Chiang Mai university becomes first Asean nation to grow own breed of cannabis

By The Nation

 

 

The Maejo University in Chiang Mai province has been successful in developing the first industrial grade Thai-breed medical cannabis, making Thailand the first country in Asean to develop its own breed of medical cannabis, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday (September 21).

 

Anutin made the revelation during his visit to the university’s Natural Agriculture Research and Development Centre.

 

“This project is a collaboration between Maejo University, the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation [GPO], and the Department of Medical Services since June,” he said. “We expect to deliver 2.4 tonnes of dried cannabis to the GPO to produce cannabis-based drugs by February next year.”

 

Anutin said Maejo University has been working on developing outdoor growing techniques using organic materials and pesticides that can be adapted to community enterprise operations in the future.

 

“We aim to perfect a technique where a household can grow six cannabis plants in their yard and use them safely for medical purpose,” he said.

“Maejo’s breed is strong and of high quality that contains both cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol, two natural compounds that have medical benefits in the preferred quantity.”

 

 

Meanwhile, Prof Dr Anat Tancho, director of Natural Agriculture Research and Development Centre, revealed that Maejo University is an upstream manufacturer of medical cannabis that focuses on creating a suitable growing environment to improve the breeding and overall quality of medical cannabis.

 

“We follow the standards of IFOAM [International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements] and USDA [United States Department of Agriculture] organic standard,” he said. “Moreover, since marijuana is still a narcotic plant, we also strictly adhere to the GSP [Good Security Practices] to ensure full compliance with the law.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376553

 

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Well done. Does anybody remember that CM hotel in 1974 which had Peacocks addicted to opium? I cant remember its name.

Some one needs to show them how to head the plant, thin stalk,  please give me a work permit, happily grow full bodied plants, too early to see if male or female plants in photo, 

no doubt there are many expats  here who could qualify to grow some good weed. 

Now if they can only grow coca ....

They need a good trade name for their hybrid like Maejo Monster or Chiang Mai Red.

 

thailand reinventing the wheel one strain at a time. 

2 hours ago, leeneeds said:

Some one needs to show them how to head the plant, thin stalk,

I thought that, very leggy, probably not enough light.

Ha... Ha... a bunch of chronically overwatered sticks that look pale and sickly, in way to big a pot.....  2.5 tons by Feb they will be lucky to even get to a harvist..  

That don't look like good pot to me.

2 hours ago, leeneeds said:

Some one needs to show them how to head the plant, thin stalk,  please give me a work permit, happily grow full bodied plants, too early to see if male or female plants in photo, 

no doubt there are many expats  here who could qualify to grow some good weed. 

Sativa genus looks skinnier than indica. These plant looks like freshly planted so were probably crowded in a nursery. Also if you cut the top you will get a greater number of smaller flower but the yield will be comparable. Like they say up to you! 

Edited September 22, 20196 yr by Tayaout

they should try to cross it with pineapple and create "siam pineapple" or just name it "pineapple express".

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Chiang Mai university becomes first Asean nation to grow own breed of cannabis

Who writes these titles?

Can't they just buy from 'Royal Queen seeds' like everyone else and clone them?

YESSSSS, we are the first !

"Oh, Buddha, please ... just get me through the next ten minutes ... " 

If they think they are the first nation to grow their new breed of cannabis they are well mistaken.

Here in Canada we have so many new strands of cannabis that was made here in Canada.

 

   Canadians sure know about Cannabis growing especially in British Colombia ,,,

 

   

Nice to see an increasing number of academic and gov't entities getting on board with their acceptance of the importance of cannabis research and the development of methods to make safe cannabis available to more and more people who could benefit from it. Personally, I think virtually everyone can find some benefit from it, but who am I to say? 

 

As for the state of the plants shown, it's been pointed out that they are primarily a sativa=based strain and will tend to be a bit lanky at the beginning of their growth. Those ones seem to be stretching somewhat to find more light, but it's hard to say without a closer look, I'd love to see these plants again a month or two from now. That would give a mush better idea of how they'll likely do.  

 

Thailand's long quest to be the "hub" of something positive could truly be realized if they continue to encourage research and production of medical cannabis (products).  

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Chiang Mai university becomes first Asean nation to grow own breed of cannabis

Who writes these titles?

Indeed, I was going to post, "I didn't know Chiang Mai University was a nation?" ????

3 minutes ago, high plane drifter said:

If they think they are the first nation to grow their new breed of cannabis they are well mistaken.

Here in Canada we have so many new strands of cannabis that was made here in Canada.

 

   Canadians sure know about Cannabis growing especially in British Colombia ,,,

 

   

They said ASEAN nation. What they probably means is they are the first one to legally (in the last 60 years) rediscover a plant that has been used for over 12,000 years.

4 hours ago, leeneeds said:

Some one needs to show them how to head the plant, thin stalk,  please give me a work permit, happily grow full bodied plants, too early to see if male or female plants in photo, 

no doubt there are many expats  here who could qualify to grow some good weed. 

There have been Americans behind this for the last 3 years. Typically they hardly ever show the foreign experts in their photos.

 

Edited September 23, 20196 yr by Estrada

So Chiang Mai university is a nation now? Anybody managed to get a visa to "Chiang Mai university". I hope they don't have TM 30 in that nation.

So, the Chiang Mai University is a nation ? Who's writing such a <deleted>?

The big news here is that Chiangmai university is its own nation!

"Rock and roll and the munchies..."

That's why the students smile so much when I pass them ...

7 hours ago, webfact said:

industrial grade -Thai breed

Say what ? sounds like some sort of floor cleaner. 

they have succeeded in adding new meaning to the term, hashtag

 

say #mju and get the jest.  I wonder if it has caught on with instagram as yet?

3 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Sativa genus looks skinnier than indica. These plant looks like freshly planted so were probably crowded in a nursery. Also if you cut the top you will get a greater number of smaller flower but the yield will be comparable. Like they say up to you! 

Sativa or Indica - those plants are too spindly. Definitely not enough light. As for pruning the top, normal practice now is to do it twice. Then you get four huge colas and far more flower than from unpruned plants. I could tell you more but it's harvest time here on my little island. haha

7 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Chiang Mai university becomes first Asean nation ...

 

Not that often that a university becomes a nation.

 

 

6 minutes ago, 0815 said:

That's why the students smile so much when I pass them ...

If you want to believe that's the reason, knock yourself out.