High hopes: Public Health Minister plants seeds for ongoing medical cannabis policy success

[webfact]

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul strongly advocates for the continuation of the current medical cannabis policy under the incoming health ministership. He asserts that, if used correctly, cannabis provides immense benefits to users.

 

This discussion took place at the Public Health Ministry, where he expressed confidence that the new government would not terminate the ‘cannabis for medical treatments’ policy. He also highlighted that the policy is still on the new government’s agenda, as per the leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.

 

Anutin emphasised that any changes to the policy should first be deliberated among government members.

“The best thing we can do is have a law to control cannabis use.”

Anutin proposed that if the new government plans to re-list cannabis as a narcotic, the decision should involve discussions among related agencies, including the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Justice, among others.

 

by Mitch Connor

Anutin Charnvirakul. Photo: Rameshe999. CC BY-SA 4.0

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/outgoing-thai-health-minister-supports-continuing-medical-cannabis-policy

 

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[Tropicalevo]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

the new government would not terminate the ‘cannabis for medical treatments’ policy.

This is the same person who said 'But you still can’t smoke joints, minister says.

[stoner]

thanks anutin. i for one have believed in you for a long time now. keep up the great work. 

[1happykamper]

Medicinal use only. Really? Ya coulda fooled me... Unless all these pot heads here are crazy and this is the medicine they need? Hmmmm... 

[Tom H]

I think 95% of the pot heads use it for fun and not medical reasons.

Wrong?

[Mavideol]

will this clown keep the same position with new government.... tired of seeing his face

[RandolphGB]

Sukhumvit Road looks so much better with all the fold-up tables and hand painted food carts selling cannabis, not to mention the gaudy neon-lit shops with cringe-worthy names controlled by money-laundering drug-pushing boiler-room scamming, gogo bar barrow boys from Britain. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by RandolphGB

[Jiggo]

Quality Pot Head tourists need medical ganja lol.

[gaucan]

9 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

Quality Pot Head tourists need medical ganja lol.

then u can be happy that u have been taken care of

[roietfortress]

17 minutes ago, Tom H said:

I think 95% of the pot heads use it for fun and not medical reasons.

Wrong?

have you examined 95% of potheads to determine the accuracy of your statement?

 

how many have arthritis or glaucoma? how many have PTSD? how many use cannabis to reduce stress or get to sleep? how many are just tired of angry farangs on farang boards?

 

stress is the #3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. most doctors prescribe rest and relaxation for stress. many US doctors in free states prescribe cannabis too.

 

your ideas are from the 1960s.

 

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[BestB]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul strongly advocates for the continuation of the current medical cannabis policy under the incoming health ministership. He asserts that, if used correctly, cannabis provides imm

I never realised there were so many sick people requiring weed shop every 50-100 meters in each direction. Have higher chance to see weed shop before you see 7-11. 
it’s a good thing all the sick people have a “clinic “ readily available on every corner ????

[Irish star]

53 minutes ago, 1happykamper said:

Medicinal use only. Really? Ya coulda fooled me... Unless all these pot heads here are crazy and this is the medicine they need? Hmmmm... 

same as the Alcohol you require , Drunks are madhatters , hmmmmmm

Edited September 1, 2023 by Irish star

[Irish star]

4 minutes ago, BestB said:

I never realised there were so many sick people requiring weed shop every 50-100 meters in each direction. Have higher chance to see weed shop before you see 7-11. 
it’s a good thing all the sick people have a “clinic “ readily available on every corner ????

More places for alcoholics everywhere 

[BestB]

1 minute ago, Irish star said:

More places for alcoholics everywhere 

And?

[Irish star]

23 minutes ago, roietfortress said:

have you examined 95% of potheads to determine the accuracy of your statement?

 

how many have arthritis or glaucoma? how many have PTSD? how many use cannabis to reduce stress or get to sleep? how many are just tired of angry farangs on farang boards?

 

stress is the #3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. most doctors prescribe rest and relaxation for stress. many US doctors in free states prescribe cannabis too.

 

your ideas are from the 1960s.

 

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I have severe insomnia,Ganja Medical  clinic was more interested in my insomnia than my heart attack , the big one near Don Muang 

[Irish star]

Just now, BestB said:

And?

