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THAILAND IS FIRST IN ASIA TO DECRIM WEED
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER RENEWS FEDERAL LEGALIZATION PUSH
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hailand has become the first country in Asia to approve the de facto decriminalization of marijuana. Unfortunately, law enforcement authorities have left a “gray area” around adult recreational use. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that the Narcotics Control Board had approved dropping Cannabis from the list of controlled drugs. The delisting will take effect 120 days after its publication in the government gazette. Thailand removed Cannabis – a plant species to which both marijuana and hemp belong – last December from the list of illegal drugs under the nation’s Narcotics Law. Police and lawyers said it was unclear if possession of Cannabis will still be an offense subject to arrest. Related laws mean production and possession of marijuana remain “regulated” for now. That, unfortunately, leaves the legal status of adult-use marijuana somewhat murky.
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marijuana-related bills were filed in the Indiana Legislature’s 2022 session.
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of its Cannabis buyers come from Idaho, claims the city of Ontario, Ore.
untaxed marijuana greenhouses were recently busted in San Bernardino County, Calif.
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enate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer renewed his calls for the federal legalization of marijuana, reports the New York Daily News. “Change has been urgently needed for a long time,” Schumer said, referencing the disproportionate impact Cannabis laws have had on Black communities. “The good news is we’re on the edge of getting change, because the opinions throughout America are changing. All across the country, states are legalizing,” Schumer “ AS MAJORITY LEADER, said. “All across the country, I CAN SET PRIORITIES. minds are changing.” He said he plans to introduce the bill in April. THIS IS A PRIORITY.”
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pounds of untaxed, processed weed was recently seized in a Lake County, Calif. investigation.
worth of Cannabis was sold in Colorado in 2021, the 3rd-most in the nation.
is the estimated size of the legal U.S. marijuana market by 2026.
