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Agency notes high demand for CBD stock

Agency notes high demand for CBD stock

Govt collaboration ‘good for farmers’

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) has shed light on its collaboration with community enterprises to manufacture and distribute premium cannabidiol (CBD) products using high-quality cannabis, signalling that the agency is open to the participation of more farmers.

Sopon Mekthon, assistant to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, on Friday said Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia with a government that supports the legal use of medical cannabis products.

The GPO is one government agency that produces medical cannabis, from cultivation to distribution, he said.

Dr Sopon said private cannabis cultivation for sale is currently prohibited, but farmers who are interested in…

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