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Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year's 'gift' - Cannabis News
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.
New Zealand to hold referendum on legalising recreational cannabis - Cannabis News
Vote will coincide with 2020 general election; it follows legalisation of drug’s use for medicinal purposes.
Ireland could soon be harvesting cannabis crop to meet demand created by medical use of plant - Cannabis News
Ireland's Health Minister has said he hopes to roll out a new law around legalising cannabis for medicinal use in 2019.
Israel is going into the medical marijuana export business — if its Cabinet agrees. The Knesset has passed legislation that would have Israel join the Netherlands and Canada as nations allowing the legal export of medical cannabis.
When most people think of smoking ganja in the Caribbean, Jamaica immediately springs to mind. However, the sunny vacation destination now faces some stiff competition for cannabis tourism and foreign investment from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).
Israel will likely allow exports of medical cannabis by the end of the year, a top lawmaker said on Thursday, a move that would boost state coffers and slow the growing number of firms establishing farms abroad.
The UK’s first cannabis restaurant – focused around the ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) – is set to open in Brighton.
The Caribbean is studying how pot tourism has developed in destinations where marijuana has been legalized like California and Colorado, and more recently in Canada, said Hugh Riley, secretary general and CEO of the Caribbean Tourism Organization.
Thailand would be the first country in Asia to legalise cannabis for medicinal use.
The British public strongly supports the legalisation of cannabis, according to a new poll.
People suffering from chronic pain, epilepsy, or nausea as a result of chemotherapy or multiple sclerosis will be among the first to be prescribed the drugs.
Travellers flying within Canada will be allowed to pack 30 grams of cannabis once legalization begins Oct. 17, transportation minister Marc Garneau announced Tuesday.
Jamaica has made its first shipment of medical marijuana extract oil to Canada.