So give up on the ganja statement , what’s your beef with ganja , ya really showing your dinosaur years boomer 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul strongly advocates for the continuation of the current medical cannabis policy under the incoming health ministership. He asserts that, if used correctly, cannabis provides immense benefits to users.

If used properly.. history has shown nothing but mis-use.

[kimamey]

27 minutes ago, roietfortress said:

have you examined 95% of potheads to determine the accuracy of your statement?

 

how many have arthritis or glaucoma? how many have PTSD? how many use cannabis to reduce stress or get to sleep? how many are just tired of angry farangs on farang boards?

 

stress is the #3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. most doctors prescribe rest and relaxation for stress. many US doctors in free states prescribe cannabis too.

 

your ideas are from the 1960s.

 

#

 

 

That's very true. We don't know if there's a medical reason for them smoking cannabis or how many that applies to. But neither do you.

[hotchilli]

Anutin protecting his little project.

[Tropicalevo]

6 minutes ago, Irish star said:

So give up on the ganja statement , what’s your beef with ganja , ya really showing your dinosaur years boomer 

A very strange insult.

'Boomers' were smoking ganja before you were probably born. I suggest that you look up 1960/1970's news reels.

It was quite popular during the Vietnam war.

[wombat]

10 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

A very strange insult.

there is nothing like a weed thread to bring out the dinosaur bigoted trolls

[gjoo888]

1 hour ago, 1happykamper said:

Medicinal use only. Really? Ya coulda fooled me... Unless all these pot heads here are crazy and this is the medicine they need? Hmmmm... 

I'm not much of a pot smoker, but a couple of puffs before bed sure helps me fall asleep faster and sleep longer.

[roietfortress]

29 minutes ago, kimamey said:

That's very true. We don't know if there's a medical reason for them smoking cannabis or how many that applies to. But neither do you.

who said i did? ????

 

it amazes me what people post just to make themselves feel superior....

 

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[JustinCredible]

Make it a Prescription Only drug and ONLY Private Hospitals can dispense it, at 10 times the current cost.

Edited September 1, 2023 by JustinCredible
Additional text.

[Trippy]

3 minutes ago, JustinCredible said:

Make it a Prescription Only drug and ONLY Private Hospitals can dispense it, at 10 times the current cost.

Did someone piss in your cereal this morning? 

[spidermike007]

I dislike this guy, and feel he failed miserably when it came to Covid, the vaccination drive, the choice of the lowest efficacy vaccine on the planet, the highly selective shutdowns, etc. I could go on. But, I think he is on the right side of history when it comes to cannabis. For once, he is right. Like Anutin, the war on drugs has failed, miserably. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by spidermike007

[impulse]

Give me a over-mellowed pothead over an obnoxious drunk, any day of the week.

 

[Dirk Z]

1 hour ago, roietfortress said:

have you examined 95% of potheads to determine the accuracy of your statement?

 

how many have arthritis or glaucoma? how many have PTSD? how many use cannabis to reduce stress or get to sleep? how many are just tired of angry farangs on farang boards?

 

stress is the #3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. most doctors prescribe rest and relaxation for stress. many US doctors in free states prescribe cannabis too.

 

your ideas are from the 1960s.

 

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You obviously did not live through the sixties....

[ThaiFelix]

1 hour ago, roietfortress said:

have you examined 95% of potheads to determine the accuracy of your statement?

 

how many have arthritis or glaucoma? how many have PTSD? how many use cannabis to reduce stress or get to sleep? how many are just tired of angry farangs on farang boards?

 

stress is the #3 killer behind heart disease and cancer. most doctors prescribe rest and relaxation for stress. many US doctors in free states prescribe cannabis too.

 

your ideas are from the 1960s.

 

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No need to check accuracy, he obviously doesnt use, so naturally, just like all the others, he is an expert on the subject.    

 

Source:  "Reefer Madness", Elma Fudd, FBI, {1936).

[IamNoone88]

Needs approval of Min of Interior and Justice first .... And which party controls the Ministry of Interior ....  perhaps Mr Anutin as Interior Minister