are u going to ignore the fact that the highland folks were not growing for export hempy ??Most of the early Thai we got Donald was high land how do i know simple it was not what we call narrow leaf Thai sativa it had a more broad leaf to it compared to the low land Thai sativas.
They looked more like an old school Colombian sativa and then after harvest would dry dark brown.
Going by Steve DeAngelo of Harborside chock Thai landed in 83 in the US and for a short period but one guy one opinion.
one needs an understanding of the geography of a country , and some understanding of the people and culture , to make judgments of which products come from where and who was involved in making them , or growing them ..
was this broader leaf cannabis coming to you in the form of a thai stick??
how did it differ from the stuff you call lowland , thin leaf cannabis , was it the presentation , or just how the plants grew from the seed you obtained .. ???