Companies could seek approval to grow, process and sell low-THC hemp under a health ministry decision issued on 28 December 2022.[1][2] The decision specified a thirty-day transition after signing.[1] Its permissions covered prescribed dried hemp flower and low-THC medicines, alongside registered consumer products; the narcotics law and Penal Code still awaited alignment.[2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Laos here.
References
- Laos — signed health ministry hemp decision 3789/MOH, 28 December 2022, FAOLEX copySigned date on p. 1; article 37 on p. 17 (30-day transition after signature)archived
- Tilleke & Gibbins — Laos approves hemp-related activities, 17 February 2023Hemp-related activities; prescription products; legal alignment and implementation questionsarchived
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