Thai govt hemp farms start operations on January 1

[webfact]

Govt hemp farms start operations on January 1

By PIYANUCH THAMNUKASETCHAI, 
KORNKAMOL AKSORNDEJ 
THE NATION

 

 

STARTING ON January 1, government agencies will be allowed to grow hemp in six provinces as a part of ongoing efforts to treat the plant as an economic crop.

Agencies will have to declare how they will use the hemp and present production as well as distribution plans to seek permission. Also, they will have to report their harvest schedules and transport of crops to provincial governors. 

 

Known as Cannabis sativa, hemp contains Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is a psychoactive substance. The varieties allowed for cultivation must have THC levels of no more than 1 per cent of weight when dried. 

 

The government has been planning to legalise the production of hemp for years. In late 2016, the Cabinet approved a plan to let government agencies seek permission to grow, sell and possess hemp.

 

A ministerial regulation to enforce the plan was then promulgated in the Royal Gazette on January 6 this year. The plan will become effective at the start of 2018. 

 

At present, the Public Health Ministry has already approved hemp farms in Chiang Mai’s Mae Wang, Mae Rim, Samoeng and Mae Chaem districts; Chiang Rai’s Thoeng, Wiang Pa Pao and Mae Sai districts; Nan’s Na Mun, Santisuk and Song Kwai districts; Tak’s Phop Phra district; Phetchabun’s Muang, Lom Kao and Khao Kho districts; and Mae Hong Son’s Muang district. 

 

A committee on hemp farming also convened a meeting yesterday to prepare for cultivation. The committee includes representatives from various agencies such as the National Police Office, the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and the Public Health Ministry. 

 

ONCB secretary-general Sirinya Sittichai yesterday said hemp could be used for manufacturing various products such as clothes and bags. 

 

“At this point, we will first focus on the use of hemp fibre,” Sirinya said. “In the future, we will consider using its other benefits.” 

 

He added that hemp could, for example, be useful for the production of food, medicine and cosmetics. 

 

Sirinya said if the controlled farms delivered intended benefits over the next three years, authorities would consider allowing people to grow hemp privately.

 

At present, hemp is considered an illicit drug under Thai law. Any private person found producing, importing, exporting, selling or having the plant with intent to sell faces drug possession charges.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30333877

 

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[Get Real]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Any private person found producing, importing, exporting, selling or having the plant with intent to sell faces drug possession charges.

So, basically if you don´t intend to sell it´s already totally ok to pick an already produced plant, put it in your window but you can not give it water.

[LazySlipper]

Wondering about this progressive move on the junta's part and wondering even more about Mary Jane considering that Canada is legalizing the green stuff in July.

 

Here's a link:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/canada-will-sell-legal-pot-for-dollar777-a-gram/ar-BBGFYuy?li=AAggFp5&ocid=mailsignout

 

Canada is going to go one step further than Thailand

 

So, that said, I really wonder what would happen what would happen to a Canadian citizen, or a tourist who went there prior to coming tho Thailand, if they got caught in a bust over here and had to do a pee test.

 

Would they be charged for possession Thai style?

[JoePai]

          

[Enoon]

 

This sounds as workable as only allowing alcohol in "special circumstances" was during Prohibition.

 

 

Edited December 14, 2017 by Enoon

[Ulic]

It is long overdue that hemp production is brought back into the mainstream. It is time

to start making hemp clothing on an industrial scale and reduce the use of cotton.

Of course we all love cotton but it is a horribly environmentally unfriendly plant.

[marko kok prong]

A very strong fibre, 

[Morch]

5 hours ago, Get Real said:

So, basically if you don´t intend to sell it´s already totally ok to pick an already produced plant, put it in your window but you can not give it water.

 

Sounds like a Pulp Fiction spoof: "It breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and if you're the proprietor of a hemp farm, it's legal to...."

 

 

 

[Srikcir]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

government agencies will be allowed to grow hemp

So another state enterprise - will it become a monopoly like the State Tobacco Monopoly?

