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Health system prepares for rising Covid cases

Health and administrative officials nationwide have been told to prepare for rising numbers of Covid-19 cases.

Bangkok Post

'Sell premium' - Thailand discourages discounts, wants high value tourists

Thailand's hotels, businesses and private hospitals should refrain from offering big discounts to lure tourists and focus instead on raising the country's value as a premium travel destination, government ministers said on Monday.

Reuters

Anutin has Covid, misses cabinet meeting

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul tested positive for Covid-19 on returning from meetings in France and Switzerland and was unable to attend the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

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Anutin has Covid, absent from cabinet meeting

Bangkok Post

Calling on the red shirts: Pheu Thai needs you to beat the dope vote!

The Pheu Thai Party has welcomed former red-shirt stalwart Nattawut Saikuar back to the fold, hoping his oratorical skills will help win support in the Northeast that has been tapped by the Bhumjaithai Party, political scientists say.

Bangkok Post

Thailand rushes to rein in cannabis use a week after decriminalisation

Thailand hastily issued a raft of new regulations for cannabis use this week after a long-planned decriminalisation raised alarm at the potential for unchecked use of the substance anywhere and by anyone - including children.

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This week: Covid rule relaxation, goodbye TM 6, adults only weed and OnlyFans porn 'stain'

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Ganja now listed as controlled herbal remedy

Cannabis has been listed as a controlled herb under the Traditional Medicine Wisdom Protection and Promotion Act to prevent its abuse, especially among youngsters.

Bangkok Post

Govt restricts cannabis use to adults after complaints

The government has issued new rules to limit access to marijuana and hemp to people at least 20 years of age, after the decriminalisation of cannabis since June 9 sparked many complaints.

Bangkok Post

Anutin: Most Covid controls to be lifted

The Public Health Ministry expects the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration to lift nearly all Covid-19 restrictions nationwide, meaning the virtual full-scale resumption of business and other activities including entertainment.

Bangkok Post

Poor 'renegades'

Re: "Pheu Thai 'renegades' face chop", (BP, June 5).

Bangkok Post

Anutin defends pot decriminalisation

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has defended the decriminalisation of cannabis following the death of a man who suffered heart failure after taking what was described by Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt as an overdose, saying the issue should not be politicised.

Bangkok Post

Weed 'cons' overlooked

After years of audacious campaigning, cannabis advocacy groups finally achieved their goal of having marijuana delisted from the narcotics list -- paving the way for medical users to reap the benefits of the plant.

Bangkok Post

Four admitted to Bangkok hospitals after using cannabis, one dies

After the decriminalisation of cannabis on June 9, four men were admitted to hospitals in Bangkok for treatment after cannabis overdose, one of whom later died of heart failure.

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Anutin: Cannabis decriminalisation a success

Public Health Minister Anutin Charvirakul on Tuesday declared the decriminalisation of cannabis a good policy with campaigns in place to ensure its proper use, as a senator warned of the need for proper legislation against its recreational use by young people.

Bangkok Post

Cannabis worries outlined

Cannabis use should be limited to medical purposes only, the chief of the Department of Medical Services said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Prayut quashes talk of reshuffle

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday assured there won't be a cabinet reshuffle while a deputy minister faces legal action over forest encroachment.

Bangkok Post

New parties riding high on innovations

Buri Ram, the self-proclaimed capital of the Bhumjaithai Party, was on a high last Friday, albeit not from cannabis, but from the historic achievement of liberalising the use of the plant, condemned as a narcotic for eight decades.

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The Independent UK

Plant giveaway promotes Thailand's medical marijuana sector

Thailand’s health minister has kicked off a marijuana giveaway, handing out the first 100 seedlings of a planned distribution of 1 million plants a day after the country legalized cultivation and possession of the drug

Reuters

Thailand starts million-plant cannabis giveaway, but discourages getting high

Thailand launched a campaign to give away 1 million free cannabis plants on Friday, a day after decriminalising its growth for commercial purposes, but discouraged people from getting high and warned they could still fall foul of the law.

Bangkok Post

Kingdom decriminalises ganja

More than 150,000 people registered to cultivate cannabis with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday as the decriminalisation of the plant took effect.

Benzinga

Thailand Decriminalizes Marijuana Amid Warnings Not To Get Carried Away And Become 'Non-Productive'

Thailand became the first South-East Asian country to decriminalize marijuana on Thursday, reported CNN Travel.

The Independent UK

Thailand decriminalizes marijuana, but not the strong stuff

Marijuana cultivation and possession in Thailand has been decriminalized

ABC News

Thailand removes cannabis from narcotics list, decriminalises growing plants at home

As Thailand becomes the first country in Asia to take marijuana off its list of banned substances, its Health Minister is promoting cannabis by unconventional means.

Bangkok Post

Anutin: Time to 'move on', declare Covid-19 endemic

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday declared his ministry's determination to "move on", to downgrade Covid-19 to an endemic disease and allow people to return to a normal life, but did not give a definite time frame.

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