Cabinet approves broadening law on growing medical cannabis

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul harvests the first head taken from marijuana planted in a closed-system farm run by Maejo University in Chiang Mai’s San Sai district on Jan 15 this year.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle a Public Health Ministry proposal to amend the Narcotics Act to allow patients, medical practitioners, and traditional healers to grow cannabis for medical and commercial purposes.

Source: Cabinet approves broadening law on growing medical cannabis

(File photo)

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