The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) continues to grow medical-grade Cannabis in greenhouses. and outdoor suitable for Thailand
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) developed medical-grade cannabis cultivation in Greenhouse and Outdoor at Nong Yai District. Chonburi To get a product from a variety of cannabis species that creates important high substances, including dominant CBD kaufen, dominant THC, CBD: THC (1:1), including Thai strains ready to study and develop cultivation methods to suit Thailand Helping patients and the public increase access to medicines from cannabis extracts.
October 8, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at the Government Pharmaceutical Organization. Nong Yai District Chonburi Province Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, presided over the opening ceremony “Medical marijuana cultivation project in greenhouse form (Greenhouse)” with the management of the Ministry of Public Health Executives of the Pharmaceutical Organization Executives in Chonburi province participated in the ceremony.
Mr. Anutin said the government had a policy of support and determination to give patients in need of medical marijuana the right to equal and safe access to treatment. Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes legally. There are three primary forms of medical cannabis products: medicinal products from cannabis extracts, such as main CBD kaufen products, outstanding THC products, THC products: CBD 1: 1 of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization. Thai traditional medicine formula products with mixed cannabis and cannabis oil products, traditional healers.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health further said that the cultivation of medical Cannabis in the form of a medical-grade standardized greenhouse (Greenhouse) to be used for the medical benefits of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization this time encouraged the society to see the importance of bringing Cannabis for legal, medical use Economically and socially worth in the long run which will have to operate with a strong, comprehensive, from cannabis cultivation to raw materials that contain essential substances that meet medical grade standards Free from toxic substances, chemicals, processing, extraction, and pharmaceutical production.
Modern science and technology to help increase efficiency enough to meet the growing demand for medical Cannabis. And reduce the cost per unit to be cheaper, including being used to treat patients under the supervision of a medical professional. As more treatment data is collected for clinical research, hospitals are encouraged to adopt standardized cannabis products to make them more accessible to patients and provide Thailand with standardized academic data. Thailand has its guidelines for medical marijuana as an alternative to cannabis-derived drugs to treat various diseases or conditions.
Dr. Sophon Mekthon, chairman of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), said that the project is now a prototype of the medical cannabis extract project of the Organization. Is in phase 2 to expand production capacity in both cultivation and extraction to a semi-industrial level by expanding the indoor cultivation area by an additional 1,700 square meters with a drip irrigation system under construction and planting system installation. There was a panel of observers from the project to make a merit agreement. Anti-Corruption Organization (Thailand) joins the observation and has expanded the production capacity of preliminary extracts. It can support the production of about 800 kg of extract per year. Approximately 8,000 liters of CBD kaufen extract can be produced at the Pharmaceutical Chemicals Department. Pharmaceutical Organization, Khlong 10, Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province.
In addition, a Greenhouse has been built with the installation of 4 more planting systems technology, three systems that create different growing conditions. and planted outdoors (Outdoor) on the area of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization Nong Yai District Chonburi to study and develop cultivation methods as well as the development of medical cannabis strains that provide high levels of active substances and are suitable for cultivation in Thailand and will be able to reduce the cost of producing cannabis inflorescences in the future.
