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Thai cannabis advocates plan mass rally on July 7
Online Reporters, Published on 25/06/2025
» Cannabis advocates in Thailand plan a mass rally at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health on July 7 to protest against the government’s campaign to recriminalise the plant three years after it was removed from the national narcotics list.
Order signed on need for doctor’s prescription for cannabis
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/06/2025
» Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Tuesday he had signed an order restricting cannabis use to strictly medical purposes.
Somsak signs order requiring doctor’s prescription for cannabis
Online Reporters, Published on 24/06/2025
» Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Tuesday he had signed an order restricting cannabis use to strictly medical purposes.
Cannabis becoming a turn-off for Phuket tourism
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 19/06/2025
» Businesses in Phuket say widespread use of cannabis on the southern tourist island — home to 1,500 weed shops — has started to have a negative impact on tourism in Thailand.
Police General Hospital doctors in crosshairs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/06/2025
» The Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand has submitted a petition to the national police chief, calling for disciplinary action and criminal charges against two Police General Hospital (PGH) doctors over former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's alleged privileged treatment.
3 herbs earn special status
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/06/2025
» Three of Thailand's most common medicinal herbs -- phlai, black ginger and kratom -- have been listed as the herbs of the year for 2025 by the National Herbal Medicines Policy Committee.
Anusorn urges separation of MCT case, Thaksin probe
Published on 15/06/2025
» Pheu Thai list-MP Anusorn Iamsa-ard has stressed the importance of distinguishing between the Medical Council of Thailand's (MCT) reaffirmation of disciplinary penalties and the legal proceedings involving former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Fit enough for jail
Postbag, Published on 14/06/2025
» Re: "MCT reaffirms stance on medics", (BP, June 13).
Thaksin faces moment of truth over hospital stay
News, Published on 13/06/2025
» The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions will on Friday begin an inquiry into former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's 181-day hospital stay at the Police General Hospital (PGH).
Medical council to review Somsak veto
News, Published on 12/06/2025
» All eyes are on the meeting of the Medical Council of Thailand on Thursday as it reviews Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin's recent veto of its resolution to suspend the licences of two doctors involved in the controversial transfer of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for treatment in a premium hospital ward.