Kratom plants ‘legal to grow’ from Aug 24

Kratom, the plant formerly listed as a narcotic, should be legal to grow from Aug 24, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Thursday.

He said passage of the Kratom Plant Bill was almost complete and barring any constitutional objections, should be enacted by the time the plant’s delisting as a narcotic takes effect on Aug 24.

Kratom was declassified in May as an illegal drug from a list under the amended Narcotics Act.

Mr Somsak said the new version of the Act was published in the Royal Gazetteon Wednesday prior to it taking effect on Aug 24.

Meanwhile, the ministry is pushing the Kratom Plant Bill to facilitate cultivation of the plant and its use after becomes legal.

“I must warn that kratom is still considered illegal, so I ask people to wait a little longer before trying to grow it.

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