Khairy to assess potential of marijuana for medical use

Added on 22 August 2022

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THAILAND, Bangkok: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is on a four-day working visit to Thailand to assess the potential use of cannabis and ketum for medical purposes and the legal framework for its medical use.

The Health Ministry said the working visit, which started on Monday (Aug 22), was at the invitation of Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul.

Khairy is scheduled to pay a visit to the Government Pharmaceutical Office (GPO) on Monday where he will be briefed about the medical cannabis policy in Thailand, including the practices, cultivation methods and research and the use of cannabis and ketum for health purposes.

Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise cannabis and use it for medicinal purposes.

"The bilateral visit represents an ideal platform for the health ministry to understand the advances in international research and findings to support the clinical use of cannabis."