BANGKOK: Thailand’s legislature agreed to amend the country’s drug law to allow the licensed medical use of marijuana, as well as kratom, a locally grown plant traditionally used as a stimulant and painkiller.
Thailand is the first country in South-East Asia to take such action, which is also under consideration in neighbouring Malaysia. New Zealand’s government earlier this month enacted a law liberalising the medical use of marijuana, which had previously been tightly restricted.
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