Before deciding on proposed costs to recriminalise plants, Simsak requests more input.
PUBLISHED: 7 Does 2024 at 18: 27
Before making a final decision regarding the future of cannabis, recently appointed health secretary Somsak Thepsuthin claims he needs to listen to the person’s thoughts first.
Mr. Somsak said it was crucial to hear people’s opinions before deciding whether to reinstate hemp as a controlled substance in a final decision regarding plans to recriminalise it under a new law during his first national working day at the Ministry of Public Health.
Mr Somsak’s father, Dr Cholnan Srikaew, had been pushing for strong legislation to curb the recreational use of cannabis, which has skyrocketed since decriminalisation in June 2022. He had created a bill that evidently outlawed certain types of use as well as the approved medical uses for the herb.
Followers of liberalization warned that a move like this could halt efforts to promote hemp as a profitable crop and put thousands of cannabis shops and farms out of business.
Because everyone should n’t plant a narcotic-like plant, according to Mr. Somsak, authorities need to seriously consider the scope of cannabis applications. He claimed that it should not be consumed in a way that annoys non-cannabis users.
” We do need to get a , right option, which would not take longer. But it may not need to go to a level of common hearings”, he said without elaborating.
Previous justice minister and staunch supporter of Thaksin Shinawatra, Mr. Somsak, was rewarded in the most recent cabinet change with the perceived Grade-A ministry’s Ministry of Public Health for facilitating the former prime minister’s return and treatment.
Mr. Somsak was welcomed on his first day in the business by 100 public health officials led by Dr. Opas Kankawinpong, who is also the everlasting secretary.
Cannabis is no longer a narcotic plant, aside from the higher THC content of over 0.2 % of the psychotropic compound. However, without appropriate legislation and police, use for recreational purposes is also common in the absence of proper regulation and enforcement, despite the liberalization intended to promote its employ for medical purposes.
In order to stop illegal employ, especially among children and young people, many organizations have been lobbying to reinstate cannabis on the narcotics list.
Mr. Somsak had recently endorsed re-listing marijuana as a drug.