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“HIGH” Standards in Thailand; Regulations to Unlock Cannabis Industry
In driving Thai economic sustainable development forwards, the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand (MOPH) has refined re-emerging health aid. On 14 December 2020, MOPH announced the notification on the specification of controlled narcotic drugs under category 5, B.E.2563 (2020), to remove some parts of cannabis and hemp from category 5 under Narcotics Act B.E.2522 (1979). The following components of cannabis and hemp, as well as a substance derived from those parts, do not constitute narcotics under such regulation:
- Bark, Stalk, Fiber, Branches, and Roots;
- Leaves (excluding cannabis flower and bud);
- Extracts that have tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) not exceeding the capped amount, i.e., 0.2 percent by weight.
- Residue from cannabis extract, which THC is not over 0.2 percent by weight.
- Hemp seed, hemp seed oil, or hemp seed extract.
- Extracts that have THC not exceeding the capped amount, i.e., 0.2 percent by weight, for which permission to extract from cannabis or hemp plants grown in Thailand has been obtained; and
- Extracts from seeds of cannabis or hemp plants grown in Thailand.
- Manufacture, including Cultivation, Modification, and Packaging for Commercial Purposes;
- Import and Export; and
- Sale and Possess.