Legal Measures for Developing Cannabis Products for Safe Consumption

Abstract

The purposes of this research article were 1) to study and analyze the laws of Thailand concerning all related cannabis plants for analyzing and comparing with relevant academic data; 2) to analyze cannabis plants, review the effects of cannabis on the body and mental state including various health conditions, especially the amount of delta-9-THC contained in cannabis that affected the body and mind. Problems and obstacles of adoption and usage control, especially in the dimension of Thai law compared to guidelines adopted in foreign countries; and 3) to establish guidelines and legal dimensions to enable the relevant regulatory agencies to regulate the safe production of different types of cannabis plant products. It was a qualitative research by studying Thai and foreign laws on cannabis plant products and small group meetings with experts from a variety of professions, totaling 10 people by purposive sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire. The results of the study revealed that 1) the law on cannabis in Thailand has now been liberalized. It was under control and was a law that promoted the production of quality and safety products for entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry in different ways; 2) cannabis provided benefits in medicine and consumption. If you consumed too much, it can be harmful to the body. In foreign countries, laws have been issued in the form of public law, which was a form of medical and public health law to establish a framework for the cultivation, possession and use of cannabis for household consumption and to take care of the health and safety of consumers and the safety of society; 3) there must be a system and a law to regulate cultivation, processing and distribution and consumption at all stages. There were controls from upstream, midstream and downstream to prevent harm from cannabis products that was an important legal measure which needed to be developed to be very efficient and effective in Thailand as well as to be safe cannabis consumption standards which can reduce the harm from cannabis use.