Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (centre) listens to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (right) at a press conference at Government House, Bangkok, on Feb 11, 2022. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu, Bangkok Post)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has brushed aside a Bhumjaithai member’s threat that the party will leave the coalition, if the government refuses to support the bill promoting cannabis as a cash crop.
Gen Prayut said on Monday that the government is doing everything in its power to have the bill debated in parliament.
“We’re taking all the necessary steps to push the bill through. If the government did not support the bill, it wouldn’t be where it is now,” the prime minister said.
The bill initiated by Bhumjaithai will see the cannabis plant recognised as a cash crop with medicinal and economic…
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