Marijuana And Hemp Around The Globe: Spanish Scientists’ THC Detection Method, New Zealand’s Medical Marijuana Exports, Thailand Update & More
Thailand: Cannabis Network Urges Prime Minister To Sign Cannabis Act
The Network for Shaping the Future of Thai Cannabis recently sent a letter to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisinurging urging him to sign the Cannabis Act as soon as possible, writes The Pattaya News.
About two weeks ago Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai (BJT) party leader, Anutin Charnvirakul, confirmed that Thavisin had agreed that proper regulation is a better solution than previously proposed reclassification. It’s still not clear how both medical and recreational cannabis use will be regulated, but the announcement suggests a step back from proposed recriminalization.
According to Shaping the Future, at least three versions of the cannabis bill regulating the industry have passed the House and await the PM’s signature.
Spanish Scientists Develop Quicker Technique For Detecting THC
Researchers from the Affordable and Sustainable Sample Preparation group at the University of Cordoba (UCO) and the GICAPC group at the University of Valencia (UV) managed to simplify the sample processing in cannabis detection technology, writes NewWeed, according to translation.
The main advantages of this new technique are the speed through the reduction of necessary steps for analysis from five to two and the minimal saliva sample. The new method is said to allow for precise THC detection in just a few minutes.
According to Jaime Millán Santiago, a researcher at UCO, the process “involves adding a material capable of extracting analytes in the sample (in this case, tetrahydrocannabinol in saliva) …