Six years after Uttarakhand became the first state to allow cultivation of large-scale industrial hemp (cannabis sativa, which has low intoxication capacity and is used mainly for medicinal and industrial purposes), it has succeeded in making the first prototype of "standardised industrial hemp".
Marijuana cultivation and possession in Thailand was decriminalized Thursday, like a dream come true for an aging generation of pot smokers who recall the kick the legendary Thai Stick variety delivered.
Investment vehicle RIV Capital will buy farm-to-shelf marijuana company Etain Health for $247 million, the companies said on Wednesday, as it bets on New York becoming a top marijuana market in the world.
The petition, which is listed for further hearing in March, has challenged provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act which prohibit the use of cannabis and has contended that the drug has medicinal and industrial benefits.
New Zealanders have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia in a binding referendum.But in preliminary results they were rejecting a measure to legalize marijuana.
The use of marijuana in India has been for centuries. With more states in the USA eliminating the legal ramifications of its use (33/50) and a growing debate about its legal use, this is a subject of high concern.
Indonesia also has some of the world's strictest drug laws.
"This is a New Year's gift from the National Legislative Assembly to the government and the Thai people," said Somchai Sawangkarn, chairman of the drafting committee, in a televised parliamentary session.
Duterte, whose controversial war on drugs has killed nearly 5,000 suspected drug dealers and users since 2016, said on Monday he used marijuana to stay awake - and then said he was just joking.
In mid-October Canada legalized recreational cannabis and that is leading fund managers and their clients to decide if they feel comfortable investing in marijuana if it is not for medicinal use.
Announcing it had found in favor of two legal challenges filed against prohibition of recreational marijuana use, Mexico's top court crossed the threshold needed to create jurisprudence: five similar rulings on the matter.
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