Study to look into whether to remove kratom leaves as a narcotic

By THE NATION

 

Kratom leaves

 

The Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsutin are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 27 for a study that could see kratom leaves removed from the list of narcotics, a source revealed on Sunday (December 22).

 

“If the joint study indicates that the leaves should be dismissed from the list, relevant agencies will propose an amendment to the narcotics act B.E. 2522 (1979) in the sections related to kratom leaves,” said the news source. “The amendment, if it comes, is not expected to take a long time”.

 

The Ministry of Justice also ordered the Department of Corrections to provide the exact number of drug offenders sentenced in cases related to kratom leaves with the result that some10,000 prisoners could be acquitted if the leaves are removed from the list.

 

A committee assigned to determine whether kratom leaves qualified as a narcotic held a meeting on December 18 and acknowledged that leaves were treated in different ways according to the culture of the country in which they were grown.

 

“In Indonesia, mitragynine in kratom is specified as a poisonous substance and must be controlled” the source explained. “But the leaves are not illegal or considered as a narcotic. Conversely, the distribution of kratom leaves is against the law.”

 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379747

 

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9 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul and Justice Minister, Somsak Thepsutin are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on December 27 for a study that could see kratom leaves removed from the list of narcotics

No need for a "study", just try it yourselves and realize that almost nothing will happen in fact you'll get a better 'high' with a cup of coffee and certainly more with alcohol.

Geez, studies, memoranda, all the bloated formalisms, while people (usually simple village Somchais) rot in jail for possession of some miniscule amounts of leaf.

 

Just go ahead and legalize it, along with cannabis, and maybe also yaba (as it will be impossible to control anyway) and focus on dealing with seriously dangerous drugs, such as heroin and the new synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.

It is time to make Kratom legal, free up the prison space. Only problem is how do you make up for the lost revenue in fines for Kratom infractions?

Last time I went back to hometown of Portland, Oregon (pot legal, seems as many pot shops as 7/11s) one shop had sign out front saying they also had kratom. Didn't go in and check it out as I left pot and all that behind decades ago....

Make it legal, find another way to extort people

can we smoke it ?

 

21 hours ago, gamesgplayemail said:

can we smoke it ?

 

You can try but 5 mt away from your home. ???? 

On 12/24/2019 at 12:31 PM, gamesgplayemail said:

can we smoke it ?

 

no