[farcanell]

6 hours ago, Ulic said:

It is long overdue that hemp production is brought back into the mainstream. It is time

to start making hemp clothing on an industrial scale and reduce the use of cotton.

Of course we all love cotton but it is a horribly environmentally unfriendly plant.

Whereas marijuana is r e a l l y.     e n v I r o n m e n t a l l y   f r I e n d l y, , , , m a n n 

 

good points... I love em.... but on the negative, large scale agricultural production will undoubtedly lead to a decline in the quality of ingested products. ?

[xtrnuno41]

Yeah when you are rich and in government, you can bend rules. Or you are rich and let government bend it, lobbying they call it.

So they now find a way again to fill their pockets.

What about Kratom? Thai native tree which is banned. Thailand is 1 of the 9 countries in which you cant have kratom.

They forbid it now for many years, as they couldnt make a profit of it ( the rich/government).

Several Asian countries do produce it and sell worldwide. Even Indonesia (moslim) grow and sell. 

But guess it will in future, as they were working on releasing kratom again. But then of course in government way

[ratcatcher]

5 hours ago, Morch said:

 

Sounds like a Pulp Fiction spoof: "It breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and if you're the proprietor of a hemp farm, it's legal to...."

 

I can't see what the fuss is about. A hemp farmer will be growing industrial grade cannabis, unsuitable for smoking and getting high as the THC  content is very low. 

https://www.highthere.com/hemp-vs-cannabis-learn-differences/

[mrfill]

32 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

I can't see what the fuss is about. A hemp farmer will be growing industrial grade cannabis, unsuitable for smoking and getting high as the THC  content is very low. 

https://www.highthere.com/hemp-vs-cannabis-learn-differences/

Indeed. Hemp is widely grown as it requires a lot less maintenance and water than cotton. It also makes a superb textile and high quality paper. After all, it was only made illegal at the behest of Randolph Hearst who controlled the newsprint paper industry in the US and didn't want a cheap alternative to damage his crooked business.

Hemp also used to supply the British navy, in its heyday, with ropes and sails. Without hemp the empire couldn't have been conquered.

[EnlightenedAtheist]

11 hours ago, Ulic said:

It is long overdue that hemp production is brought back into the mainstream. It is time

to start making hemp clothing on an industrial scale and reduce the use of cotton.

Of course we all love cotton but it is a horribly environmentally unfriendly plant.

Research how Uzbekistan forces children and women to work to make those cotton shirts. Those idiots Americans with their puritan war on drugs. Look at the damage they do: from giving a business to Hell's Angels to preventing hemp from being an alternative to cotton. Prohibition has never worked and Thailand should learn from it, but there are "agreements" between the 2 countries. I am tired of those US governments telling the world how things should run when in fact they show from Trump on down that they are incompetent in a lot of ways. Remember 2008? They start wars so that they can sell arms: Jerusalem, Iraq, Vietnam,... Of course, they are innocent. Coincidence that their military industry is so big? NOT!

[ratcatcher]

4 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

Yeah when you are rich and in government, you can bend rules. Or you are rich and let government bend it, lobbying they call it.

So they now find a way again to fill their pockets.

What about Kratom? Thai native tree which is banned. Thailand is 1 of the 9 countries in which you cant have kratom.

They forbid it now for many years, as they couldnt make a profit of it ( the rich/government).

Several Asian countries do produce it and sell worldwide. Even Indonesia (moslim) grow and sell. 

But guess it will in future, as they were working on releasing kratom again. But then of course in government way

Kratom is a drug, hemp isn't.

[wakeupplease]

Watch this space as a full blown version appears UN-noticed and then what will the roads be like?

[mrfill]

6 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

Watch this space as a full blown version appears UN-noticed and then what will the roads be like?

 

Black, with a white broken line down the centre, I imagine.

 

And I suspect if the United Nation noticed it, they would approve.

