PEOPLE in parts of the North will be able to start farming hemp – legally – from next year.

“The Cabinet has already approved hemp as an economic plant,” Sirinya Sittichai, secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board, said yesterday.

The Thailand Tobacco Monopoly will buy the harvest from growers. The plantation areas are 15 districts in six provinces – Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Phetchabun, Mae Hong Son and Tak.

However, this is just a "first step" in the legalisation process, and for now the plants must contain less than 1 per cent of THC. (The fun stuff.)

Sources:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30302983
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Edited December 29, 20169 yr by ubonjoe

In the news yesterday. No need for another one this topic