TCC Introduces the Cannabis Tree Note™
New opportunities for Thailand’s farmers and global cannabis experts & investors A Cannabis Tree Note™ (CTN) is a Tree Note™ for Cannabis. [1] Tree Note™ A Tree Note™ is a security, like a bond. When you buy a bond that “matures” in (for example) ten years, the seller puts the money to work and pays… Continue reading
COVID: We Survived!
The COVID years were tough on everyone, including Thailand's cannabis industry. Here at TCC, pre-COVID, we had attracted executive talent, potential investors, and sell-through deals based on Thailand's recent (by late 2020) and expected (in 2021 and 2022) progress in issuing regulations and licenses for the commercial production of cannabis (both hemp and marijuana). However,… Continue reading
Now Open: TCC’s 1st Clinic
Bangkok, 28th February 2022 – The Kiriwong Thai Traditional Medicine Clinic and Pharmacy, in Wat Kiriwong located at Bang Maphrao, Lang Suan District, Chumphon 86110, is now licensed, staffed, open Friday through Sunday each week, and accepting new patients. It is the first clinic in the new Thai Traditional Therapies and Treatments Network (4TN). The announcement… Continue reading
The THAI Scenario
New Zealand’s economic analysts have been working overtime to estimate the value of legalizing cannabis to New Zealand’s economy. The AgriBusiness Group estimated the potential retail value of NZ’s medical cannabis at $360 million.NZIER estimated the New Zealand government’s potential cannabis taxes at $490 million.BERL estimated the potential retail value of all cannabis in NZ… Continue reading
Make Australia Stop Killing Aussies
The Australian Government's criminal negligence in the design and administration of its medical cannabis access scheme killed hundreds of older Australians last year. It is killing hundreds more this year. It will continue killing Australians until Australia's voters compel Australia's politicians, bureaucrats, and government agencies to make it easy for every Australian GP to prescribe medical cannabis, every Australian pharmacist to stock it, and every suffering Australian to get it.
“Thailand Twist” Relieves Aussies’ Pain
A new path to medical cannabis — the "Thailand Twist" — may relieve the suffering of millions of Australians with chronic pain. According to a recent report from Deloitte, 3.24 million Australians suffer from chronic pain. In a recent survey of chronic pain sufferers by Pain Australia, 85% indicated that they wanted to explore the… Continue reading
Qualifying Conditions
The medical conditions for which Thai doctors may prescribe medical cannabis.
Fair(er) Trade Options for the Cannabis Market
The report, "Fair(er) Trade Options for the Cannabis Market," was just released today (21st March) by Cannabis Innovate. Its recommendations line up perfectly with those proposed by TCC in its strategic blueprint for Thailand's cannabis industry, "Cannabis: Thinking Big and Moving Fast." TCC will post a Thai translation of this report here when it becomes… Continue reading
The Parable of Thai Maple
Note: "A parable is a short tale that illustrates a universal truth; it is a simple narrative. It sketches a setting, describes an action, and shows the results." Once upon a time, in a world very much like ours, maple trees and their sweet, delicious syrup were globally prohibited just like cannabis. During the century… Continue reading
TCC’s “Brand Activism” Checklist
Today, I found an interesting post on CannaVentures’ blog, entitled “Brand Activism™: Checklist for cannabis brands.” Its suggestions seemed wise, so I walked through its checklist for the Thai Cannabis Corporation, with the results below. Paragraphs in italics are quotes directly from the Brand Activism™ blog post. Key Benefit. Too often, the benefit cannabis brands… Continue reading
How to legalize and start exporting adult-use cannabis
Under international law, Thailand (and any other nation) CAN legalize ganja and ganjong for any use, and trade that ganja and ganjong with other nations, simply by following a new path. Other nations are already exploring this path. By joining them, Thailand will increase its public health and welfare, reduce its illegal drug trade, increase its… Continue reading
Cannabis: the new vanilla
Whether you like or loathe vanilla, you can't deny that it's everywhere and in everything. You might think that it would be great for cannabis to be "the new vanilla." It wouldn't. It would be terrible for North America's cannabis industry, and perhaps even worse for cannabis farmers in developing countries. I will explain this by analogy between cannabis and the "vanilla flavoring" industry.
