He added that the government will look into the existing bill on cannabis and weed to determine if it addressed all the concerns expressed by MPs over the past deliberations.
“There must be a law to regulate [the use of cannabis and hemp],” Cholnan said.
He also noted that the Constitution empowers the Cabinet to confirm draft laws that failed to pass Parliament during the previous Lower House’s term.
“If the Cabinet considers the law necessary, we will confirm it and start the process from the original draft. If the Cabinet does not confirm it, the original draft will be void, and a new bill will be drafted,” Cholnan said.
The public health minister would not confirm if the bill to be backed by the Cabinet would prohibit recreational marijuana smoking, but that was his party’s stance when it was in the opposition.
At that time, then-public health minister Anutin…
