Cannabis flowers proposed to be classified as controlled herb to prevent abuse

[snoop1130]

 

The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has proposed to classify cannabis flowers as a controlled herb, to prevent misuse and curb recreational use following the decriminalisation of the plant, and pending deliberation of the Cannabis and Hemp Bill in parliament.

 

The department’s director-general Dr. Yongyut Thammawut said today that Senator Kamnoon Sidhisamarn, in his Facebook post, proposed the use of the law to control the possession of cannabis flowers, to prevent them from being abused for recreational purpose while there is no specific law to control the possession and use of cannabis flowers.

 

He said that the department will draft an announcement to place cannabis flowers under the traditional medicine protection and promotion law, expected to be completed in 3-5 days, after which it will be sent to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for approval and announced in the Royal Gazette for enforcement.

 

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[Bday Prang]

There's always somebody trying to spoil things, there's quite a few of then who would ban alcohol tomorrow too given the chance

[tomacht8]

What a mess.

It is clear that much is legally unclear.

[anterian]

So in simple language what does a ''controlled herb'' designation mean?

[garyk]

Here we go boys and girls, and the scam keeps flowering...

[fondue zoo]

It was nice while it lasted.. what was it, 6 days?

[RichardColeman]

We're renaming you Mr, Ganga , Mr. Parsley, so watch out  !

[vepope]

39 minutes ago, anterian said:

So in simple language what does a ''controlled herb'' designation mean?

just a alcohol, this dik only wants big corporation to be allowed to grow and sell...

What else ? do you think he has any interest in public health ? no, this is not where his money is invested...

 

 

 

[bendejo]

Any way you slice it, if a person in brown clothing sees a foreigner with anything related to this stuff money will be required to change hands.

You pay now.

[Baron Samedi]

Legalization of weed in Thailand :

 

[khunjeff]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said that the department will draft an announcement to place cannabis flowers under the traditional medicine protection and promotion law, expected to be completed in 3-5 days, after which it will be sent to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for approval and announced in the Royal Gazette for enforcement.

So it took months of debate and votes and actions by the Cabinet and legislature to un-restrict cannabis, but one person in one ministry can re-restrict it with no discussion? 

[GeorgeCross]

9 hours ago, bendejo said:

Any way you slice it, if a person in brown clothing sees a foreigner with anything related to this stuff money will be required to change hands.

You pay now.

yeah right.. you talk 'my lawyer' mr policeman..

[Tropposurfer]

Generally speaking there's little point in smoking the leaves which grow along the stalks of the plant away form the flower buds of cannabis if you wanna get high. It's the flowers and their surrounding calyx that contain concentrations worth seeking when smoking 'Marry Jane'.

Leaves immediately underneath the buds have slightly higher THC content than the larger 'sun leaves' but still not very potent at all unless you're talking a truly wicked strains of dope.

All decriminalisation will do is encourage people to smoke and increase the risk of cancer.

[BritManToo]

16 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

All decriminalisation will do is encourage people to smoke and increase the risk of cancer.

Cancer is from smoking tobacco, no study has ever revealed a link between smoking cannabis and cancer.

 

I prefer to smoke this ......... one I grew earlier.

[redwood1]

Well anyone growing plants will need to just throw those nasty buds in the trash and keep the leaves........lol..........Sure this will happen...

[bendejo]

31 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

Well anyone growing plants will need to just throw those nasty buds in the trash and keep the leaves........lol..........Sure this will happen...

Contact me, I'll come over and haul them away for you.  Just don't tell your BiB BiL.

 

 

[sead]

Guess who invested in those companies that will be approved to control cannabis well it ain't us. 

[RocketDog]

1 hour ago, Tropposurfer said:

Generally speaking there's little point in smoking the leaves which grow along the stalks of the plant away form the flower buds of cannabis if you wanna get high. It's the flowers and their surrounding calyx that contain concentrations worth seeking when smoking 'Marry Jane'.

