Can you get a Thai cannabis prescription online?

What the rules fix, what they leave open, and what to check.

As of 2026 | Last reviewed August 2026

The short answer

As of August 2026, Thai law does not say whether a cannabis consultation may take place online. The Ministry of Public Health's controlled-herb notification is silent on teleconsultation, so nothing in it authorises a purely remote route and nothing in it plainly forbids one. What the rules do fix is everything around that gap: the prescription must be on form PT33, the purchase happens in person at a licensed dispensary, and the dispensary must keep your prescription on file. Plan on consulting a practitioner in Thailand.

What the rule says, and what it leaves out

This is the rare question where the honest answer is that the law has not answered it. The Ministry of Public Health's controlled-herb notification of 2025 sets out who may prescribe, on what form, and how each dispensing is recorded. It does not address consultations held by video call, chat, or email. Writing on the notification in September 2025, the Thai law firm Tilleke and Gibbins put it plainly: the notification does not mention teleconsultations or online prescriptions.

Silence is not permission, and it is not prohibition either. It means there is no rule to point at in either direction, which is why you will find confident answers in both directions from people who have not read one.

That same firm's reading of what the rules intend is that a prescribing doctor should be working in a clinic or hospital and should issue a paper prescription, and that a casual online consultation with the form returned over a social media platform or by email would not comply. That is an interpretation rather than a stated rule. It is worth weight because it comes from people who read the notification professionally, and because it points the same way as everything on this page that is settled.

What is settled

The form is fixed

The prescription must be on form PT33. No other document, letter, or card takes its place at the counter.

The purchase is in person

Thai law prohibits selling cannabis flower through electronic channels and prohibits delivery. However the consultation happens, the dispensing does not happen online.

Thirty days per prescription

The intended duration of use stated on the form cannot exceed 30 days per prescription.

The dispensary keeps the record

Dispensaries must retain every prescription for at least a year and produce it immediately on request. Your prescription becomes part of a record that is inspected.

A remote consultation and a form bought online are not the same thing

The two get argued about as one question, and they are separate. A consultation held remotely by a practitioner who actually assesses you sits in the gap the law has left open. A prescription form sold with no consultation at all sits nowhere near that gap, and it is not an unsettled question at all.

In June 2026 the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine said it would pursue legal action over forged PT33 forms, working with police, and named cannabis shops, healthcare facilities and medical professionals alongside individuals. Its deputy director-general, Dr Thewan Thaneerat, said forged forms were being sold for recreational use to people who had received no medical examination or consultation. That is a forged document, not a shortcut through an unclear rule, and the person holding it is the one holding it.

Your questions, answered

Is a cannabis consultation by video call allowed in Thailand?

The law does not say. The controlled-herb notification of 2025 sets out who may prescribe, on what form, and how dispensing is recorded, and it does not address consultations held by video call, chat, or email. That silence cuts both ways: there is no rule permitting a purely remote route and no rule plainly forbidding one. Anyone who tells you the question is settled is telling you more than the law does.

Can I get a PT33 before I arrive in Thailand?

There is no reliable route. The prescription is issued by a practitioner licensed in Thailand, on a Thai form, and the dispensary has to see it and keep it. Treat the consultation as something you do after you land, and build it into your plans rather than assuming it can be handled in advance.

Does a prescription or medical cannabis card from my own country work here?

No. What a Thai dispensary must see is a prescription on form PT33 issued by a practitioner licensed in Thailand. A prescription, patient card, or doctor's letter from another country is not that document, however genuine it is at home.

What is the difference between a remote consultation and a prescription bought online?

They get treated as one question and they are not. A consultation held remotely by a practitioner who actually assesses you sits in the gap the law has left open. A form sold to you with no consultation at all sits nowhere near that gap. In June 2026 the regulator said it would pursue legal action over forged PT33 forms, naming shops, healthcare facilities and practitioners as well as individuals, after finding forms sold to people who had received no medical examination.

If I am given a digital PT33, what should I check?

Start with the consultation rather than the file format. Were you actually assessed by a practitioner, and can you identify that practitioner and the facility they work from? A document that arrives with no examination behind it is the problem, whatever it looks like. Guidance from Thai legal practitioners reads the rules as expecting a prescriber working in a clinic or hospital and issuing on paper, so a purely digital form is worth questioning before you rely on it.

I have a prescription now. Can I order cannabis online and have it delivered?

No. Thai law prohibits selling cannabis flower through electronic channels and prohibits delivery, and that part is not ambiguous. The prescription changes what may be dispensed to you in person at a licensed dispensary. It does not open an online channel.

Why do sources disagree about this?

Because the notification is silent, so each source fills the gap with its own reading, and some of the sources answering the question also sell the service being described. Prefer sources that quote the rule and tell you where it stops, and treat a confident yes or no with no citation as an opinion.

Official sources

The rules described in this guide are based on these primary references:

Practices and prohibitions under the Controlled Herb (Cannabis) Announcement B.E. 2568 (2025), official guidance published by Thailand's Government Public Relations Department (in Thai). The announcement was published in the Royal Gazette on 25 June 2025 and has been in force since 26 June 2025.

Division of Medical Cannabis, Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, the regulator's official portal for current rules, licensing, and announcements (in Thai).

The legal reading quoted above is from Tilleke and Gibbins on the 2025 controlled-herb controls, published 4 September 2025, and the enforcement action is reported by Khaosod English, 27 June 2026. Neither is a government source, and both are named here so you can weigh them yourself.

Laws change faster than websites, and this page describes a question Thai law has not yet answered. Treat it as orientation, and confirm the current position with a licensed practitioner or official Thai sources before you rely on it.

This guide presents general education about how cannabis prescriptions work in Thailand. It is not legal or medical advice, it does not advertise or offer cannabis flower for sale, and no products can be viewed or purchased through this site. We do not arrange, obtain, or supply prescriptions, and we do not recommend any consultation service. Consult a doctor or licensed practitioner before using any cannabis product. Thai cannabis regulations change frequently; rules stated here reflect our understanding as of August 2026.

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