Foreign firms’ role in marijuana industry to be controlled: Anutin insists

[snoop1130]

Foreign firms’ role in marijuana industry to be controlled: Anutin insists

By THE NATION

 

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reiterated on Wednesday that no foreign companies will be allowed to use Thai nominees to invest in the production of marijuana locally. 

 

At a press conference in Khon Kaen, Anutin said foreign firms will only be allowed to purchase Thai-made marijuana-based products that are tailored to their needs. These companies are also obliged to transfer their technology in the production of marijuana-based medicines, he added.

 

Anutin also said that though foreigners are allowed to play a role in the local cannabis industry, they would not be allowed to “own land or production facilities in our country, and most importantly, the copyright of marijuana-based potions created in Thailand”. 

 

He added that a million 5cc-bottles of a marijuana-based potion will be produced within six months for use in state hospitals. 

 

When asked about the possible nomination of Thais in foreign-owned infrastructure in Thailand, which will be difficult for authorities to identify, Anutin said the plantation of marijuana will be strictly controlled and the production of cannabis-based products will be regulated. 

 

As for the use of marijuana in traditional Thai medicines, Anutin said practitioners will be formally registered within this week, which will allow more than 3,000 of traditional medics, including renowned researcher Decha Siriphat, to practice legally.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30373977

 

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[Colabamumbai]

"strictly controlled" as it is now. 

[rkidlad]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

At a press conference in Khon Kaen, Anutin said foreign firms will only be allowed to purchase Thai-made marijuana-based products that are tailored to their needs. These companies are also obliged to transfer their technology in the production of marijuana-based medicines, he added.

If you want to buy our inferior weed, you must transfer your technology? Anything else? How about I do all the work and then pay for you for the pleasure. 

[Geoffggi]

They are afraid of superior quality weed being produced by Farangs.......

[klauskunkel]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

will be strictly controlled and regulated

and be transparent and up to some sort of standard and enforced by Thai authorities pooled from inactive posts.

[FarFlungFalang]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

As for the use of marijuana in traditional Thai medicines, Anutin said practitioners will be formally registered within this week, which will allow more than 3,000 of traditional medics, including renowned researcher Decha Siriphat, to practice legally.

Hopefully they will have a list of these formally registered traditional Thai medical practitioners.Also good to know if they will be able to do online sales? 

[Rhys]

...what no experts or technical innovations from abroad?

[Fex Bluse]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

These companies are also obliged to transfer their technology in the production of marijuana-based medicines, he added.

They seem to be trying the China model but they lack any strengths the Chinese have.

The Chinese are far more clever and the Chinese market is far more lucrative.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reiterated on Wednesday that no foreign companies will be allowed to use Thai nominees to invest in the production of marijuana locally.

 

Has that dashed the hopes of Philip Morris International?????

[FarFlungFalang]

4 hours ago, Rhys said:

...what no experts or technical innovations from abroad?

One word "Youtube".

 

[FarFlungFalang]

4 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

They seem to be trying the China model but they lack any strengths the Chinese have.

The Chinese are far more clever and the Chinese market is far more lucrative.

I think the Chinese invented clever.They also use they plant for a lot more than just medicine so copying the China model would be a step in the right direction.

[VocalNeal]

10 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul reiterated on Wednesday that no foreign companies will be allowed to use Thai nominees to invest in the production of marijuana locally.

 

Has that dashed the hopes of Philip Morris International?????

But not the Tobbaco Monopoly?

[justin case]

let us not use the decades of experience in how to grow it correctly from those pesky farangs

 

we thais will do better and make new inventions for cancer, aids, hiv, hangover, dengue ?