Items tagged with thailand
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| Minister signs bill banning recreational use of weed [08.01.2024] | Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew has signed proposed legislation regarding cannabis in Thailand, emphasising that it cannot be used for recreat ... |
| Cannabis loopholes to be closed [20.11.2023] | The Public Health Ministry in Thailand has completed the first draft of the Cannabis-Hemp Act and said it will not reclassify cannabis as a narcotic, ... |
| Weed is now legal in Thailand. How long will the high times last? [10.11.2023] | Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essenti ... |
| Thailand to clamp down on cannabis use in major U-turn on drug policy [22.09.2023] | Thailand’s new prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, has said his government will “rectify” its cannabis policy and limit its use to medical purposes wit ... |
| Thailand’s cannabis lovers face comedown amid legalisation U-turn [09.06.2023] | One year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis, Thailand’s Ganja TV, a Facebook page with 90,000-odd followers, are looking on as rival politicians ... |
| Industry up in smoke? [28.05.2023] | The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by eight prospective parties on forming a coalition government in Thailand could be bad news for advocat ... |
| Thailand’s cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch [08.05.2023] | Nearly a year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis amid promises of an economic bonanza, Thai growers and sellers say they are being undercut by il ... |
| Cannabis issue still causing jitters [03.05.2023] | Since the Thai government legalised cannabis on June 9, 2022 by removing the plant from the list of prohibited narcotics, the tourism sector was expe ... |
| Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame [06.04.2023] | Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been ... |
| Pass cannabis controls now [04.01.2023] | Since December, MPs in Thailand have been working on getting the long-awaited cannabis and hemp control bill to pass its second reading. This push is ... |
| Legal uncertainty dampens Thailand's thriving weed business [18.12.2022] | Thailand legalized the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks on June 9 and removed cannabis from its list of banned narcotics. ... |
| Anutin calls for patience as debate over hemp bill drags on [17.11.2022] | A new announcement categorising flowers or buds of the cannabis plant as "controlled herbs" is a temporary measure to curb the proliferation of recre ... |
| Weed is now legal in Thailand. How long will the high times last? [10.11.2022] | Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essenti ... |
| Govt may legalise recreational use of cannabis in future: Thai Health minister [18.08.2022] | Despite repeated calls by doctors to suspend the decriminalisation of ganja, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hinted at the opposite – furt ... |
| Thailand cannabis: From a war on drugs to weed curries [21.06.2022] | Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty f ... |
| What Thailand’s legalization of marijuana means for Southeast Asia's war on drugs [14.06.2022] | Southeast Asia, a region of 11 countries and some 680 million people, has long been infamous for having the strictest anti-drug laws in the world. Bu ... |
| What about the UN? Coming down off that high [12.06.2022] | Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to delist the cannabis plant from the government's Category 5 narcotics list, following the publicati ... |
| Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use [09.06.2022] | People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nati ... |
| Narcotics Control Board approves delisting of cannabis [25.01.2022] | The Narcotics Control Board meeting has endorsed the Public Health Ministry's latest draft list of narcotic substances, in which all components of ca ... |
| Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation [11.12.2021] | The Ministry of Public Health will next year push for legalisation of all cannabis parts, lifting the last remaining hurdle preventing full use and c ... |
| Decriminalisation of kratom hailed by rights advocates [24.08.2021] | The decriminalisation of kratom, long used as a herbal remedy but which some health regulators around the world have criticised as potentially unsafe ... |
| 8,000 to be cleared after kratom's removal from narcotics list [10.08.2021] | More than 8,000 convicted people and suspects will be cleared of legal charges when kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is removed from the narcotics list on ... |
| Campaign for legal kratom use nears goal [24.06.2021] | After being listed as an illegal narcotic for many decades, Thais will finally be allowed to use and own Mitragyna speciosa, also known as kratom, as ... |
| A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers [16.04.2021] | Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustaina ... |
| Ganja -- a future cash crop? [22.03.2021] | Growing ganja has provided new hope for villagers in Thailand to diversify their income. Since the government legalised the use of cannabis for medic ... |
| House okays bid to legalise consumption of kratom [28.01.2021] | Kratom will soon be removed from the narcotics list and cultivated as a new cash crop, after the House passed an amendment to the 1979 Narcotics Act. ... |
