The impact of cannabis use on COPD and COVID-19
Cannabis is the most widely used psychotropic substance worldwide and is the second most commonly smoked substance after tobacco.
Cannabis is the most widely used psychotropic substance worldwide and is the second most commonly smoked substance after tobacco.
It all began when Ong-ard Panyachatiraksa, a farm owner in the north of Thailand who is licensed to grow medicinal cannabis, was wondering what to do with the many excess leaves he had amassed.
Thailand’s Ministry of Defense strictly orders military personnel not to use cannabis on army premises, according to ministry spokesman Col. Chinat Punnotok.
Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty for drug offences.
‘Cannabis is not a gateway to drugs,’ Belushi said. ‘It’s a pathway to healing.’
Around the world attitudes towards the use of cannabis are shifting.
Mexico’s new government plans to legalise recreational cannabis use, as does the incoming government of Luxembourg. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is considering a referendum on what its approach should be.