Does foreigners are allowed to grow cannabis ?

[fredbe]

Hi there, according to the law, does foreigners are allowed to grow cannabis ? If yes, how many trees we can have for personal use only ? If no, are we allowed to grow CBD strain and how many trees maximum ?

 

Cheers

[digbeth]

The law's a bit of a grey area at the moment, there are no cannabis law to control how it is sold, grown etc.

only that the law that criminalize possession and use is no longer in effect

[LOWERCASEGUY]

When Thailand removed cannabis from the narcotics list (except for extracts with a THC content of 0.2%) it more or less made cannabis possession as legal as somtam.  
 

However, we already know what the government is thinking when they eventually pass cannabis laws to put some restrictions on the plant based on the recent bill that was presented to parliament which was rejected for not doing enough to maintain cannabis for medicinal purposes only.  
 

Individuals will be allowed to grow a specific number of plants.  The numbers in proposals have ranged from 6 to 15 plants (the first draft of the law said 6 and the second draft said 15 - some MPs cited the increase as one of the reasons they voted to send the bill back).  
 

But the wrench that is likely to be thrown into the works is that on the individual level, only the land owner can register the grow.  
 

Since foreigners cannot own land, they cannot register their grows themselves.  

 

However, in reality, the police simply don’t have the resources to figure out if someone is growing a small number or plants for personal use.  

 

There are well over a million people already registered to grow for personal use and that number will keep growing (no pun intended) so it’s not like if a cop sees a plant he’s going to bother himself checking who is and isn’t registered.  
 

Also, it seems likely that the offense would not be a drug related offense, rather a failure to register type of offense, just like how smoking cannabis in public is a public nuisance offense, not a drug related offense.   
 

Bottom Line:   If you want to grow for personal use and you have a significant other, have them register the grow.  If you don’t have a SO, grow at your own risk or get your landlord to register.  
 

As far as growing CBD, there is no such thing as a CBD only strain.  All strains with high CBD will also contain some THC since THC and CBD are only two of the many canabanoids found in a cannabis plant.  
 

The proposed laws don’t seem to make a distinction between high and low THC strains and primarily focus on the entire cannabis plant.  
 

It seems unlikely that the Thai government will distinguish between the two for growing purposes as it would be practically* impossible for local police to test the THC ratios in growing plants.  

* Yes, it would be possible, the technology exists, but it wouldn’t be practical from a cost and manpower perspective.  What would be the point of such a costly investigation to charge someone with a minor infraction?  It would be like assigning a team of detectives and forensic investigators to track down someone that was caught on a traffic cam crossing the road illegally.  

[sometime]

Just read this

Can foreigners grow cannabis at home in Thailand?

No – not unless they hold Thai citizenship.

To successfully register to grow cannabis at home via the ‘Plook Gan’ application, budding bud farmers must enter their Thai citizenship number.

A certain news paper contacted the Ministry of Public Health through their ‘Hemp Hotline’ to clarify the facts.

The ministry said, “foreigners cannot grow cannabis at home in Thailand without Thai citizenship.”

[Pinot]

As far as I can tell, there are no restrictions on anything at the moment. Farangs growing, number of plants you can grow, who can sell it...nothing. It's wide open

[Stocky]

The law says only Thai citizens over the age of 20 can grow cannabis.

[wildpuppet72]

Foreigners not allowed to grow..

[SenorTashi]

On 10/8/2022 at 7:22 PM, Pinot said:

there are no restrictions on anything at the moment. Farangs growing, number of plants you can grow, who can sell it...nothing. It's wide open

it's always been like that, but if you get caught, that's a different story. ????

[jvs]

3 minutes ago, SenorTashi said:

it's always been like that, but if you get caught, that's a different story. ????

No problem if you have a Thai partner.

[SenorTashi]

2 minutes ago, jvs said:

No problem if you have a Thai partner.

I think you missed the point

[MrMuddle]

22 hours ago, jvs said:

No problem if you have a Thai partner.

No problem if you have a Thai partner who has registered to grow.

[Neeranam]

On 10/5/2022 at 5:29 PM, sometime said:

Can foreigners grow cannabis at home in Thailand?

No – not unless they hold Thai citizenship.

Then they are not foreigners ????

[bassep]

any ideas on if a foreigner can set up a grow farm for commercial selling. It would be in the Thai wifes name.

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 10/18/2022 at 2:03 PM, bassep said:

any ideas on if a foreigner can set up a grow farm for commercial selling. It would be in the Thai wifes name.

You can if it is in the wifey's name but you can't own it or the licenses to grow or sell. 

[jvs]

Just wondering what the penalty might be if you do grow

weed being a foreigner?

All legal but you are not allowed to grow it because you are not Thai.

The courts would probably not take a case like this?

Maybe just a fine but on what grounds?And how much?