Thailand sees "kratom" as export crop now that narcotics laws have changed

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

It would have been something unthinkable a few years ago.

 

The justice minister promoting the growing sale and export of kratom, a mild narcotic used to make tea.

 

In fact he was busy locking people up for it in their thousands.

 

Now Somsak Thepsuthin has released many of these people and is expounding the economic value of the plant he previously demonized. 

 

Yesterday Somsak and ministerial aides were at the Narcotics Control Board in Din Daeng, Bangkok, promoting a series of seminars and symposiums that are to be held over the coming months in Songkhla, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Phatthalung and Surat Thani.

 

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It's something that people have been waiting for for 78 years, reported Thai Rath. 

 

It was noted that the crop can become a multi billion baht industry.

 

A famous songwriter set to perform at the seminars has even written a song called "The Day We've been Waiting For" - "Wan Thee Ror Khoi". 

 

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[keith101]

OMG these Thai really like to dream big dont they .

[RandiRona]

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

It was noted that the crop can become a multi billion baht industry

Just billion?? I thought the lowest bar for any Thailand projection start from Trillions!

[Bluespunk]

There may be some road bumps along the way to this latest money making wheeze

 

https://www.statnews.com/2021/08/23/fdas-kratom-ban-would-harm-the-public-and-damage-the-agencys-credibility/

Edited March 11, 2022 by Bluespunk

[Emdog]

Pot shops in my home state of Oregon had signs indicating they also had kratom for sale, and that was during my last visit 3 1/2 years ago...

[ThailandRyan]

Kratom is still illegal to posses in many of the US states as well as other countries, yet some States county by county have different rules, however the Feds have not been able to make it a Schedule 1 drug and so according to US law it is legal.  Many countries have allowed its use while others still do not.

[mtls2005]

Because kratom is unregulated in many countries, export is a possibility.

 

In the U.S. kratom remains legal at the federal level, but is really regulated at the state level. I think it's legal-ish in most states. It's pedaled by the vitamin squads, in powdered capsule format mostly.

 

They'll have to jump through a fair amount of hoops first though.

 

Cannabis remains highly regulated, where legal, and illegal elsewhere, so no export possibilities, except at hempish levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[arick]

Thank god I bought a dozen trees 

[johnmcc6]

i have gone all over the net to learn how to make tea .Nothing Tried chewing it still nothing. For sale now at many intersections  at 50 baht for around 15 leaves. Enough for tea. I sun dried it for two days then put it through A blender. instructions say many things but most say do not boil it just let it steep in hot water. for me No reaction. I was looking to help relax before sleep. But... Nothing??

[Docno]

Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore | News (cnb.gov.sg)
 

Well, I guess I'll be seeing more stories like these... and possibly 5 strokes of the cane

[vandeventer]

4 hours ago, keith101 said:

OMG these Thai really like to dream big dont they .

Kratom sounds really good if you don't mind any of the following.

Glatter says side effects of kratom include seizures, dangerously high blood pressure, damage to liver and kidneys, swelling of the brain, breathing problems, and cardiac arrest 

I guess it's ok as long as you export it??? Also the swelling of the brain may be good for some people.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

In fact he was busy locking people up for it in their thousands.

 

Now Somsak Thepsuthin has released many of these people and is expounding the economic value of the plant he previously demonized. 

How things change when money is needed.

[hotchilli]

24 minutes ago, johnmcc6 said:

i have gone all over the net to learn how to make tea .Nothing Tried chewing it still nothing. For sale now at many intersections  at 50 baht for around 15 leaves. Enough for tea. I sun dried it for two days then put it through A blender. instructions say many things but most say do not boil it just let it steep in hot water. for me No reaction. I was looking to help relax before sleep. But... Nothing??

Try Jameson... works for me.

[AgMech Cowboy]

I'm still waiting to make my fortune from the US allowing the sale of Mary Jane in public shops and the legalization of that lucrative weed.  Good luck with 'kartom'.

[xtrnuno41]

If you read  about why Thailand forbid kratom, you think otherwise.

Only for money, it affected the opium business in Thailand, thats why.

