Taiwan warns against importing marijuana-laced products from Thailand

[webfact]

Cannabis-derived products in Thailand.  (CNA photo)

 

People bringing in cannabis goods legal in Thailand but banned in Taiwan face tough punishment

By Huang Tzu-ti, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

 

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — People in Taiwan are cautioned against importing goods containing cannabis from Thailand, the first Southeast Asian country to have legalized the plant.

 

Taiwan Customs has seized many parcels from Thailand found to have been laced with marijuana recently, from cosmetics, snacks, to ointments. This follows the legalization of the use of hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) in Thailand’s foods and cosmetics in February 2021.

 

Businesses in the country have jumped on the bandwagon by introducing cannabis-derived products, spanning beverages, essential oils, candles, among others. 

 

 

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[mtls2005]

So much for their brilliant export plan.

 

 

I don't think they can export even to cannabis-forward countries? Maybe Canada, probably not the U.S. as it is still illegal there at the federal level.

 

 

So domestic markets only.

 

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Taiwan Customs has seized many parcels from Thailand found to have been laced with marijuana recently, from cosmetics, snacks, to ointments. This follows the legalization of the use of hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) in Thailand’s foods and cosmetics in February 2021.

Something Thailand never thought of... you can produce it, process it but it doesn't mean you can freely export it.

[vandeventer]

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

So much for their brilliant export plan.

 

 

I don't think they can export even to cannabis-forward countries? Maybe Canada, probably not the U.S. as it is still illegal there at the federal level.

 

 

So domestic markets only.

 

 

Soon they will be putting cannabis in everything like they do with sugar.

[connda]

Products laced with Ayutthaya No-High? Leaves don't get anyone high.  They're decoration and a marketing gimmick at best.

Funny to see other Asian countries which are even more insane and paranoid about cannabis then Thailand.  Thailand now seems like a Liberal Paradise when in comes to cannabis.

[Gilligan In Drag]

Completely hyperbolic/hysterical/idiotic. Taiwan and the media source that wrote up this propaganda/misinformation piece up are  just willfully ignoring the reality that marijuana is a drug and hemp products do not contain a psychoactive drug.

 

I don't follow it all that much, but it seems I've read there is much in non-psychoactive CBD oils that is incredibly benefical for numerous ailments and is relatively non-toxic compared with pharma industry treatments. So I would guess thats what this is actually about, protecting someones drug profiteering in the pharma industry.

 

Hemp was used for centuries to make paper, rope etc, this is not by any stretch new or revelatory information yet here we are with such things being called products "laced" with marijuana.

Edited February 7, 2022 by Gilligan In Drag

[connda]

7 minutes ago, Gilligan In Drag said:

Completely hyperbolic/hysterical/idiotic. Taiwan and the media source that wrote up this propaganda/misinformation piece up are  just willfully ignoring the reality that marijuana is a drug and hemp products do not contain a psychoactive drug.

 

I don't follow it all that much, but it seems I've read there is much in non-psychoactive CBD oils that is incredibly benefical for numerous ailments and is relatively non-toxic compared with pharma industry treatments. So I would guess thats what this is actually about, protecting someones drug profiteering in the pharma industry.

 

Hemp was used for centuries to make paper, rope etc, this is not by any stretch new or revelatory information yet here we are with such things being called products "laced" with marijuana.

But but but - hemp rope contributed to the sinking of the Titanic don't ya know!!!  It's all documented right here: