Euphoria-inducing flowers and shoots will be excluded from the planned regulation allowing use of most parts of cannabis and hemp plants for food, textiles and cosmetics.
The government plans to allow use of most parts of cannabis and hemp plants in cosmetics and food, the permanent secretary for health said on Wednesday.
Kiattiphum Wongrajit said the Narcotics Control Committee resolved on Tuesday to exclude the leaves, branches, stems, trunks, bark, fibre and roots of cannabis and hemp from the government’s narcotics list.
This would not include shoots, including flowers, which have high drug content.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would draft a new public health regulation to this effect. The public health minister would then approve it and the new regulation would take effect when the Royal…
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