In a big haul, the Guwahati police arrested one person on Thursday and seized 320 kg of cannabis from a truck. The arrested person has been identified as Thongiya Mog of Tripura. According to the reports, a Special Team of Guwahati City Police led by Joint Commissioner of Police Partha […]
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Thailand becomes first Asian country to decriminalize cannabis
Thailand on Thursday decriminalized cannabis, becoming the first Asian country to remove the ban on the drug. However, Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirmed that tough penalties will still apply to those who use the drug to get high and warned against smoking joints, reported CNN. Charnvirakul said he expected legal cannabis […]
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Cannabis legalization linked to increase in fatal accidents
The findings of a new study suggest that legalization of recreational cannabis may be associated with an increase in fatal motor vehicle collisions based on data from the United States. The authors of the study discussed the implications for Canada in an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). […]
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Study links frequent cannabis use by young people to decline in IQ
A recent study has found that adolescents who frequently use cannabis may experience a decline in Intelligence Quotient (IQ) over time. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Psychological Medicine’. The paper, led by researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, provides further insight into the harmful neurological and […]
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Thailand serves up cannabis cuisine to happy customers
“Giggling bread” and “joyfully dancing salad” aren’t the usual dishes on a menu in Thailand, but one eatery is hoping its cannabis-infused cuisine can lure foreign tourists and take the taboo out of the recently legalised leaf. The restaurant at the Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr Hospital in Prachin Buri started serving […]