His remarks came after a media report that a bed-ridden HIV patient in Phetchabun province showed signs of improvement after consuming cannabis oil for three weeks. In Thailand, he said, all HIV patients get anti-retroviral drugs regardless of the healthy cell count in their immune system. A senior Thai Red Cross official also said yesterday that, so far, there has been no information that cannabis can cure HIV. He also warned HIV patients against ditching the anti-retroviral drugs in favour of herbal alternatives like cannabis. He suggested that HIV patients should not ditch anti-retroviral drugs for yet to be proven alternative treatments.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 30, 2019 00:45 UTC