[xtrnuno41]

On 14-12-2017 at 3:49 PM, ratcatcher said:

Kratom is a drug, hemp isn't.

Kratom isnt, thats why it is allowed everywhere in the world but 9 countries. It's energy boosting or sleeping substance, all depending on quantity to eat.

WHy you think hemp is totally controlled by government? 1 for the money, 2 for the use, as it is a drug. There maybe is another sort cannabis better for drug , but hemp can be used as a drug.   

[ratcatcher]

9 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:

Kratom isnt, thats why it is allowed everywhere in the world but 9 countries. It's energy boosting or sleeping substance, all depending on quantity to eat.

WHy you think hemp is totally controlled by government? 1 for the money, 2 for the use, as it is a drug. There maybe is another sort cannabis better for drug , but hemp can be used as a drug.   

"Kratom is a relatively new drug to the US and Europe. It has been used for many years in Southeast Asia... "

http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/kratom-effects.html

 

"Hemp, on the other hand, is used to describe a Cannabis Sativaplant that contains only trace amounts of THC. Hemp is a high-growing plant, typically bred for industrial uses such as oils and topical ointments, as well as fiber for clothing, construction, and much more...."

https://www.medicaljane.com/2015/01/14/the-differences-between-hemp-and-cannabis/

 

We are discussing the growing of industrial quality hemp, not marijuana for recreational use.

[xtrnuno41]

6 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

"Kratom is a relatively new drug to the US and Europe. It has been used for many years in Southeast Asia... "

http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/kratom-effects.html

 

"Hemp, on the other hand, is used to describe a Cannabis Sativaplant that contains only trace amounts of THC. Hemp is a high-growing plant, typically bred for industrial uses such as oils and topical ointments, as well as fiber for clothing, construction, and much more...."

https://www.medicaljane.com/2015/01/14/the-differences-between-hemp-and-cannabis/

 

We are discussing the growing of industrial quality hemp, not marijuana for recreational use.

Kratom is as old as Thailand and field workers used it to have the energy working on the fields. It is said that using up to 5 grams is boosting and more to feel relaxing without the effect of the other drugs.

Indonesia, moslim country, is growing and selling Kratom, legally. 

THough industrial hemp is lower in THC, you can still use it as a drug. Same effect in Russia where they drink shampoo coz it contains alcohol.  

[ratcatcher]

14 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:

Kratom is as old as Thailand and field workers used it to have the energy working on the fields. It is said that using up to 5 grams is boosting and more to feel relaxing without the effect of the other drugs.

Indonesia, moslim country, is growing and selling Kratom, legally. 

THough industrial hemp is lower in THC, you can still use it as a drug. Same effect in Russia where they drink shampoo coz it contains alcohol.  

[Thian]

On 12/14/2017 at 7:07 AM, LazySlipper said:

Wondering about this progressive move on the junta's part and wondering even more about Mary Jane considering that Canada is legalizing the green stuff in July.

 

Here's a link:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/canada-will-sell-legal-pot-for-dollar777-a-gram/ar-BBGFYuy?li=AAggFp5&ocid=mailsignout

 

Canada is going to go one step further than Thailand

 

So, that said, I really wonder what would happen what would happen to a Canadian citizen, or a tourist who went there prior to coming tho Thailand, if they got caught in a bust over here and had to do a pee test.

 

Would they be charged for possession Thai style?

Nothing new mate, tourists from Holland also better not get tested for marihuana...and also there the government is going to sell it themselves soon to stop the maffia. It's a huge exportproduct now though.

 

If Thailand sells weed in public they might attract a whole new group of tourists...just hang a load of hammocks between the palms at the beaches...oh wait, can't smoke on the beaches anymore. What about smoking pipe or bongs? Maybe they should make an exception for those at the beach?

[wakeupplease]

On 12/14/2017 at 9:07 PM, mrfill said:

 

Black, with a white broken line down the centre, I imagine.

 

And I suspect if the United Nation noticed it, they would approve.

You forgot the red bit