Thailand Takes A U-Turn On Weed, Spain's Health Minister On MMJ Reform And More Global Cannabis Updates
Thailand regulated the medical use of cannabis in 2018 and decriminalized marijuana in June 2022, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to do so and third in the world after Canada and Uruguay. Since then, cannabis stores have proliferated nationwide, as a result of a lack of regulations. In the meantime Mónica García Gómez, the recently appointed Spain's Minister of Health, reaffirmed her commitment to revive the government's long-awaited efforts in regulating medical cannabis. A measure introduced this past November in the New South Wales Parliament would allow the cultivation of up to six plants for use and sharing them with friends and is supported by a majority of Australians.
More precisely, 50% of those participated in a recent YouGov survey conducted between December 1 - 5 2023 with a sample of 1,555 participants. Thirty-one percent of those asked opposed the policy change, while, 19% were undecided. anadian licensed producers have destroyed 611.7 million grams of unpackaged cannabis, marking a 44% increase from the 425.3 million grams destroyed the previous year,.
