Hong Kong to 禁止(する) CBD, label it a 'dangerous 麻薬'

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong will 禁止(する) CBD starting Wednesday, categorizing it as a "dangerous 麻薬" and 委任統治(領)ing 厳しい 刑罰,罰則s for its 密輸するing, 生産/産物 and 所有/入手, customs 当局 発表するd Friday.

支持者s say CBD can 扱う/治療する a 範囲 of 病気s 含むing 苦悩 and that, unlike its more famous cousin THC - which is already 違法な in Hong Kong - CBD doesn´t get 使用者s high. Cannabidiol, derived from the cannabis 工場/植物, was 以前 合法的な in Hong Kong, where 妨げる/法廷,弁護士業s and shops sold 製品s 含む/封じ込めるing it.

But Hong Kong 当局 decided last year to 禁じる the マリファナ-derived 実体 - a change that will soon go into 影響. 居住(者)s were given three months from Oct. 27 to 配置する/処分する/したい気持ちにさせる of their CBD 製品s in special boxes 始める,決める up around the city.

"Starting from February 1, cannabidiol, aka CBD, will be regarded as a dangerous 麻薬 and will be 監督するd and managed by the Dangerous 麻薬s 法令/条例," customs 知能 officer Au-Yeung Ka-lun said at a news 要点説明.

"As of then, 輸送(する)ing CBD for sale, 含むing 輸入する and 輸出(する), 同様に as producing, 所有するing and 消費するing CBD, will be 違法な," Au-Yeung said.

刑罰,罰則s 含む up to life in 刑務所,拘置所 and Hong Kong $5 million ($638,000) in 罰金s for 輸入するing, 輸出(する)ing or producing CBD. 所有/入手 of the 実体 can result in a 宣告,判決 of up to seven years and Hong Kong $1 million ($128,000) in 罰金s.

FILE - An employee adds drops of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol, an essential component of medical marijuana, into a coffee glass at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Se
pt. 13, 2020.Hong Kong will ban cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

FILE - An 従業員 追加するs 減少(する)s of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol, an 必須の 構成要素 of 医療の マリファナ, into a coffee glass at the 設立する Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020.Hong Kong will 禁止(する) cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, 当局 発表するd Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, とじ込み/提出する)

In 発表するing the 禁止(する) last year, the Hong Kong 政府 特記する/引用するd the difficulty of 孤立するing pure CBD from cannabis, the 可能性 of 汚染 with THC during the 生産/産物 過程 and the 親族 緩和する by which CBD can be 変えるd to THC.

"We will 取り組む all 肉親,親類d of dangerous 麻薬s from all angles and all ends, and the 知能-led 施行 活動/戦闘 is our major goal," Chan Kai-売春婦, a divisional 指揮官 with the department's Airport 命令(する), told reporters Friday.

にもかかわらず the 厳しい 刑罰,罰則s 委任統治(領)d, Chan said 当局 would 扱う 施行 on a 事例/患者-by-事例/患者 basis and "捜し出す 合法的な advice from our 司法省 to 決定する what the その上の 活動/戦闘s will be."

Hong Kong 持続するs several 部類s of "dangerous 麻薬s," which 含む "hard 麻薬s" such as ヘロイン and コカイン, 同様に as マリファナ.

Hong Kong's first CBD cafe opened in 2020 and the 禁止(する) will 軍隊 得点する/非難する/20s of 商売/仕事s to 除去する CBD-infused gummies, drinks and other 製品s, or shut 負かす/撃墜する altogether.

The 禁止(する) is in keeping with a 無-寛容 政策 toward 麻薬s in Hong Kong, a 半分-自治権のある southern Chinese 商売/仕事 中心, 同様に as on 本土/大陸 中国, where CBD was banned in 2022.

Chinese 当局 have 行うd 戦う/戦いs against ヘロイン and methamphetamines, 特に in the 南西 国境ing on the 麻薬-producing Golden Triangle 地域 spanning parts of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.

犯罪の 刑罰,罰則s for both sale and usage are also 施行するd for マリファナ. In one of the most high-profile 事例/患者s, Jaycee Chan, the son of Hong Kong 活動/戦闘 星/主役にする Jackie Chan, served a six month 宣告,判決 in 2014-2015 for 許すing people to 消費する マリファナ in his Beijing apartment まっただ中に a 厳重取締 on 違法な 麻薬s in the Chinese 資本/首都.

At the same time, 中国 has been a main source of the precursor 化学製品s used to 製造(する) the dangerous 麻薬 fentanyl, a 貿易(する) often 容易にするd through social マスコミ.

A 豊富な Asian 財政上の 中心 with a 栄えるing 商業の port and major international airport, Hong Kong is a 重要な point of 入ること/参加(者) to 中国 同様に as a market for some 麻薬s, 特に コカイン. Police have recently 掴むd hundreds of キログラムs (続けざまに猛撃するs) of the 麻薬 価値(がある) tens of millions of dollars, some of it hidden in a 出荷/船積み of chicken feet from Brazil.

Most Asian nations 持続する strict 麻薬 法律s and 施行する 厳しい 刑罰,罰則s for violators, 含むing the 死刑, with the exception of Thailand, which made it 合法的な to cultivate and 所有する マリファナ last year.

審議 over CBD 政策 continues in many countries and 地域s.

The U.S. Food and 麻薬 行政 said Thursday there's not enough 証拠 about CBD to 確認する that it´s 安全な for 消費 in foods or as a dietary 補足(する). It called on 議会 to create new 支配するs for the 大規模な and growing market.

マリファナ-derived 製品s have become ますます popular in lotions, tinctures and foods, while their 合法的な status has been murky in the U.S., where several 明言する/公表するs have 合法化するd or decriminalized 実体s that remain 違法な federally.

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News assistant Caroline Chen 与える/捧げるd to this 報告(する)/憶測 from Beijing.

FILE - Coffee, biscuits, green tea and chocolate mooncake that contain cannabidiol, or CBD, a substance from the cannabis plant, are displayed at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020.Hong Kong will ban cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, authorities announced Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

FILE - Coffee, 薄焼きパン/素焼陶器s, green tea and chocolate mooncake that 含む/封じ込める cannabidiol, or CBD, a 実体 from the cannabis 工場/植物, are 陳列する,発揮するd at the 設立する Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020.Hong Kong will 禁止(する) cannabidiol or CBD from the beginning of next month, 当局 発表するd Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, とじ込み/提出する)

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