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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clarified on Thursday that people would be free to grow marijuana and hemp after a directive from the Public Health Ministry takes effect on June 9.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul plans to offer 1 million cannabis plants for free when household cultivation and use of the plant is legalised in June.

'Cannabis Wealth Forum'

"Cannabis" is regarded as among Thailand's potential economic crops, with the goal of increasing revenues and income distribution for both organizations and small households, thereby elevating the country's economy to a greater level.

The Royal Gazette website on Wednesday (February 9) published a Public Health Ministry announcement on the updated Category 5 narcotics list that featured marijuana and hemp.

A meeting of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) approved a proposal to remove cannabis and hemp from the Category 5 narcotics list, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday.

Thailands Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called on cannabis and hemp-based cosmetics manufacturers to register online for approval within three days.

The Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) has urged Thai farmers to grow hemp, cannabis and green chiretta (fah talai jone) using high technology to boost their incomes. The study of kratom would also be conducted with the aim of achieving sales of THB8 billion from exporting these herbs.

Anne Jakkrajutatip, Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of JKN Global Media Plc, is developing food supplements and healthy drinks made from hemp following the Thai government's recent announcement in regulating hemp. JKN will partner with a renowned manufacturer DOD Biotech Plc to produce 10 hemp-based products. 

Thailand’s move to turn cannabis into a cash crop gets underway in earnest on Friday (March 5), with the “360° Cannabis & Hemp for the People" expo in Buriram.

Use of the whole cannabis and hemp plants as food ingredients is prohibited but parts of them are allowed under some conditions, the Ministry of Public Health said in an announcement on food ingredients that are prohibited for sale or import for the safety of consumers.

Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of non-addictive parts of cannabis and hemp plants, hemp seed oil and protein from hemp seed in food products, under certain conditions.