“This is a pilot clinic, because we cannot produce enough doctors with expertise in cannabis,” Thai Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters at the opening ceremony in Bangkok. Her mother, Supatra Ulapatorn, said cannabis oil helps her daughter to sleep better and stay calmer. Kasetsart University director of medical cannabis research Natakorn Thasnas said that the university would supply 2,200kg of cannabis leaf to the ministry. Thailand last year dropped cannabis and hemp extracts from its narcotics list, and proposed a law that would allow each household to grow six cannabis plants. The pilot clinic expects to cater to between 200 and 300 patients daily.
