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Thailand first in Asia to move to decriminalise marijuana


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Thailand on Tuesday became the first country in Asia to approve the de facto decriminalisation of marijuana, though authorities have left a grey area around its recreational use.

Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the Narcotics Control Board had approved dropping cannabis from the ministry’s list of controlled drugs.

The delisting by the ministry's Food and Drug Administration will now need to be formally signed by the health minister and enters into effect 120 days after its publication in the government gazette.

It follows the removal of cannabis – a plant species to which both marijuana and hemp belong – last month from the list of illegal drugs under Thailand’s Narcotics Law.

Police and lawyers contacted by AP said it was unclear if possession of marijuana would no longer be an offence subject to arrest...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300503643/thailand-first-in-asia-to-move-to-decriminalise-marijuana

 

On my bucket list - an evening in either PlaySkool or AfterSchool with a legal consumption, of the aforementioned herb.

 

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