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A draft narcotics code drawn up by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) which will permit medical research on the effects of cannabis on humans will be put before the cabinet next week. Sophon Mekthon, chairman of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation's (GPO) committee, said Thursday that if the draft
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Police seized 550 kilogrammes of compressed dry marijuana and arrested two men in the 10-wheel truck carrying it, police said Monday The two suspects, who refused to give their full names at a press conference organised by police on Monday, were identified only as a 46-year-old "Mr Lord" and "Phanu", 26,
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Today, German court Bundestag passed a law to legalise cannabis drug for medicinal purposes. The law is to come under effect in March. "Seriously ill people must be treated in the best ways possible"((de)) said the German health minister Hermann Gröhe. Doctors can prescribe marijuana or cannabis for patients suffering from
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CHONBURI — A foreign tourist was allegedly attacked with brass knuckles in the resort town of Pattaya early this morning because he refused to buy weed from a dealer, police say. Police described the victim as a 37-year-old Russian man vacationing in Thailand. He is receiving treatment for wounds around his
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PHUKET: Acting on a tip from a bank, police yesterday arrested an expat Frenchman with counterfeit ATM cards and a stash of marijuana. Jawad Naci, 32, was caught after Siam Commercial Bank in Bangkok called Phuket police to say a counterfeit electronic card had been used at an ATM in Srisoonthorn,
Read More A Thai divorcee was sentenced to death by the Alor Setar High Court here for trafficking 23,123 grams of cannabis two years ago. Saowanee Srisar, 33, who is a former housekeeping staff of a hotel in Bangkok, was found guilty of committing the offence under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs
Read More The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) of Singapore announced yesterday the first arrests made following the listing of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) as Class A controlled drugs on Thursday, under the First Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act. The suspects, two unnamed male Singaporeans, aged 22 and 23, were reportedly
Read More SONGKHLA, Feb 2 – Thai authorities on Thursday arrested three suspects allegedly smuggling cannabis and seized 390 kg of cannabis in Hat Yai district of Thailand's southern border province of Songkhla as well as 360,000 meth pills in northernmost Chiang Rai province. Provincial Police Region Nine commander Lt-Gen Pisit Pisuthsak
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