Thailand’s Public Health Minister has proposed farmers be allowed to grow cannabis plants under a joint scheme with the state. Anutin Charnvirakul, who is also deputy prime minister, said he has signed a draft regulation on allowing farmers to grow cannabis. The regulation will be examined by the Council of State and then submitted to the cabinet for consideration. The proposed regulation seeks to allow individual farmers to gain permission to grow cannabis plants for medical purposes. The farming will also have to be a joint scheme with an authorised state agency, he said. Permission to grow cannabis will be reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration in Thailand According to Mr Anutin, it

A pregnant mum suffering from the same extreme morning sickness as Kate Middleton claims she has cured her chronic vomiting by - smoking cannabis. Credit: SWNS A pregnant mum suffering from the same extreme morning sickness as Kate Middleton claims she has eased her chronic vomiting - by smoking cannabis. Sammy Warnes, 30, said her hyperemesis gravidarum was so bad when she was ten weeks pregnant with daughter Arabella, now three, she considered an abortion. Strong medication from her doctor didn't work, so she turned to cannabis, having a puff or two on a joint until the symptoms disappeared at 25 weeks. She turned to Cannabis In the past, the mother tried prescription medication. "One of t

Adelaide woman Jenny Hallam has avoided a conviction for supplying medicinal cannabis. An Adelaide woman who admitted to drug offences after supplying medicinal cannabis to help people suffering from chronic pain and other ailments has been spared a conviction. Jenny Hallam's home at Hillier, in Adelaide's north, was raided by police in January 2017, after she had been producing the product for two years. District Judge Raul Soulio on Thursday spared her a conviction, saying she was motivated by compassion and not greed. Outside court, Hallam said her situation was reflective of an urgent need for legislative reform around the production of medicinal cannabis. "Let people live," she said. "S

Photo: It is possible doctors are taking a cautious approach to prescribing medicinal cannabis. (ABC Wide Bay: Kallee Buchanan) Related Story: Would legalising marijuana in the NT boost tourism or is it just a pipe dream? Related Story: Medicinal cannabis facility a goer in Victoria with hopes it'll deter patients from black market Related Story: Canadian cannabis deal struck in the Northern Territory The first Territory patient to ever fill a script for medical cannabis in the NT has now been approved, NT Health has confirmed. Key points: Three months ago, no NT patients had filled a script for medical cannabis in the Territory New figures show one patient has now received a prescription Ca

LIFECHANGING TREATMENT: Emilee Mulready suffers less seizures and has a new lease on life now that she takes cannabis oil to treat her epilepsy. Picture: Anthony Brady Cannabis oil has given Emilee Mulready a new lease on life. The 17-year-old suffers from a rare form of epilepsy - lennox-gastaut syndrome. The syndrome is characterised by multiple different types of seizures, particularly tonic (stiffening) and atonic (drop) seizures. Her grandmother Heather Mulready said Emilee's quality of life before she began taking cannabis oil was poor, as she was suffering up to 10 seizures a day. "She was having 10 - sometimes more, sometimes less - but on average 10 seizures a day," Mrs Mulready sai