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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…

Malaysia aims to learn from Thailand in push for medical use of cannabis

August 18, 2022
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Malaysia plans to learn from the cannabis policy of neighbouring Thailand in its effort to legalise use of the drug for medical purposes, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, in a country where possession can bring the death penalty…

Indonesian court rejects call to legalise medicinal marijuana

Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a judicial review of the country's narcotics law that would have paved the way for legalising marijuana for medicinal use. Three mothers of children with cerebral palsy backed by civil society organisations filed a…

Taiwan lowers jail time for growing marijuana for personal use

April 19, 2022
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The Legislative Yuan on Tuesday passed an amendment that reduces the minimum prison sentence for growing marijuana for personal use from five years to one year and lowered the fine from NT$5 million (US$170,000) to NT$1 million. Before the change…

Lebanon Passes Legislation Legalizing Medical Marijuana Cultivation As Economy Struggles Amid Coronavirus Fallout

April 22, 2020
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The Lebanese parliament on Tuesday passed legislation to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, a move that was recommended by economic advisers even before the coronavirus pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the Mediterranean nation's struggling economy. Under…

Is Thailand the next big marijuana market?

August 19, 2019
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In East and Southeast Asia, democracies and dictatorships alike have long skewed toward severe penalties for marijuana users. Thailand, a key ally in America's global war on drugs, has been no exception. But the perception of cannabis has begun to…

Thailand set to deliver first batch of medical marijuana

August 1, 2019
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Thailand plans to distribute about 10,000 bottles of cannabis oil next week for hospital patients, a government official said on Thursday, the first official use of medical marijuana since a law legalizing it came into effect this year. The Government…

Medical Marijuana Takes Over Asia Despite Duterte’s Drug War

July 15, 2019
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Expectations are soaring that a booming market for medical marijuana is emerging in many Asian countries. This growth comes despite the stigma around the cannabis plant and the harsh punishment for drug peddlers in many countries as in the Philippines’ war on…

Beijing says US legalization of marijuana is a ‘threat to China’

June 18, 2019
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Beijing's leading drug enforcement body has blamed the legalization of marijuana in Canada and parts of the United States for a spike in the amount of drugs smuggled into the country, describing it as a "new threat to China." At…

Could fully legal marijuana in Thailand be next?

February 25, 2019
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It was a public declaration basically without precedent in Asia. Few politicians, and certainly none who are running for prime minister, ever had the audacity to say what Anutin Charnvirakul did. “Marijuana is not a drug that should be illegal…

Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year’s ‘gift’

Thailand approved marijuana for medical use and research on Tuesday, the first legalization of the drug in a region with some of the world’s strictest drug laws. The junta-appointed parliament in Thailand, a country which until the 1930s had a…

Philippine President Duterte will sign any bill legalizing medical marijuana — Palace

December 18, 2018
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President Rodrigo Duterte will sign any bill that will legalize the use of medical marijuana in the Philippines, his spokesperson said Tuesday. In a media briefing, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo reiterated that Duterte favors the use of medical marijuana and…

Weeding out foreigners: strains over Thailand’s legalization of marijuana

December 12, 2018
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Thailand is set to become the first Asian country to legalize medical marijuana, but a battle is brewing between local and foreign firms over control of a potentially lucrative market. With parliament set to approve the legislation as early as…

South Korea Legalizes Medical Marijuana

December 1, 2018
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In a major development for the cannabis industry, South Korea legalized medical marijuana — though with many restrictions. It's the first country in East Asia to legalize weed and only the second Asian country to do so. What Happened. South…

Thailand Mulls Becoming the First Country in Asia to Legalize Medical Marijuana

November 3, 2018
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Thailand is hoping to become the first country in Asia to legalize medical marijuana and tap into the burgeoning cannabis market, Agence France-Presse reports. According to a Thai official, a draft bill now under consideration proposes allowing marijuana for medicinal purposes, a…

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