Thailand seeks export markets for medical cannabis
Thailand is seeking ways to enter the global trade for medical cannabis after its production and use has been allowed in the country.
According to The Nation, government officials are currently drafting up a law that would consider medical cannabis as an economic crop, meaning it would be allowed to be exported to other countries. Plans are to address markets throughout Asia, in Europe and the US.
The draft also focuses on the cultivation of cannabis and Thai hemp, with Thai farmers potentially being given access to commercial cannabis seeds to store their own seed stocks.
Producing cannabis in industrial amount
Large areas of Thailand are suitable for cultivation of medical cannabis, which should significantly boost incomes in the agricultural and associated industrial sector, according to studies conducted on the crop, which was legalised last year.
However, Thailand currently has only four cannabis varieties and would need to develop more to support industrial production, industry experts say.
To move forward, cannabis growers have already begun collaborating with the country’s state-run Government Pharmaceutical Organisation on farming projects to grow high-grade medical marijuana and build a network of community producers.
Thailand is seeking ways to enter the global trade for medical cannabis after its production and use has been allowed in the country. According to The Nation, government officials are currently drafting up a law that would consider medical cannabis as an economic crop, meaning it would be allowed to be exported to other countries. Plans are to address markets throughout Asia, in Europe and the US. The draft also focuses on the cultivation of cannabis and Thai hemp, with Thai farmers potentially being given access to commercial cannabis seeds to store their own seed stocks. Producing cannabis in industrial...
Thailand is seeking ways to enter the global trade for medical cannabis after its production and use has been allowed in the country.
According to The Nation, government officials are currently drafting up a law that would consider medical cannabis as an economic crop, meaning it would be allowed to be exported to other countries. Plans are to address markets throughout Asia, in Europe and the US.
The draft also focuses on the cultivation of cannabis and Thai hemp, with Thai farmers potentially being given access to commercial cannabis seeds to store their own seed stocks.
Producing cannabis in industrial amount
Large areas of Thailand are suitable for cultivation of medical cannabis, which should significantly boost incomes in the agricultural and associated industrial sector, according to studies conducted on the crop, which was legalised last year.
However, Thailand currently has only four cannabis varieties and would need to develop more to support industrial production, industry experts say.
To move forward, cannabis growers have already begun collaborating with the country’s state-run Government Pharmaceutical Organisation on farming projects to grow high-grade medical marijuana and build a network of community producers.
