Hong Kong Free Press HKFPThe ban involves the addition of CBD to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, joining over 200 substances listed in the ordinance, among them fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, ketamine and methamphetamine. See also: Hong Kong’s zero-tolerance approach to drugs leaves budding CBD industry high and dryWith its criminalisation, the trafficking and manufacturing of CBD will now be subject to a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a HK$5 million fine. Hong Kong began cracking down on CBD sellers in 2021, with over 30,000 CBD products suspected of containing THC seized, the Security Bureau told HKFP last July