Cannabis is a small step forward toward decriminalisation following the endorsement by the Public Health Ministry’s narcotics management committee draft miniserial announcement excluding hashish with low THC content material from the country’s narcotics list. Cannabis extracts with greater than 0.2% of the psychoactive element tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, will nonetheless be illegal.
Treasure of the Narcotics Control Board (not to be confused with the ministry’s narcotics management committee) will discuss the draft at their meeting on January 25. If permitted, the draft would then have to be signed by the Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who’s a vocal advocate for hashish legalisation, after which published within the Royal Gazette to be made official.
Yesterday, the ministry’s narcotics control committee held a meeting with 28 authorities from the Ministry of Health, Narcotics Control Board, Thai Traditional Medical Council, Pharmacy Council, and others related to drug control in Thailand about eradicating hashish from the narcotics list. They agreed to remove cannabis from Category 5 of Thailand’s drug record. According to Nation Thailand, the authorized exemption only applies to cannabis grown in the nation.
Parts of the cannabis plant, with low traces of the high-inducing THC, had been removed from Thailand’s Narcotics Act back in December 2020. However, hashish is still on the Public Health Ministry’s list as a Category 5 substance, which means that those that develop the plant, even if it has low quantities of THC, can still be arrested.
According to the National News Bureau, the Food and Drug Administration will further set up guidelines for cannabis vegetation much like alcohol or cigarettes. The Deputy Secretary-General of Food and Drug Administration, Withit Attawetchakul, says those with permission will be able to develop hashish for production..