Pakistan: The Senate has referred the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024, to the relevant standing committee for further deliberation. The bill was sent
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Pakistan: The Senate (upper house of Parliament) has added the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024 to its agenda. The bill is
Thailand: Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party who spearheaded cannabis legalisation, says that he is confident that the new government will implement his
Pakistan: The National Assembly has approved The Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024, by majority vote, following its inclusion on the legislative assembly’s
Pakistan: The National Assembly has placed The Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024, on its agenda. The bill aims to regulate the
Israel: The Ministry of Health has issued a circular on the enforcement of advertisement restrictions on medical cannabis products. According to the circular, the enforcement
Pakistan: A report from the Standing Committee on the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024, was presented in the National Assembly of
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit has issued a circular restricting the promotion, sponsoring and advertising of medical cannabis products. The circular prohibits advertising and promotion of
Pakistan: The government of Pakistan has announced plans to allow commercial hemp cultivation starting in January 2025, aiming to tap into the global
Thailand: Prime minister Srettha Thavisin has been removed from office after a constitutional court ruling and will be replaced by Pheu Thai party leader
China: The Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Emergency Management, the General Administration of Customs,
Pakistan: The National Assembly (lower house of Parliament) is set to pass the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024, following amendments from the
31st July 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: The House of Representatives has approved the Access to Medical Cannabis Bill in its third and final reading. The bill grants patients access to
Thailand: Deputy prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced that prime minister Srettha Thavisin has agreed to not relist cannabis as a narcotic in yet another
Thailand: A health committee has approved a proposal to relist cannabis and hemp in the narcotics list and will submit the proposal to the
11th July 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Senator Robinhood “Robin” Padilla of the majority bloc Philippine Democratic Party has filed Senate Bill 2729, which seeks to amend the Vape Law
Thailand: Health minister Somsak Thepsutin said that he still intends to relist cannabis as a narcotic after the public consultation period has ended with
Thailand: Draft regulations to relist cannabis as a Category 5 narcotic are now available online and are open to public comment until 24th June 2024.
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has issued draft regulations to relist cannabis flower as a category 5 narcotic beginning 1st January 2025,
Japan: The government has launched public consultations for draft legislation set to regulate the hemp and CBD industries. The proposals suggest that CBD
Nepal: Yesterday (28th May), finance minister Barsha Man Pun announced that the government will legalise the consumption and cultivation of cannabis for medical
Thailand: Public health minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Thursday (23rd May) that new regulations to relist cannabis as a category 5 narcotic will only
23rd May 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: On second reading, the House of Representatives has passed the Access to Medical Cannabis Act, which will allow the use of cannabis for
Thailand: Health minister Somsak Thepsuthin said the Ministry of Public Health will move to place cannabis back on the list of category 5
Thailand: A day after new health minister Somsak Thepsuthin said that he was seeking opinions on how to regulate cannabis, prime minister Srettha Thavisin
Thailand: Newly-appointed health minister Somsak Thepsuthin is seeking input from others on how to regulate cannabis and says that a final decision has not
Thailand: Yesterday (28th April), health minister Cholnan Srikaew was dismissed from the cabinet, press reports. Srikaew was a supporter of the recreational cannabis ban
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit has updated Procedure 110, which sets out guidelines for the process of approving medical cannabis export licence applications.
Thailand: Contrary to the stances recently expressed by the prime minister and health minister, deputy prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a public
Armenia: The Ministry of Health is proposing bylaws to specify legal rules for the destruction of industrial hemp, media reports.
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew has said the government will soon pass a law to ensure cannabis is used only for medical purposes,
Pakistan: The president of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, has approved the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2024. The ordinance establishes the creation of
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew told the media that the government hopes to ban the recreational use of cannabis by the end of the
Thailand: Amid industry backlash, the draft bill to ban recreational cannabis use has been delayed to seek opinions from other parties, press reports. The bill
8th February 2024 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Two House of Representatives committees, the Committee on Dangerous Drugs and the Committee on Health, have jointly approved a bill that would allow
Thailand: Public health minister Cholnan Srikaew says that a new version of a bill to ban recreational use of cannabis will be presented
1st February 2024 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: Yesterday (31st January) the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety decided to temporarily classify synthetic cannabinoids hexahydrocannabivarin (HHCV), hexahydrocannabutol (HHCB) and
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit has published a proposed amendment to the procedure for obtaining the Medical Cannabis Good Agricultural Practices (IMC-GAP) and Good Security Practices (IMC-GSP) certificates. The
Thailand: Health minister Cholnan Srikaew has provided more details on the draft bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis. Most notably, Cholnan said that
Lebanon: During a cabinet meeting, minister of agriculture Abbas Hajj Hassan urged for a joint project between the Ministry of Agriculture and the
Thailand: The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTTAM) is holding a session today to hear public comments on the government's proposal to prohibit
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit has published for public consultation a draft on the amendments to the procedure to obtain a medical cannabis
Thailand: Public health minister Cholnan Srikaew has signed off on a proposed bill to limit cannabis use to solely medical purposes, media reports. The proposed bill,
18th December 2023 - Asia, Philippines |
Philippines: Health secretary Teodoro Herbosa has supported the legalisation of medical cannabis in a forum last Friday (15th December), press reports. "On medical
11th December 2023 - Asia, South Korea |
South Korea: The Ministry of Health has decided to temporarily classify hexahydrocannabihexol (HHC-H) as a Group 2 narcotic. The temporary classification is valid for
Japan: The upper house of the parliament (House of Councillors) has adopted a proposal legalising cannabis-based medicines and criminalising recreational cannabis use. The
Japan: The Ministry of Health intends to ban hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH) after several hospitalisations due to consumption of gummies containing HHCH, press reports. The ban
Thailand: The Ministry of Public Health has completed its draft of the Hemp-Cannabis Law to regulate cannabis, which may be available for public comment
Japan: Today (14th November), the House of Representatives (lower house) adopted a proposal to legalise cannabis-based medicines and criminalise recreational cannabis use. The
Israel: The Medical Cannabis Unit published a warning against the use of cannabis after traumatic events. The warning emphasises that cannabis has not been proven effective