Following the failure by the Move Forward Party (MFP), which gained the most votes in the May election, to form a majority coalition,
Thailand: The Thai cabinet has approved a draft of ministerial regulations aimed at preventing the recreational use of cannabis, hemp, and kratom among
Thailand: Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, who has promised a clampdown on the country’s cannabis trade, faces challenges from rival parties and a
Thailand: Thailand’s Cannabis Future Network is urging alliance parties (Move Forward Party, Pheu Thai Party, Prachachart Party) to avoid reinstating cannabis as a
Thailand: The Move Forward Party, which won the most seats in the recent election, has announced an eight-party governing coalition, with one of its
Thailand: The Move Forward Party, which garnered the most votes in last week’s election and is trying to form a coalition, has said
Thailand: Although the results of Sunday's election are not yet official, it appears that opposition parties Move Forward and Pheu Thai will be the
Thailand: Prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has dissolved the parliament, press reports. This means that Thailand’s general election is expected on 7th or 14th
Thailand: Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party and cannabis legalisation in Thailand, said that he expects his party to win 70 seats in
Thailand: A bill to regulate cannabis will not be passed during the current parliamentary session and will have to be addressed again in the
Thailand: The Democrat Party, a member of the government coalition that currently holds 51 of 500 seats in the House of Representatives, is vowing to
Thailand: The Thai House of Representatives failed to reach quorum on a vote on the Cannabis and Hemp Bill and was therefore unable to
Thailand: The Public Health Ministry will enact a series of measures to license, control, and track sales of cannabis flower beginning in January,
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has published restrictions on cannabis, effective immediately. The announcement restates some rules that were already in place, such as
Thailand: Amid calls by some groups and politicians to place cannabis back on Thailand’s narcotics list, public health minister Anutin Charnvirakul dismissed the possibility of
Thailand: The Thai Department of Public Health has modified its edict on cannabis to clarify certain aspects of the law while a cannabis
Thailand: Opposition parties and the Forensic Physician Association of Thailand (FPAT) are seeking an injunction from the Administrative Court to block enforcement of the
Thailand: The Democrat Party, which is part of the governing coalition, is calling for cannabis to be placed back on the country’s narcotics list
Thailand: The Thai Department of Agriculture (TDA) has posted in the Royal Gazette the requirements to import hemp and cannabis seeds. Seed imports are allowed
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has published regulations in the Royal Gazette regarding CBD, hemp seed oil, and cannabis extracts in food products. The
