Bangkok Post
Penalty guidelines set for cannabis business offences
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The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has issued new penalty guidelines imposing licence suspensions or revocation on cannabis businesses that fail to file required reports or otherwise violate the rules.
Key facts
- The enforcement guidelines, developed under the Ministry of Public Health’s Controlled Herbal Product (Cannabis) BE 2568 notification, set penalties for licensed operators engaged in research, export, sale or processing of cannabis for
- Under the rules, operators may face a 30‑day licence suspension for failing to maintain or submit the PorThor 27 form, which reports the source of cannabis and quantities held in stock, and the PorThor 28 form, which records how cannabis
- Operators face longer suspensions of up to 90 days if they
- sell cannabis without the PorThor 33 form, a doctor‑issued prescription required for every legal sale.
Summary
The enforcement guidelines, developed under the Ministry of Public Health’s Controlled Herbal Product (Cannabis) BE 2568 notification, set penalties for licensed operators engaged in research, export, sale or processing of cannabis for commercial purposes, department deputy director‑general Dr Thewan Thaneerat said on Monday.
The guidelines ere intended to provide a uniform framework for both enforcement officials and cannabis businesses, he said.