Thonburi Health, Chula to study hemp
Joint venture’s goal is to make medical products
SET-listed Thonburi Healthcare Group (THG) will allocate a 300-million-baht budget to a joint venture with Chulalongkorn University to study the medical benefits of hemp, cannabis and krathom in a move to develop commercial products by this year.
Like hemp and cannabis, krathom, known scientifically as Mitragyna speciosa, was removed from the narcotics list.
THG will primarily focus on hemp research because the plant has a high amount of cannabidiol (CBD) oil, which can be used to treat a number of ailments.
“We expect to…
