Panel to study use of marijuana on mental health patients

By The Nation

 

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THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH (DMH)’S new panel will come up with guidelines on the use of marijuana for medical purposes and a recommendation on its use in treating psychiatric patients, which will be proposed to the Public Health Ministry’s Narcotics Control Committee, a senior official said yesterday.
 

Department chief Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit said the new committee has been tasked with analysing the pros and cons of using marijuana for mental disorders, coming up with recommendations and an action plan for marijuana usage in DMH hospitals and health institutes, planning support, and controlling the use of marijuana. 

 

Several DMH medical units have called on the committee to approve research into the effectiveness of “Sukhasaiyat” cannabis-laced traditional medicine used to cure insomnia, cannabis oil used to treat dementia patents and cannabidiol (CBD) used to treat patients with general anxiety disorders. 

 

Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Committee has agreed to let Prachin Buri’s Chaophraya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital and Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Sakonnakhon Campus to grow marijuana for research and for medical use, Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Dr Tares Krassanairawiwong said. 

 

This brings the number of institutes allowed to grow cannabis to four, Tares said. The other two are Pathum Thani’s Rangsit University and the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation. 

 

Tares added that the panel has also given the nod for Sakon Nakhon’s Pra Arjarn Phun Ajaro Hospital, which has won the good manufacturing practices certificate for herbal products, to produce marijuana-based medicines. 

 

As marijuana is still prohibited under Thai law, the narcotics committee – which is also known as the Psychotropic Substances Committee – will consider those applying to grow marijuana based on a strict criteria, including whether the land meant for the marijuana crop is suitable, Tares said. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30371330

 

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Why don't they just read the medical journals of other countries which are readily available and respected? 

Been done countless times already, for eg

 

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cannabis-compound-reduce-symptoms-of-psychosis#1

 

Though the classic movie “Reefer Madness” is a lot funnier. 

Marijuana in it's current form which is very strong is known to knock off up to 8 IQ points. So we can conclude it prevents "thinking too much"

5 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Marijuana in it's current form which is very strong is known to knock off up to 8 IQ points. So we can conclude it prevents "thinking too much"

 

Can you provide evidence of this or a link to the findings that confirm this?

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Reality-Check-Does-Pot-Cause-Teens-to-Lose-8-IQ-Points-268979611.html

4 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Why don't they just read the medical journals of other countries which are readily available and respected? 

They are written in a foreign language using foreign logic!

8 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Reality-Check-Does-Pot-Cause-Teens-to-Lose-8-IQ-Points-268979611.html

 

Just watched the link and the 8 point issue is very disputed and incorrect.

4 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Why don't they just read the medical journals of other countries which are readily available and respected? 

Thais don't read......

2 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Just watched the link and the 8 point issue is very disputed and incorrect.

Try reading it  again when you have 8 extra IQ points.

Edited June 19, 20197 yr by Cryingdick

30 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Try reading it  again when you have 8 extra IQ points.

 

From the article:

 

That eight-point IQ decline is only applicable in “the most persistent adolescent-onset cannabis users."

 

Bottom line--if you smoke pot early and often as an adolescent, it can really affect your brain development.

But eight IQ points? That’s pretty unlikely.

 

Are you reading a different article or is alcohol abuse your excuse for lost IQ points. ????

 

7 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Why don't they just read the medical journals of other countries which are readily available and respected? 

Thank you.  I'm not the only one left scratching my head and wondering the same thing every time I read about Thai experts being dumb-founded and in the dark about the medical benefits of cannabis.  ????
The probably Occam's Razor reason?  They can't read the research studies that have been published in English. Therefore they need to do their own studies starting from scratch. 

9 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Why don't they just read the medical journals of other countries which are readily available and respected? 

Because those inconsiderate buggers haven't written them in the only true Übermensch language, the one, the only, the unbeaten champion of languages, Thai.

even if the Thais could get 5-10% of the pop. to switch to the herb from alcohol it could save a lot of social misery and government legal and healthcare costs..

should have a panel to research its effects on raging motorbike taxi drivers

 

 

Funny how they do studies that much more qualified people have done decades before-everyone else doesn’t know what they are doing, trying to impress who exactly?

23 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Why don't they just read the medical journals of other countries which are readily available and respected? 

Because they are in English-google doesn’t work 

23 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Reality-Check-Does-Pot-Cause-Teens-to-Lose-8-IQ-Points-268979611.html

shit science...not peer reviewed.