Indian Police Blame Rats for Disappearance of 500kg of Cannabis
Fri / Nov 25th
Police in northern India said that a stash of 500 kilograms of confiscated cannabis that had gone missing was eaten by rats.
Cannabis legality varies from country to country on the Asian continent. Thailand is building a medical marijuana industry, and many states in India still allow Bhang. This page contains the latest news on cannabis in Asia alongside the archives.
Fri / Nov 25th
Police in northern India said that a stash of 500 kilograms of confiscated cannabis that had gone missing was eaten by rats.
Fri / Sep 30th
Japan’s government is debating legalizing cannabis medicines, a historic change in Japan’s zero-tolerance drug laws.
Wed / Sep 28th
In less than a decade, the cannabis industry has gone from seeing a worldwide blanket prohibition of the plant to today, where new and exciting cannabis opportunities can be found across the globe.
Fri / Mar 25th
Nearly double the rate of people in Japan were involved in cannabis-related criminal cases compared to last year, a record for the country where 70% of offenders are in their 20s or younger.
Thu / Nov 4th
Pakistan is set to legalize the production of cannabis in order to position itself for participating in the global cannabinoids marketplace.
Thu / Oct 14th
Once a hippy hideaway for cannabis before it was made illegal in the 1970s, activists are pushing legislation to legalize cannabis in Nepal.
Wed / Oct 13th
A Singaporean man is set to be hanged for importing 1 kilogram of cannabis from Malaysia into Singapore in 2018.
Mon / Dec 7th
A former civilian employee for the U.S. Marine Corps was sentenced to four years and four months in prison in Japan after he was arrested last year for illegal cannabis sales.
Tue / Sep 22nd
A cafe selling CBD-infused edibles and drinks has opened in Hong Kong. The business only offers products that contain 0 percent THC.
Fri / Sep 4th
Pakistan has approved a government-controlled hemp production plan that will allow hemp farming for industrial and medical purposes.
Tue / Sep 1st
Indonesian officials reversed a decree designating cannabis as a “medicinal plant” after an Instagram post of the original decree went viral. Cannabis remains illegal in Indonesia, even for medical patients, though it was designated “medicinal” for research purposes.
Wed / Aug 5th
Officials in Thailand have approved a draft law that would allow farmers, health professionals, and medical patients to cultivate, produce, and export cannabis products.
Tue / May 26th
Japanese company Hiro International has unveiled a new line of CBD products produced using orange peels, not hemp or cannabis.
Wed / Apr 22nd
Lebanese lawmakers have approved the legalization of medical cannabis and industrial hemp; the move was recommended by economic advisors prior to the coronavirus outbreak.
Fri / Mar 13th
A draft legalization law has been sent to members of Lebanon’s Parliament — the proposal, however, would only legalize cannabis products containing no more than 1 percent THC.
Mon / Feb 10th
Nepal lawmakers will consider adult-use cannabis legalization after lawmakers from the ruling Communist Party proposed the reforms; the legislation is reportedly backed by at least 46 lawmakers.
Thu / Jan 16th
A health clinic in Chiang Mai, Thailand is the country’s first to offer treatments using both cannabis and mainstream medicines.
Tue / Nov 19th
Proposed changes to Thailand’s cannabis laws would allow citizens to cultivate up to six plants and sell their harvests back to the government, who would process it into medical cannabis products.
Thu / Nov 7th
Cannabis advocates in India have filed a suit challenging the nation’s federal cannabis prohibition as unconstitutional, arguing that cannabis should be regulated and “reasonably” restricted.
Mon / Aug 26th
Thailand has started processing seized cannabis products into bottled medical cannabis oils for the domestic market.
Mon / May 20th
A recent study into the historical origins of cannabis has traced the plant back just over 28 million years ago to the Tibetan Plateau, 10,500 feet above sea level.
Mon / May 13th
The hemp and medical cannabis markets in Asia — if fully legalized — would be poised to grow more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, new data indicates.
Tue / Jan 29th
Following public outcry against a plan to patent THC and CBD cannabis compounds, the Thai Prime Minister has stepped in to resolve the dispute.
Wed / Jan 16th
Thailand’s government has approved applications for cannabinoids and cannabis extracts, though patents have not yet been awarded.
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