| Why is Asia divided on a green light for medical marijuana? [17.12.2020] | The issue of cannabis legalisation around the world was once again thrust into the spotlight following a vote by the United Nations’ Commission on Na ... |
| Thai cabinet approves draft law expanding access to cannabis [04.08.2020] | Thailand’s Cabinet approved a proposal from the Public Health Ministry that would allow health professionals, farmers and medical patients to grow, p ... |
| Is Southeast Asia's drug trade too big to control? [19.05.2020] | Police in Myanmar this week announced the largest synthetic drug seizure on record in Southeast Asia. Between February and April, security forces sei ... |
| Why is medical marijuana a high ranking priority for Thailand's military? [12.01.2020] | South-East Asia is notorious for its brutal approach to policing drug use and production. But in Thailand change is afoot, as authorities seek to dev ... |
| Thailand rolls out cannabis clinic based on traditional medicine [06.01.2020] | Thailand opened its first full-time clinic specialising in traditional and alternative cannabis-based medicine, as part of a move by the government t ... |
| Human Rights and drug policy [01.01.2020] | The Transnational Institute (TNI) has always believed in the need to find global answers to global problems, been a strong defender of multilateralis ... |
| Cannabis in Thailand: How far will the green gold rush go? [07.11.2019] | Thailand made headlines all over the world last December when it became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize cannabis for medical use and ... |
| Thais allowed six cannabis plants per household under draft law [13.09.2019] | A party in Thailand's ruling coalition has proposed a draft law that would allow Thais to grow a limited amount of cannabis at home, less than a year ... |
| Thailand unveils first batch of medical marijuana for hospital distribution [07.08.2019] | Thailand delivered 4,500 bottles of cannabis oil to treat hospital patients, its first official use of marijuana for medical purposes since a measure ... |
| Cannabis among top priorities for new Thai government [22.07.2019] | Developing a medical cannabis industry is among top policy priorities for Thailand's new government, according to a document released before the form ... |
| Asia emerging as new frontier for Canadian cannabis players [30.05.2019] | As cannabis companies eye expansion in European and South American markets, Asia is poised to be a new frontier for some major Canadian pot players. ... |
| Most people accept medical use of marijuana: Nida Poll [28.05.2019] | An opinion survey found 86% of respondents support the medical use of marijuana and kratom, 39% think authorities can control its use, and 59% want i ... |
| Tens of thousands apply for pot amnesty [23.05.2019] | A total of 31,177 people applied for the medical marijuana amnesty online during the 90-day registration period, which means the number of medical ma ... |
| Medical cannabis moving ahead in Thailand, but who stands to benefit? [14.05.2019] | 25th December of 2018 was a historical day for cannabis enthusiasts in Thailand. The (interim) Parliament voted, 166-to-0, to pass new amendments to ... |
| Thousands register for amnesty [12.05.2019] | Almost 10,000 people have registered with public health agencies to be eligible for the amnesty over marijuana possession, says the Food and Drug Adm ... |
| Doubts on pot use linger over amended drug law [22.02.2019] | Experts are saying that both users and producers of marijuana-based drugs for medical purposes will face numerous restrictions under the amended Narc ... |
| From the Philippines to Indonesia and Afghanistan, Asia’s brutal drug policies have failed [20.02.2019] | The so-called “war on drugs” has persisted without an honest assessment by governments of its effectiveness, nor its impacts, despite UN reports show ... |
| Amnesty underway for users, possessors of cannabis [15.02.2019] | The Drug Committee in Thailand approved three draft legislations for amnesty. If these drafts become law, even possessors of cannabis, who are not pa ... |
| Methamphetamine use in Myanmar, Thailand, and Southern China: assessing practices, reducing harms [15.02.2019] | Over the past decade, methamphetamine use has grown more popular in Myanmar, Thailand and Southern China. Based on in-depth interviews conducted with ... |
| Monopoly of medical cannabis not in public interest: Experts [08.01.2019] | Authorities in Thailand overseeing a flood of patents for medical cannabis must consider the public interest, otherwise a commercial monopoly of the ... |
| Farmers giddy over new medical marijuana law [26.12.2018] | Thai farmers welcomed a new law allowing cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes, in an Asian first that promises an economic bonanza b ... |
| Thailand moves one step closer to legal marijuana [24.11.2018] | Thailand is moving closer to getting medical marijuana legalised, as the bill on the issue has already made headway in the legislative process. The N ... |
| Pot approved for research, medical use [14.11.2018] | The cabinet approved a draft amendment to the 1979 Narcotics Act to legalise cannabis for medical and research purposes in Thailand. However, all use ... |
| Green gold rush: Thailand, Malaysia race to legalise medical marijuana [12.11.2018] | Asia has the toughest penalties against drug use and trafficking but the legal landscape is shifting in several countries where cannabis once deemed ... |
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