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Group seeks axing of new rules 'favouring big players'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/07/2025
» A pro-cannabis group has called on the Ministry of Public Health to immediately scrap a new ministerial regulation aimed at restricting cannabis use to medical purposes, warning it will lead to the monopolisation of the industry by large-scale investors and harm small operators.
Cannabis changes 'harm economy'
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 07/07/2025
» Cannabis advocates will hold a mass rally at the Ministry of Public Health on Monday to protest the government's campaign to recriminalise the plant three years after it was removed from the national narcotics list.
Bridging the needs of communities
News, Regan Pairojmahakij, Published on 30/10/2024
» The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of Parties (COP) in Cali, Colombia, COP16, provides an opportunity to move closer to achieving the world's biodiversity conservation goals. From Oct 21 to this Friday, this year's CBD COP follows both the UN Climate Change and Desertification COPs as the last in a triad of "super" COP events taking place in close succession. It follows from the watershed CBD COP15, where the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted.
Congestion charge for Bangkok gets governor Chadchart's nod
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/10/2024
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt backs the Transport Ministry's plan to levy a congestion fee on vehicles entering central Bangkok streets to fund a flat 20-baht fare policy for every electric train line.
Weed farms fret as MFP mulls U-turn
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/05/2023
» Community enterprises that grow cannabis on plantations in Nakhon Ratchasima are urging the next government, to be led by the Move Forward Party (MFP), to list only cannabis buds as narcotic drugs.
Weed conundrum polarises society ahead of election
News, Apichin Chitviriyakul, Published on 07/04/2023
» Despite the different stances political parties take when it comes to the subject of cannabis -- with most objecting to its recreational use -- and another potential shift in the plant's legal status, many sellers remain unconcerned.
High time for a high-seas treaty
News, Jennifer Morris, Published on 06/03/2023
» Our planet's tightly woven, interconnected natural systems are vital to life and livelihoods. Yet with each passing season, we are witnessing the crushing realities of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.
The real value of city's architectural heritage
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 20/02/2023
» By refurbishing vacant old buildings scattered around the city and transforming them into public amenities, Bangkok now has a way to put abandoned properties to good use, while at the same time saving its historic character from being left to fall into a state of ruin.
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.
New regulations for CBD in food items
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/10/2022
» The Public Health Ministry has issued three announcements regulating the use of cannabidiol (CBD) as an ingredient in food products.