Director-general Dr Somlerk Jeungsmarn said the permitted conditions are insomnia, chronic pain, migraine, Parkinson’s disease and anorexia. Patients must present prescriptions from licensed doctors or pharmacists, and cannabis buds can be sold only in licensed shops, reports the Bangkok Post.
Each prescription is valid for up to 30 days of treatment. Sellers are required to source cannabis from certified farms and are barred from online sales, vending machines, or advertising, Dr Somlerk said.
To ensure oversight, authorities have developed the Cannamed Connect platform, which manages applications for prescriptions, distribution, patient use records and the listing of licensed cannabis outlets.
The new digital portal is designed to regulate medical cannabis use under the recently enforced Controlled Herb (Cannabis) Regulation B.E. 2568 (2025) and is a collaboration between DTAM and the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) association.
Dr Somrerk explained that licensed operators are required to log inventory and usage data using official forms (Phor Tor 27 and Phor Tor 28) and submit monthly reports online. Patients must obtain a Phor Tor 33 prescription issued by one of six professional groups: modern medicine doctors, traditional Thai doctors, applied Thai practitioners, Chinese medicine doctors, pharmacists and dentists, plus one additional category of registered folk healers.
So far, 3,693 practitioners across these fields have been trained to issue Phor Tor 33 prescriptions. A telemedicine system is being developed to link prescription and usage data into a centralised database, reducing risks of duplicate prescriptions and tightening oversight.
Dr Somrerk announced partnerships with Inet Co., the CannaMed Connect platform, and private firm iSiam to create the system.