The Latest Breaking News from Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine

Weed bounty may go to pot

Chuvit Kamolvisit's latest controversial revelations that cast a further shadow over the government's cannabis liberalisation policy engineered by the Bhumjaithai Party should serve as a warning over the monitoring of such dispensaries, which have mushroomed in number after the government removed cannabis from the Category 5 list of narcotics in…

Bangkok Post · Mar 6, 2023

Search of ganja shop at Chuvit's hotel 'routine inspection'

The chief of the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has denied any unfair treatment in the search of a cannabis shop at a hotel owned by crime whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit.

Bangkok Post · Feb 28, 2023

List of top herbs eyed for export

The Public Health Ministry has unveiled its list of so-called "herbal champions", but cannabis, hemp and kratom have been omitted, according to the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.

Bangkok Post · Jan 11, 2023