(Photo by Somchai Poomlard)The Ministry of Public Health will next year push for legalisation of all cannabis parts, lifting the last remaining hurdle preventing full use and commercialisation of the plant. Thailand earlier removed stems, roots, leaves and sprigs of cannabis from its Category 5 narcotics list, but kept flowers and buds on it. The next step is for the ministry to announce a revised narcotics list of all five categories based on the new law. (continued below)Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visits an exhibition of cannabis products at the ministry in January this year. “What we have achieved so far is to declare that cannabis stems, roots, leaves and sprigs are not drugs.

Source: Bangkok Post December 11, 2021 23:18 UTC