Mission and Vision
The mission & vision statements of the cannabis industry's leading corporations are amazingly short-sighted. I understand that capitalism works because it harnesses humankind's selfish tendencies to the Greater Good. As Adam Smith wrote so eloquently in 1776: "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our… Continue reading
Cannabis: Thinking Big and Moving Fast (กัญชาและกัญชง: คิดให้ใหญ่และเคลื่อนไหวให้เร็ว)
The Thai Cannabis Corporation respectfully proposes a strategic plan for Thailand's cannabis industry, named: Cannabis: Thinking Big and Moving Fast (also conveniently called the "BigFast Plan"). Executive Summary, in Thai (PDF, 2 pages) Executive Summary, in English (PDF, 2 pages) Complete Plan, in Thai (PDF, 12 pages): กัญชาและกัญชง: คิดให้ใหญ่และเคลื่อนไหวให้เร็ว Complete Plan, in English (PDF, 12 pages)… Continue reading
Global Cannabis Price Collapse
A global collapse in the price of psychoactive cannabis -- a "Global Cannabis Price Collapse" -- is inevitable. Figure 1 (below) shows a typical graph of the revenues forecasted for the USA's psychoactive cannabis industry, 2018-2027 (from data published by BDS Analytics, Marijuana Business Daily, New Frontier Data and New Leaf Data Services). Figure 1: Typical forecast… Continue reading
What is “psychoactive cannabis”?
At least 113 different naturally-occuring chemical compounds classified as "cannabinoids" have been isolated from plants of the species Cannabis sativa L. Many of these affect the functioning of the human brain, which is the textbook definition of "psychoactive." However, when discussing cannabis, the word "psychoactive" tends to be used to describe only one such effect: "getting… Continue reading
Effects of cannabis legalization
I've started to create a presentation on the observed effects, on various metrics, of adult-use cannabis legalization in the first US states to legalize. The resources listed below are proving to be particularly helpful, so I thought that I would share them. If you have any other recent published sources of data & analysis that… Continue reading
“It’s the price, stupid.”
When Bill Clinton was running for the US Presidency against G. H. W. Bush (Dubya's father) in 1992, his campaign's internal mantra was "It's the economy, stupid." This mantra advised his campaign staffers to focus relentlessly on Bush's weakest point, which was a sharp economic recession. The point was not that voters were stupid, but… Continue reading
Why Thailand?
Thailand is uniquely positioned to become the de facto standard platform for the global cannabis industry because only Thailand offers all five of these critical benefits: Legal, Tropical, Strains, Industrialized, Low-cost, and Stable. Legal: Thailand has legalized the production, processing, and export of cannabis for medical purposes (effective in 2019). Tropical: Thailand, being in the… Continue reading
Which ounce would your neighbor buy?
Imagine that your neighbor is standing in a cannabis dispensary, faced with two ounces of top-quality cannabis. Both are award-winning, and they have identical lab reports from the same lab. Would your neighbor buy: The ounce that costs $160; orThe ounce that costs $ 20? Which ounce would your neighbor buy? (Image from http://www.Greenito.com) That… Continue reading
The Commodity Price: 1¢/g ($4.50/pound)
Part 1: The Commodity Price Here's a vignette from Cambodia in 1998: At a typical guesthouse you will almost always find community marijuana lying on the porch table. Scott, an English teacher living at a guesthouse, explains: “Marijuana is so cheap that it doesn’t make sense to be possessive. We just leave some on the… Continue reading
The Adventure Begins…
"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them," said our Mr. Baggins, and stuck one thumb behind his braces [suspenders], and blew out another even bigger smoke-ring. Then he took out his morning letters, and… Continue reading