Weed for wellness touted
published : 21 Dec 2023 at 07:51
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Poramet Tangsathaporn
Thailand is in need of a "holistic wellness" approach to capitalise on the use of cannabis to boost tourism, according to Dr Kampon Sriwatanakul, chairman of the Thailand National Charter of Health.
"Thailand should apply cannabis using a holistic approach," he said at a seminar during the 4th CISW MedCann Investment Summit 2023 on Wednesday.
Dr Kampon suggested wellness tourism should focus more on physical and mental health as well as spirituality.
Cannabis has a valid use case here because it can be used for both medication and relaxation, he said.
However, he said society needs a better understanding of cannabis because of the risks of abuse and negative effects. As such, it should be prescribed under the supervision of medical experts.
More research should be conducted to make better use of cannabis and hemp to benefit people's health, he added.
Jacky Ong, the founder and president of CISW Holding group and CISW Global Club Thailand, said Thailand can become a hub of holistic wellness.
He said cannabis has many wellness applications due to its beneficial components.
"Cannabis is an herbal plant, not a narcotic drug. We have several reports on cannabis showing the plant has health benefits if used correctly. What we still lack in Thailand is [better] education for people to make the most use of it," he said.
As well as a way to boost tourism, some also tout the plant for generating economic value by drawing foreign investment for cannabis farms and in turn creating jobs.
Vocabulary
- beneficial: helpful or good - มีประโยชน์
- boost: to increase - เพิ่ม
- browse: looking at things in a store casually, may or may not buy something -
- cannabis (noun): marijuana; a drug made from the dried leaves and flowers or resin of the hemp plant, which is smoked or eaten and which gives the user a feeling of being relaxed. Use of the drug is illegal in many countries. - กัญชา
- capitalise on: to use an event or a situation to help you to achieve something or to get an advantage - ใช้ประโยชน์ให้เต็มที่จาก
- component: an individual feature or quality of something - ส่วนประกอบ
- conduct: to do something in an organised way; to carry out — - ลงมือทำ, ดำเนิน, ปฏิบัติ
- herbal: made with herbs, plants normally used as a medicine or for adding flavour to food - สมุนไพร
- holistic (adj): considering a whole thing or being to be more than a collection of parts; (medical) treating the whole person rather than just the symptoms (= effects) of a disease - แบบองค์รวม, การแพทย์แบบพหุลักษณ์
- in turn: one after the other in a particular order; as a result of something in a series of events - ตามลำดับ
- narcotic: an illegal drug such as heroin, cocaine or crystal methamphetamine - ยาเสพย์ติด
- prescribe: to tell somebody to take a particular medicine or have a particular treatment; to write a prescription for a particular medicine, etc - สั่งจ่ายยา
- showcase: (v) to present the good qualities of something in an attractive way -
- spirituality (noun): concern with things of the spirit -
- supervision: the process of making sure that something is being done properly - การควบคุมดูแล การตรวจตรา
- tout: to try to persuade people that somebody/something is important or valuable by praising them/it - พูดคุยอวด
- valid: reasonable and generally accepted - ที่มีเหตุผลพอ
- wellness: healthy; having good health and not likely to become ill/sick - มีสุขภาพดี