You can read it in Wikipedia 

You can read only 9 countries forbid kratom, now 8 as Thailand starts kratom business.

Even Indonesia (a moslim country !) is trading in kratom ! They have lots of kratom trees over there.

Now Thailand wants to invest, of course too late again.

However there are already Thai making good profits with kratom.

[Henk Langeweg]

Bought some Kratom powder at Shopee, put it in capsules and have 3 a day. I love it ... helps good to stay focussed. Not that I that always want of course ...

[xtrnuno41]

18 minutes ago, Henk Langeweg said:

Bought some Kratom powder at Shopee, put it in capsules and have 3 a day. I love it ... helps good to stay focussed. Not that I that always want of course ...

They say up to 5 grams you will stay focused and more then the focus will slip away.

Up to you what you want

[Dogmatix]

59 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Kratom sounds really good if you don't mind any of the following.

Glatter says side effects of kratom include seizures, dangerously high blood pressure, damage to liver and kidneys, swelling of the brain, breathing problems, and cardiac arrest 

I guess it's ok as long as you export it??? Also the swelling of the brain may be good for some people.

Deaths from kratom use can always be blamed on COVID or dengue fever.

[Henk Langeweg]

11 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:

They say up to 5 grams you will stay focused and more then the focus will slip away.

Up to you what you want

3 Capsules taken in one time is only 1.35gr, including the 'weight' of the capsules.

[RocketDog]

1 hour ago, johnmcc6 said:

i have gone all over the net to learn how to make tea .Nothing Tried chewing it still nothing. For sale now at many intersections  at 50 baht for around 15 leaves. Enough for tea. I sun dried it for two days then put it through A blender. instructions say many things but most say do not boil it just let it steep in hot water. for me No reaction. I was looking to help relax before sleep. But... Nothing??

I got a very mild euphoric/stimulated effect about ten minutes after chewing two green leaves. leaves. Lasted maybe an hour. I chewed four green leaves on another occasion and got the same very mild effect, not stronger. I tried tea with dried leaves with no effect at all.

In any case a few sips of coffee and half a beer have the same effect on me but for longer. Some locals say it should be steeped like sun tea from dried leaves.

 

If it works for anyone then go for it.

Me? I won't bother spending any more time or money on it.

 

As for it turning into a major export item that seems very unlikely to me.

 

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

I'm still waiting to make my fortune from the US allowing the sale of Mary Jane in public shops and the legalization of that lucrative weed.  Good luck with 'kartom'.

And Kratom too!

[zzaa09]

Just another manipulated twist in the highly fabricated and imposed upon War On Some Substances. 

 

Like most everything that is absorbed forced on - repeated often and loud enough, it all becomes real and true. 

[Muzzique]

I checked with my supplier... He has no Kratom.. DAMN...  and I really need a mild sedative fix right now..

 

Have to go back to hot Cocoa and a biscuit

[thailand49]

???? Money talks next Gambling!

[natway09]

Wife's Son boiled hell out of it for an hour, drank 3 glasses every night for 3 weeks,

terribly bitter but no reaction.

Bring on the cannabis

[David T Pike]

4 hours ago, johnmcc6 said:

i have gone all over the net to learn how to make tea .Nothing Tried chewing it still nothing. For sale now at many intersections  at 50 baht for around 15 leaves. Enough for tea. I sun dried it for two days then put it through A blender. instructions say many things but most say do not boil it just let it steep in hot water. for me No reaction. I was looking to help relax before sleep. But... Nothing??

Check this out Bruh!  ????

 

https://superspeciosa.com/kratom/tea/

 

click on "watch on you tube"

 

 

 

Edited March 11, 2022 by David T Pike

[LikeItHot]

Every time I grow two leaves some bugs come eat them. What can I use for a pesticide?

[JimboB4]

This stuff is the cure of the opioid epidemic clearly. 

[ThaiFelix]

11 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Just billion?? I thought the lowest bar for any Thailand projection start from Trillions!

Its a misprint, it should read multi billion baht per hour.

Edited March 11, 2022 by ThaiFelix

[Meat Pie 47]

7 hours ago, arick said:

Thank god I bought a dozen trees 

Yes and I bought an ice maker