Cannabis bill to be reviewed, focusing on medical use only

Cannabis will come under scrutiny as new Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew announced the formation of a committee to analyse a bill to regulate the plant. The primary objective, he insisted yesterday, is to ensure the use of cannabis remains strictly within the medical and health realm, prohibiting any recreational use.

The cannabis and hemp bill, sponsored by the Bhumjaithai Party, which successfully passed its first parliamentary reading in June last year, is to be examined in detail by this committee. The aim is to determine whether any revisions are necessary. Following this, the study will be presented to the cabinet, who will then decide whether to process the current draft act or discard it to make way for a new one.

Cholnan, conveying his firm stance against cannabis for recreational use, explained that, whether with this bill or a new…