Thailand plans to make cannabis plant fully usable next year

[webfact]

A customer buys fried cannabis leaves at the "Ganja & Thai Traditional Medicine in the City" fair in Bangkok. - AFP Pic

 

By New Straits Times

 

THAILAND plans to legalise all parts of the cannabis plant next year, making the plant fully usable for commercial purposes.

 

Its Ministry of Public Health said it will push for the legalisation next year and remove all hurdles towards making the plant a commercial crop.

 

Thailand had previously removed stems, roots, leaves and sprigs of cannabis from its banned narcotics list, but kept flowers and buds on it.

 

Full story: https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2021/12/753606/thailand-plans-make-cannabis-plant-fully-usable-next-year

 

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[Airalee]

From the article…

 

“The only exception is cannabidiol (CBD) extracts with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) of more than 0.2 per cent. 

Once the new list comes into effect, all cannabis products such as oil, soap, cosmetics and supplements, which normally have less than 0.2 per cent of THC, can be made and used freely.”

 

Translation….

 

Nobody will be getting high, and the government will be foregoing billions of baht in tax revenues.

[Thailand]

With the forces behind this one hardly a surprise to anyone?

[ezzra]

Very unusual for a strict and guarded country country like Thailand when it comes to all drugs to fully open the market to cannabis use and consumption so easily, this i want to see..

[nobodysfriend]

2 hours ago, Airalee said:

From the article…

 

“The only exception is cannabidiol (CBD) extracts with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) of more than 0.2 per cent. 

Once the new list comes into effect, all cannabis products such as oil, soap, cosmetics and supplements, which normally have less than 0.2 per cent of THC, can be made and used freely.”

 

Translation….

 

Nobody will be getting high, and the government will be foregoing billions of baht in tax revenues.

It will need another , non military government , to legalize it completely .

THC has consciousness enlarging effects and this is not wanted .

I do not smoke , but use it to make a tea , and the effects of it help me to find out what is really important to me , and the little bugging daily problems suddenly appear as what the really are , not important . And solutions can easily be found . It changes the 'point of view ' that you are used to , and that is a good thing .

Your neighbor makes a lot of noise at night ? It makes you angry ? Don't be , let it be , have a tea and you'll sleep good ... just laugh about it .

[wombat]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Very unusual for a strict and guarded country country like Thailand when it comes to all drugs to fully open the market to cannabis use and consumption so easily, this i want to see..

They probably read the success that Portugal has had re: the war on drugs.

 A page was taken from that book and applied.

[Tropicalevo]

"sexual abuse and exploitation of women which are a growing proportion of Thailand’s criminal offences and are often linked or intertwined with drug abuse."

 

From ta previous articles here.

[Rimmer]

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[bobbin]

50 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

"sexual abuse and exploitation of women which are a growing proportion of Thailand’s criminal offences and are often linked or intertwined with drug abuse."

 

From ta previous articles here.

What are you trying to do here? Equate cannabis use with exploitation and abuse of women?

 

Laughable.

[redwood1]

I dont like smoking weed myself.....But come on......Buds have WAY WAY more than  0.2 per cent THC.......So how can buds be legal?......And whos going to be out testing for 0.2 per cent THC everywhere?... 

 

Face it the whole thing is STUPID.......Just make weed legal or illegal 100% and stop this mamby pamby stuff...

[timkeen08]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

It will need another , non military government , to legalize it completely .

THC has consciousness enlarging effects and this is not wanted .

I do not smoke , but use it to make a tea , and the effects of it help me to find out what is really important to me , and the little bugging daily problems suddenly appear as what the really are , not important . And solutions can easily be found . It changes the 'point of view ' that you are used to , and that is a good thing .

Your neighbor makes a lot of noise at night ? It makes you angry ? Don't be , let it be , have a tea and you'll sleep good ... just laugh about it .

Sorry, but I will require a much stronger cup of Tea (hc) then what you are describing or a gallon sized cup at this level of cr@p being authorized. The T:B ratio they are suggesting is not very conducive to my concept for a peace of mind or happiness lifestyle. Maybe for soap or fried leaves. But that is a purpose that could be used on the permit. 555 Marriage with benefits. But we will make sure she's got a box of soap on a looped twig in stock, our trademark with a leaf imprint.

 

Anyone remember the words from a song, "sitten there on that sack o' seeds".

[mtls2005]

anutin was in Nakhon Phanom over the weekend talking up cannabis, again.

 

https://www.newsdirectory3.com/anutin-kick-off-marijuana-on-the-banks-of-the-mekong-river-nakhon-phanom-province-encouraging-the-era-to-generate-income-for-the-community/

 

The 0.2% THC cap on hemp crops and derived products (CBD) is pretty standard; I think the limit in the U.S. is 0.3%? Really just protection against some random cross-pollination.

 

Any THC dominant strains are probably tightly controlled and only used for GPO-sanctioned "oil".

 

No clue why they're putting on these stage shows, sucking gullible farmers into some sort of scheme/trap?

 

 

So for the next twenty-five years or so it will be cannabis leaves for decoration, and hemp-y products (soap, cosmetics).

 

Not sure if the soap is any good, once you get it lit I mean.

 

 

 

 

[connda]

My wife mentioned this a couple of days ago.  My response was, "What's the catch?"

