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“Test Kann” THC content test kit in cannabis
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July 2, 2022, 06:35 a.m.
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Even though the government has lifted marijuana, hemp, from being a Category 5 drug effective June 9, 2022, as a result, all parts of marijuana, hemp, are non-narcotic.
However, under the unlock conditions, there are still requirements that many people may not be aware of.
that is marijuana
Unlocked cannabis must contain no more than 0.2% of Tetrahydro cannabinol or THC, any more than this is still a narcotic.
and there are legal penalties
So how do you know if hemp extract is hemp oil?
Or other forms of extracts contain THC in amounts that exceed the legal limit?
The Department of Medical Sciences has developed and produced Cannabis extract and oil testing kit “Test Kann” reads “Test-Kann”
Dr. Supakit Sirilak,
Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences
Provide information to the test kit "Test Kann" that is a test kit (Test kit) developed for entrepreneurs or the general public to use to test cannabis extracts.
or preliminary hemp oil
whether the THC content exceeds 0.2% or not. If the test result exceeds 0.2%, it is said to be positive, the laboratory results must be re-confirmed.
If the laboratory results show that THC content exceeds 0.2%, it is considered a narcotic.
"The Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Public Health
has provided a policy of free cannabis hemp plants for medicine and health.
Not for intoxication or recreation.
It is therefore necessary to measure the amount of THC extracted from cannabis not more than 0.2% to ensure.
It is the origin of the development of such test kits,” said the Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences.
Dr. Supakit also said that
For the development of cannabis assay kits, Test Kann was able to detect tetrahydrocanabinol.
(Tetrahydrocannabinol) or THC in cannabis extract and hemp oil.
The assay was a preliminary test by using immunochromatography technique.
Immunochromatography (IC) is based on the binding principle of antibody and competitive antigen (Competitive immunoassay). The method is convenient, quick, results are known in 15 minutes, it is effective and can be used in the field.
THC at a concentration of 2 milligrams per milliliter (mg/ml) (0.2%), the test result must always have a purple band at position C to be readable.
for interpretation If positive, only 1 magenta bar will appear at position C on the test cassette, this indicates that THC exceeds 0.2% in the test sample. If it is negative, 2 magenta bars will appear at locations C and T on the cassette. test kit (By the way, the color intensity at position T may be darker or lighter than position C.) This indicates that the presence of THC in the test sample does not exceed 0.2%.
Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences
also said that
The laboratory of the Department of Medical Sciences is the country's reference laboratory for medicine and public health.
The main goal is to develop laboratory capabilities for cannabis plant identification, hemp and hemp product quality control, including identification and quantification in cannabis plants, cannabis inflorescences, cannabis extracts, cannabis sublingual pills.
Cannabis-containing foods and cosmetics, hemp, cannabis plasma assays
Including the development of cannabis testing kits is to give people access to cannabis use.
Safe medical cannabis
On the side,
Dr. Pichet Bunyat,
Deputy Director-General, Department of Medical Sciences
provide additional information that
The test kit is a preliminary examination (Screening test) only, and the results cannot be taken for legal proceedings.
For the price of not more than 100 baht per test, which will transfer knowledge of production technology to interested private sectors.
for commercial production
And in this first phase, 15,000 copies will be distributed free of charge to the appropriate persons.
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