The other three ready-to-mix recipes will contain cannabis as well as other herbs, such as dried flower, chopped pepper and moonseed in different proportions. Medical practitioners will then mix the ingredients themselves before prescribing the medicines for a variety of ailments. We hope to send these new medications to the hospitals and provincial public health offices by the end of next month," Dr Marut said. Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn said the World Health Organisation still classifies cannabis itself as a narcotic, but the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and cannabidiol (CBD) are regarded as medical substances. At this juncture, only those medical professionals trained in the prescription of medical cannabis are permitted to prescribe certain types of marijuana extracts supplied by the Public Health Ministry to patients, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post May 27, 2019 22:46 UTC