Leaves immediately underneath the buds have slightly higher THC content than the larger 'sun leaves' but still not very potent at all unless you're talking a truly wicked strains of dope.

All decriminalisation will do is encourage people to smoke and increase the risk of cancer.

Agreed. But it's the trichomes (white crystal looking stuff) that contains the THC.

Water seiving is a way to concentrate these. A web search will reveal the simple technique, and wouldn't technically be an extract because no solvent is used.

[DaiHard]

15 hours ago, anterian said:

So in simple language what does a ''controlled herb'' designation mean?

It means that only his dapartment can sell it

[PETERTHEEATER]

6 hours ago, khunjeff said:

So it took months of debate and votes and actions by the Cabinet and legislature to un-restrict cannabis, but one person in one ministry can re-restrict it with no discussion? 

It is a proposal in a BookFace post......

[Dogmatix]

This department is under Anutin and he has to sign the ministerial order being drafted by this character.  It is not clear that Anutin has ordered him to do it, as he didn't mention anything about putting the flowers under the control of this department. Of course he might be planning to do it to head off a backlash. Or maybe it is a rogue move by a publicity seeker in his minstry that Anutin will ignore and hopefully sidetrack the proposer. 

[jonclark]

7 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

Generally speaking there's little point in smoking the leaves which grow along the stalks of the plant away form the flower buds of cannabis if you wanna get high. It's the flowers and their surrounding calyx that contain concentrations worth seeking when smoking 'Marry Jane'.

Leaves immediately underneath the buds have slightly higher THC content than the larger 'sun leaves' but still not very potent at all unless you're talking a truly wicked strains of dope.

All decriminalisation will do is encourage people to smoke and increase the risk of cancer.

What about edibles... cookies a s the like do those give you cancer??

 

As long as tobacco, alcohol and toxic air pollution are readily available and are by far the biggest  causes that precipitate early on set cancer, using the allegations that were should be banned as it causes cancer is a non starter. 

 

Ban alcohol, ban tobacco and ban all the causes of air pollution. Once the big cancer causing agents are dealt with..th n we can look at weed. Let's have a level playing field. 

[mahtin]

If you grow a plant, surely the development of flowers is an inevitable step in the growth process.

 

Or must all females be destroyed?

 

[earlinclaifornia]

22 minutes ago, mahtin said:

If you grow a plant, surely the development of flowers is an inevitable step in the growth process.

 

Or must all females be destroyed?

 

Exact opposite!

 

[daveAustin]

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has proposed to classify cannabis flowers as a controlled herb, to prevent misuse and curb recreational use

Oh, go and boil your head. Let people have some fun in their life and do something useful why don’t you, such as plant some more weed or change roles and sort out the burgeoned soi dog problem. 

[jonclark]

How will classifying flowers as a controlled herb help. They are currently giving out seedlings by the hundreds of thousand. And who follows the law in Thailand. I see multiple driving infractions on a daily basis often with policemen waving them through. Politicians building on national parks, endemic corruption...but oh lord .....make it a controlled herb and everyone will obey. Lol

[mosan]

18 hours ago, bendejo said:

Any way you slice it, if a person in brown clothing sees a foreigner with anything related to this stuff money will be required to change hands.

You pay now.

That would make it no different than it was back in the early 1970s when I first visited Thailand.  If someone decided to call the BiB because you were smoking weed, either they or the Thai Police would hit you up for a few Baht and that was all...on your way until the next incident.

[Moonlover]

'Dr. Yongyut pointed out that the existing Public Health Act only covers nuisance caused by the smell and smoke from cannabis and does not cover cannabis flowers'.

 

There's a simple answer to that dilemma and they can 'kill two birds with one stone'. Legalize vaping. Users can then smoke their cannabis to their heart's content without creating any nuisance to others.

 

Problem solved.

 

[CALSinCM]

Well, start throwing people back into jail again.

[HappyExpat57]

This will be SOOOO easy to control. SMH