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Two events to mark World Cannabis Day
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/03/2021
» Thailand is set to host two cannabis-related forums next month, as the country seeks to promote the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes to the public.
Health chiefs aim to stamp out bent clinics
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/10/2020
» Phatchari Koetphaibanlak is immune to being told her access to medical treatment at a designated facility under the "gold card" universal healthcare scheme is in place pending a transfer.
PM pledges more cash if virus returns
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/09/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has promised to give more special grants to health volunteers if the country suffers a second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Bid to crack down on fake health care budget claims
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/09/2020
» The cabinet has approved a proposal to allow local administration organisations to take over the administration of the health care budget allocated to areas under their jurisdiction and switch to electronic forms of budget disbursement.
Cash transfers to 10m farmers start
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/05/2020
» The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will on Friday begin transferring 5,000 baht to the accounts of farmers who qualified for the government's handout initiative to help those financially affected by Covid-19.
Bhumjaithai calls for in-home pot plants
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/09/2019
» The Bhumjaithai Party has insisted it would submit a draft bill to the House this week to allow people to grow six marijuana plants at home.
Bhumjaithai calls ganja forum
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/09/2019
» The Bhumjaithai Party is holding a public forum on Saturday to gather public input on a bill that seeks to allow people to grow cannabis plants at home.
Hemp removed from list of controlled substances
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/09/2019
» The Public Health Ministry has removed the seeds and oils extracted from some marijuana plants from the list of controlled substances under Category 5 of the Narcotics Act.
Price caps for cash crops in the works
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/08/2019
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is planning to spend 17 billion baht to guarantee the price of certain cash crops in the market.
GPO defends B10m budget for pot crop
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/03/2019
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has defended itself over claims of budget over-allocation for its first legal marijuana 100 square metre cultivation project, saying that most of the 10 million baht was spent on improving old facilities and security systems at the location.