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Hong Kong customs seizes HK$130 million of cannabis in sea shipment of soybeans from Canada

October 9, 2024
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China
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Haul is second seizure involving more than 500kg of cannabis buds this year, department says Hong Kong customs officers have arrested three suspects and confiscated 500kg (1,102lbs) of cannabis buds with an estimated street value of HK$130 million (US$16.7 million)…

Philippines House OKs bill allowing access to medicinal cannabis on 3rd reading

MANILA, Philippines — A bill that gives select patients access to medicinal cannabis has been approved by the House of Representatives on the third and final reading. During the session on Tuesday, 177 lawmakers voted in favor of House Bill…

Thailand to legislate medical marijuana, signals no re-criminalising

Thailand will work towards legislating marijuana for medical use, a deputy prime minister said Tuesday, signalling a U-turn on plans to re-criminalise the plant and another change in the government's hazy position on cannabis. Thailand in 2022 became one of…

Cannabis advocates in Thailand protest a proposal to ban again its general use

BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after marijuana was decriminalized in Thailand, nearly a hundred of its advocates marched to the prime minister’s office Monday to protest a possible ban on general use. A health ministry drug control committee approved Friday…

Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S.

Last summer, New Mexico state special agents inspecting a farm found thousands more cannabis plants than state laws allow. Then on subsequent visits, they made another unexpected discovery: dozens of underfed, shell-shocked Chinese workers. The workers said they had been…

Marijuana was supposed to help Thailand. Why is the country planning to ban it again?

Two years ago, soon after Thailand became the first Asian nation to decriminalize cannabis, Sarunyu Toprasert and three friends joined a rush of pot entrepreneurs and launched the Channel Weed Store. They opened their third location in early May, pouring…

Nepal to legalise marijuana cultivation for medicinal purposes

May 29, 2024
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Nepal will legalise marijuana cultivation and consumption for medicinal purposes, Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun announced on Tuesday while presenting the government’s budget estimates for the 2024-35 fiscal year. Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Pun said that necessary laws…

Thailand Prime Minister Seeks to Criminalize Weed in Reversal

Thailand’s prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, said on Wednesday that he wanted cannabis to be re-listed as a narcotic by the end of the year, a reversal two years after the country became one of the first in Asia to decriminalize marijuana. Mr.…

Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift

April 23, 2024
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Japan’s cannabis market expanded sixfold over four years to ¥24 billion ($154 million) in 2023, a trend that is expected to accelerate with the amendment in December of cannabis laws, market research firm Euromonitor International said in a recent report.…

Thailand to ban recreational cannabis use by year-end, health minister says

February 29, 2024
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Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year but continue to allow its use for medical purposes, the health minister told Reuters in an interview. After Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to…

Two years after legalising it, Thailand set to ban recreational cannabis use

February 6, 2024
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Just two years after it decriminalised its consumption, the government in Thailand has decided to move a bill urgently in the parliament banning the use of recreational cannabis, the country’s health ministry announced on Tuesday. In June 2022, Thailand, under…

Lawmakers want answers from AG about Chinese ties to illicit weed farms

February 4, 2024
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Fifty lawmakers signed a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the Department of Justice asking for more information about the involvement of China in America’s illicit cannabis industry. Fifty members of Congress are requesting that the Department of Justice share information on…

House Republicans Investigating Spread Of Chinese-Backed Marijuana Farms In United States

January 15, 2024
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Top House Republicans are requesting a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Agency on the spread of illegal Chinese-backed marijuana farms across the United States. The letter from House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, Rep.…

Thailand moves to ban recreational cannabis use, 18 months after historic decriminalization

January 10, 2024
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Thailand’s new government is moving ahead to pass new legisalation banning cannabis for recreational use in a major reversal 18 months after the country became the first in Asia to decriminalize the plant. The relaxed laws saw a lucrative cannabis industry catering…

Japan Remains an Outlier as Global Acceptance of Cannabis Grows

December 20, 2023
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For one very particular niche of Japan’s economy, the first Saturday of December marked a black spot on the calendar: It was the first day of the country’s new ban on products – such as gummies, pre-rolled joints and vape cartridges…

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