Anyone know?  What's the catch?
 

If there is no catch, if this becomes the next Kratom, then its a economic and societal win for Thailand.  Average citizens can cultivate the crops and benefit economically while societally the Thai prison system cab empty out with the exception of those who are incarcerated for trafficking and hard drugs.  Now if Thailand would just embrace the Portugal model for dealing with hard drugs they could drop their prison population to 15% of what it is today (that was the effect in Portugal), and divert hard drug users to hospitals for rehabilitation.  Then with the increase in economic activity, maybe these former "criminals" can find a decent paying job. Like cultivating cannabis and hemp products for export.

[connda]

"What we have achieved so far is to declare that cannabis stems, roots, leaves and sprigs are not drugs. Starting next year, we'll remove everything — stems, roots, sprigs, leaves, buds, flowers and seeds — from the narcotics list," he said.

So buds, flowers, and seeds are can be harvested by citizen who applies for a permit to grow it. There may still be a "catch" but it seems they are starting down the road of "decriminalization." 

[Airalee]

5 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

It will need another , non military government , to legalize it completely .

THC has consciousness enlarging effects and this is not wanted .

I do not smoke , but use it to make a tea , and the effects of it help me to find out what is really important to me , and the little bugging daily problems suddenly appear as what the really are , not important . And solutions can easily be found . It changes the 'point of view ' that you are used to , and that is a good thing .

Your neighbor makes a lot of noise at night ? It makes you angry ? Don't be , let it be , have a tea and you'll sleep good ... just laugh about it .

I don’t smoke anymore either (or make tea/edibles), but I think that within time (regardless of what kind of government), it will be seen for the potential cash cow that it is.

[BobBKK]

Just legalize it ALL - why cant we have a puff without worrying about BIB knocking on our door?  Harmless! 

[DefaultName]

1 hour ago, connda said:

"What we have achieved so far is to declare that cannabis stems, roots, leaves and sprigs are not drugs. Starting next year, we'll remove everything — stems, roots, sprigs, leaves, buds, flowers and seeds — from the narcotics list," he said.

So buds, flowers, and seeds are can be harvested by citizen who applies for a permit to grow it. There may still be a "catch" but it seems they are starting down the road of "decriminalization." 

Once you've harvested seeds, "pot" plants are easy to grow.

[Airalee]

In the 2020-2021 fiscal year, California collected $817,000,000 (฿27,300,872,000) in tax revenue.

 

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/california-shattered-marijuana-tax-revenue-record-in-latest-fiscal-year-state-reports/
 

And I’d be willing to bet that well over 90% of that was from the sales of high THC buds/edibles and not CBD product related.

[redwood1]

10 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

Once you've harvested seeds, "pot" plants are easy to grow.

 To grow top quality weed takes a lot of skill.....But your right to grow average to ok weed takes hardly any skill at all....Its so easy to grow the price would plummet in a free market......

 

Back in the 70s I use to buy Mexican weed as cheap as 20-25 dollars a ounce........The Mexicans were still making money because they planted HUGE chunks of land with weed....Granted the weed was not the best, but this mass produced weed took very little skill to grow...

Edited December 13, 2021 by redwood1

[cmarshall]

5 hours ago, wombat said:

They probably read the success that Portugal has had re: the war on drugs.

 A page was taken from that book and applied.

But much of the social and crime control benefits from drug policy in Portugal has come from legalizing heroine, hasn't it?

 

[cmarshall]

If they legalize it I hope they promptly release everyone who was incarcerated for violating the laws against it.

[Freddy42OZ]

I went to a large classic car event in Buriram recently and at the event (sponsored by Chang) they were also promoting cannabis in food and drinks. 

This photo was taken at the event (not by me).
 

I don't think it will be long before you can legally buy weed or edibles to get high.


 

[mtls2005]

Buriram is home base for BJT. And of course anutin is BJT and MoPH. BJT ran on fully legalized cannabis. They've never even come close to fulfilling that promise. It's been bait and switch from the get go. Supporters of legal/decrim gave up on this ages ago.

 

Cannabis as most know it, will never be decriminalized or legalized here. Maybe in 25 years, and even then, still a long-shot.

 

 

 

Edited December 13, 2021 by mtls2005

[mtls2005]

Big C, Fresh.

[AwwYesNice1]

7 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Big C, Fresh.

 

They selling all these leaves the buds are going somewhere ?

 

 

[Will B Good]

As someone who smokes about cigarettes 20 a year, I have always thought the biggest danger of smoking ganja is the act of smoking tobacco.

 

[bangkokstick]

I use them fully since 20 years but it's true that more and more Thai also start to use them....

 

 

[bangkokstick]

4 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

As someone who smokes about cigarettes 20 a year, I have always thought the biggest danger of smoking ganja is the act of smoking tobacco.

 

now smart people use vaporizers...

 

 

[bangkokstick]

11 hours ago, ezzra said:

Very unusual for a strict and guarded country country like Thailand when it comes to all drugs to fully open the market to cannabis use and consumption so easily, this i want to see..

We are not in 1980 anymore...

Time to update yourself...

 

 

[bangkokstick]

4 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Just legalize it ALL - why cant we have a puff without worrying about BIB knocking on our door?  Harmless! 

I never worried about anyone, my dealers neither !