Year: 2022

You can roll joints under the gaze of Biggie and Tupac now that Bangkok’s new hip-hop club has added cannabis to its menu.  Over the years, hip-hop and weed have maintained a tight-knit relationship and so it comes as no surprise that Juicy, a recently opened hip-hop club in Soi Sukhumvit 11, would lean into…

BRITTNEY GRINER WAS back in a Russian court today for her trial for cannabis possession amid US diplomatic efforts to secure her release. If convicted, the WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist could face 10 years in prison. As her trial has progressed, the Biden administration has faced growing public pressure to get her…

WASHINGTON — The surprise climate spending bill isn't the only piece of marquee legislation in the U.S. Senate that's getting a lot of Canadian attention. U.S. WASHINGTON — The surprise climate spending bill isn't the only piece of marquee legislation in the U.S. Senate that's getting a lot of Canadian attention.  U.S. lawmakers are also…

Sukhumvit 33/1 is best known as Bangkok’s “Japanese Town” and Buddha’s Kush Street is the latest addition to the small stretch of road, nestled among its many ramen restaurants, bars, and massage parlors. The stylish dispensary is helping to introduce the area’s Japanese crowd, who come from one of the most conservative countries in the…

File image of weed cultivation. Photo: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.The two Lamborghinis were impossible to ignore. Printed with the company logo, the company JuicyFields had parked them in front of a hotel in Barcelona when the international cannabis industry gathered there for a conference in March. The message was clear: this is where…

Casino proposal comes amid Thailand’s broader move toward a more-liberal legal landscape. Last month, it became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis and first in Southeast Asia to move toward legalising same-sex unions...

published : 27 Jul 2022 at 21:14 In a picture taken on June 19, 2014, a car transports Thai people along a street in the Thai-Cambodian border city of Poipet, in the northeastern Cambodian province of Banteay Meanchey, home to several casinos popular with Thais. (AFP) After decriminalising cannabis, the government is now considering casinos…

published : 27 Jul 2022 at 21:03 Cannabis leaves are seen on a bowl of curry exhibited at a press conference on the merits of cannabis at the Department of Health Service Support in Nonthaburi province on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The Public Health Ministry has withdrew its written request for the police to take…