Cannabis controls to be tightened
published : 10 Oct 2024 at 10:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin
The Public Health Ministry will issue a new regulation to tighten control of the production, import, export, sale and possession of cannabis and hemp extracts.
The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) said on Wednesday the cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle the draft of the regulation.
The draft, proposed by the Public Health Ministry, will be submitted to the Council of State for scrutiny.
The regulation will lay down the criteria for applying for, granting and renewing licences and licence fees for the production, import, export, sale and possession of cannabis and hemp extracts for medical, commercial, industrial purposes, scientific research, as well as for anti-drug operations.
When it takes effect, those who are not granted the licence to engage in those activities will be liable to a jail term of up to five years and/or a fine of up to 500,000 baht.
On Monday, the ONCB secretary-general met British Ambassador Mark Gooding to discuss measures to tackle the smuggling of cannabis from Thailand to the UK.
The ambassador said more than 200 smugglers from Thailand have been arrested in the UK so far this year.
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- ambassador: a senior official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country there - ทูต
- cabinet: the group of government ministers who make and approve government policy - คณะรัฐมนตรี
- criteria: a standard that is used for judging something or for making a decision about something - บรรทัดฐาน
- draft: something, e.g., a written proposal for changes to the constitution, a law, etc. that may be changed before it is finished - ร่างกฎหมาย
- engage in: to take part in a particular activity - เกี่ยวข้อง มีส่วนร่วม
- fine: an amount of money that you have to pay because you have broken the law - ค่าปรับ
- in principle: in general terms without knowing the details or whether something is really possible - โดยหลัก
- licence: an official document that gives someone permission to do or use something - ใบอนุญาต
- narcotics: illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine or crystal methamphetamine - ยาเสพย์ติด
- regulation: an official rule that controls the way that things are done - กฎระเบียบ
- scrutiny: careful examination of someone or something - การใคร่ครวญอย่างละเอียด
- secretary-general (noun): the person who is in charge of the department that deals with the running of a large international or political organisation - เลขาธิการ, เลขาธิการใหญ่
- smuggle: to take drugs, money, people, etc. to or from a place secretly and often illegally - ลักลอบนำเข้า
- smuggler: a person who takes things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally - ผู้ลักลอบขนสินค้าหรือคนหรือสัตว์เข้าและออกจากประเทศอย่างผิด
- tighten (verb): to make something tighter, more fixed and secure or stricter - ทำให้แน่น, ทำให้เข้มงวดยิ่งขึ้น, ทำให้แน่นหรือตึงขึ้น, ผูกให้แน่น,
