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Ministries prepare marijuana tour

Ministries prepare marijuana tour

Eight provinces could be part of the scheme

The cabinet on Aug 4 approved a proposal to amend the Narcotics Act to allow private medical practitioners and farmers to grow the plant for medical treatment. Patipat Janthong

The Tourism and Sports and Public Health ministries are ready to launch the first medical marijuana tour in Southeast Asia next year as they finalised a draft programme for plantations across Thailand.

The goal of the tour is to increase awareness of marijuana for medical purposes and inform those who are interested in growing the plant of the laws, said Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the tourism and sports minister.

Eight provinces have plantations that could be part of the tour, comprising Mae Hong Son,…

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