(CBD) - have been of particular interest to
medical researchers trying to treat cancer,
Parkinson's disease and seizures.
THC creates the intoxicating effect which
produces a "high", while cannabidiol is said to
reduce seizures.
Cannabis extracts were outlawed in the 1930s,
but patients suffering from cancer or seizures
continued to produce and use cannabis
formulas on the quiet.
Earlier this year, Thailand's Food and Drug
Administration invited medical cannabis
users to declare themselves through a three-
month amnesty, later resulting in a register of
some 4,000 approved patients.
They will be given cannabis-based medicine
based on a formula specified by licensed
doctors and traditional medical practitioners.
As the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party, Mr
Anutin had campaigned during the March
general election for each household to be
allowed to cultivate cannabis in order to
reduce the cost of medicine.
Given the difficulty of policing these
household plots, that pledge may be hard to
fulfil.
He told The Straits Times that cannabis could
be planted on the compounds of public
hospitals to increase supply, allowing it to be
tightly supervised.
The condition of patients will be closely
tracked to aid cannabis research.
The GPO expects to produce 10,000 bottles of
cannabis oil by next month, and will also plant
a second crop of cannabis to ramp up
production in the coming months.
The GPO, which has a cannabis greenhouse,
produces oil with THC, CBD and an equal
mixture of the two compounds. "The more you make, the lower your cost will
be, and the more benefit you can bring to the
user," said Mr Anutin. "The long wait of the
people has now come to an end."
Foreigners who are assessed to be eligible
under this system will also be prescribed
cannabis-based medicine, Mr Anutin told The
Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-
asia/thailand-produces-1st-batch-of-
cannabis-oil