Thai Farmers Will Soon Be Able to Privately Grow Hemp
A new health ministry regulation will soon make it possible for Thai farmers to privately grow 1 rai (around half an acre) of hemp. The hemp could then legally be used in the production of […]
A new health ministry regulation will soon make it possible for Thai farmers to privately grow 1 rai (around half an acre) of hemp. The hemp could then legally be used in the production of […]
Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha recently announced the launch of a website aimed at educating Thai people on medical cannabis. Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize medical cannabis in December 2018. […]
Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical marijuana late last year. But up until recently, it was unclear what role foreigners could play in the medical cannabis industry in Thailand. A new […]
A Mexican court recently ruled that the recreational use of cocaine is legal–for two people. The ruling holds that the two plaintiffs in the case–who are unnamed–should be allowed to possess and use, but not […]
A new law to democratize and decriminalize marijuana has been introduced in Thailand’s legislature. If passed, the law would allow every Thai household to grow up to six cannabis plants for personal, private use. The […]
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has begun distributing its first-ever approved cannabis-infused traditional medicine to hospitals, according to Preecha Nootim, director of Thai Traditional and Integrated Medicine Hospital said the Government. The first cannabis-infused traditional medicine […]
Asian countries have long been known for their draconian drugs laws that sometimes see traffickers given the death penalty and users given unusually long prison sentences–even when it comes to marijuana charges. Now, both laws […]
Illinois recently became the 11th state in the US to fully legalize the use of recreational marijuana. The cannabis legalization bill will take effect on January 1, 2020, and will set up a host of […]
The South Korean government has issued multiple statements reminding its citizens that the laws made in Seoul apply to them everywhere, so nationals who decide to smoke weed in Canada–the second country in the world […]
The Mexico Supreme Court ruled recently that two individuals had the right to use marijuana recreationally. The decision essentially states that a blanket ban on weed is unconstitutional and that individuals have the fundamental right […]
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