Tag: malaysia
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Why is Asia divided on a green light for medical marijuana?
Thursday, 17 December 2020The issue of cannabis legalisation around the world was once again thrust into the spotlight following a vote by the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs to reclassify it as one that is less ...
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Malaysia's Government looks to decriminalise drug use in bid to stem disadvantage
Saturday, 14 September 2019The non-descript white van parked at the mosque entrance went mostly unnoticed. In conservative Malaysia, very few of the Muslim faithful on their way to prayers could ever have imagined its true pur ...
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Drug laws on possession: several countries are revisiting them and these are their options
Friday, 02 August 2019Many countries are changing the way they approach people who use drugs. The Irish government has just announced possible alternatives to criminalisation for possession of some drugs. Other countries, ...
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Bar Council welcomes Govt move to decriminalise drugs
Monday, 08 July 2019The Malaysian Bar has welcomed the government's decision to decriminalise drugs, saying that these reforms are essential to a holistic drug policy. Malaysian Bar president Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor s ...
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Green gold rush: Thailand, Malaysia race to legalise medical marijuana
Monday, 12 November 2018Asia has the toughest penalties against drug use and trafficking but the legal landscape is shifting in several countries where cannabis once deemed ruinous to young lives, is emerging as a lucrative ...
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Kratom criminalisation successfully shelved in Malaysia
Thursday, 02 April 2015The increasingly widespread use of ketum (or kratom) in Malaysia earlier this year prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs to lead a push to schedule it in the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. On April 1, the ...
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Should kratom use be legal?
Sunday, 29 September 2013The leaves of kratom, a native of Southeast Asia in the coffee family, are used to relieve pain and improve mood as an opiate substitute and stimulant. The herb is also combined with cough syrup to m ...