Public Health Ministry now training doctors about uses of cannabisMarijuana plants bear flowers in a controlled environment inside an enclosed facility of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation in Pathum Thani. (GPO Photo)Some state hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health will begin prescribing cannabis-based medicine by the end of June, a department official said on Friday. Dr Somsak Akhasilp, director-general of the Department of Medical Services, said the ministry was currently training doctors on the use of the drug. “Cannabis extract can increase the effects of other medications, resulting in possible overdosing and vomiting as a result,” he cautioned. The department on Friday approved 10 more traditional recipes with cannabis from 59 submitted by folk doctors in 22 provinces.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 12:34 UTC