Thailand, which in 2020 became the first Southeast Asian nation to decriminalise the production and use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, moved Thursday to further loosen regulations on the drug.
The Public Health Ministry’s Food and Drug Administration proposed that cannabis — which includes marijuana and hemp plants — be completely dropped from its official listing as a prohibited narcotic or psychotropic substance.
The government’s Narcotics Control Committee agreed to present the FDA’s proposal next week to the Narcotics Control Board. If it agrees, the public health minister will sign the measure, which would then become effective with its publication in the government gazette.
The new proposal would facilitate previous measures liberalizing the use of cannabis for medicinal and commercial purposes, such as its inclusion in foodstuffs. Officials at the FDA declined to…
