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Alcohol vending-machine crackdown urged
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/11/2025
» The Stop Drink Network Thailand (SDN) has called on the Ministry of Public Health to take immediate legal action against alcohol vending machines operating without permits, warning that the absence of clear regulations poses a major public health risk.
New portal for patients, doctors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/09/2025
» The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) has partnered with the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) association to develop a cannabis control platform for doctors and medical practitioners.
Cannabis restricted to 5 medical uses, health authorities say
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/09/2025
» Cannabis buds may legally be used only by patients with five categories of symptoms and must be obtained with a doctor’s prescription, the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine announced on Monday.
Rule limits cannabis buds to medical use
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/06/2025
» The Public Health Ministry's regulation requiring a prescription to purchase cannabis buds for medical use has been published in the Royal Gazette and went into effect yesterday.
6 nabbed in Pattaya over bud sale permit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/01/2023
» Police teamed up with officials from the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine to raid eight locations in Pattaya, in which they arrested six people for selling cannabis buds without the required permit.
It was a battle to stay healthy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/12/2022
» Many health issues occurred in 2022 ranging from the easing of Covid-19 control measures, the discovery of the first monkeypox patient and liberalising the cannabis law.
Pot-smoking shops deemed illegal
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/11/2022
» Ganja-smoking shops are deemed illegal now that the Ministry of Public Health's new announcement declaring flowers of marijuana plants to be a herb requiring strict control has taken effect, the ministry warned on Wednesday.
Ganja-smoking shops are illegal, ministry warns
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/11/2022
» Pot-smoking shops are illegal now that the Ministry of Public Health's announcement declaring the flowers of marijuana plants to be a herb requiring strict control has taken effect, the ministry warned on Tuesday.
Weed bud a 'controlled herb' now
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has changed course and will now regulate the use and distribution of cannabis buds and not allow the sale of the buds to people aged under 20 years old.