Customs: Marijuana imports/exports will be handled just like any other product - but beware!

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The customs department of Thailand held a press conference in the wake of the liberalization on marijuana and hemp products last month.

 

They wanted to put the record straight for producers and users of weed how customs are treating the issue.

 

The strongest message from spokesman Chaiyuth Khamkhun yesterday was that importers must conform to all requirements that will be followed to the letter.

 

Smuggling and misrepresenting goods are serious offences that can carry ten year custodial sentences. 

 

He pointedly warned casual users from taking the drug out of Thailand, reported Thai Rath. 

 

Customs wouldn't do anything in Thailand but the importation of the drug into other countries remains illegal with some cases facing the death penalty. 

 

The story by Thai Rath also noted a parallel development in which health minister and DPM and the man behind the political push for legalization Anutin Charnvirakul continued to be involved.

 

The media said that the DPM reported an order from the National Tobacco Products Control Board regarding the banning of tobacco products mixed with marijuana and hemp. 

 

The same organization reiterated its opposition to the use of e-cigarettes and vaping devices in Thailand. 

 

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[unblocktheplanet]

To think, a month ago, they used to call it smuggling!

[Dumbfounded]

I can see the tobacco cartel introducing their own brands of pot cigarettes and e-cigs in the near future,  and when they're ready it will become legal to do so

 

[Enzian]

So how do all the buds imported from California-and it looks like a lot-actually get here? Do the importers just declare it at Customs on the way in? Do the pay duty? Do the airlines know this? Where is this explained? I have no personal or financial interest, just very curious.

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The story by Thai Rath also noted a parallel development in which health minister and DPM and the man behind the political push for legalization Anutin Charnvirakul continued to be involved.

More from the back seat now as things get messy.

[HaoleBoy]

Is it legal to buy / import good cannabis seeds from Spain or Holland or US?

[Smithson]

7 hours ago, Enzian said:

So how do all the buds imported from California-and it looks like a lot-actually get here? Do the importers just declare it at Customs on the way in? Do the pay duty? Do the airlines know this? Where is this explained? I have no personal or financial interest, just very curious.

I doubt very much they were imported. Grown here under lights

[kevc]

You can't advertise alcohol but you can advertise weed....amazing.

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, kevc said:

You can't advertise alcohol but you can advertise weed....amazing.

Haha, yes, a little slanted.