Thailand Legalizes Marijuana Flashcards
Thailand has legalized Marijuana only for the purposes of _________________ but not for________________.
Only legalized for cultivation and possession of marijuana
But not allowed for recreational usage i.e for eg. Smoking
Thailand is first in south east asia to lift up such ban
What is Marijuana and its uses?
Marijuana is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant.used for medical, recreational & religious purposes.
Cannabis can be used for smoking, vaporization, within food, or as an extract.
Cannabis was legally regulated by gov in India till__________ ,
But all forms of cultivation of cannabis by production, possession, sale/purchase, transportation, interstate import/export or any other forms was later made punishable in 1985 thorough __________________.
Till 1985 it was legally regulated
It got completely banned in 1985 thorough Narcotic Drugs and Psychoactive Substances (NDPS) Act
The act was recently amended in 2014
What is the scientific name of Cannabis?
Cannabis sativa. The main, active ingredient in marijuana is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)
Industrial name -Hemp
Cannibidol is legally regulated in the form of?
CBD oil is licenced under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 can be legally used and sold. but the buyer needs prescription for the purchase
Bhang finds a mention in ____________as one of nature’s five sacred, distress-relieving plants
Atharva Veda
India also has many startups working in this field of producing silk from Hemp. Like the The mumbai-based __________
The Bombay Hemp Co. (BOHECO).
Marijuana causes?
psychosis
Countries that have legalized recreational use of cannabis are:-
Canada, Georgia, Malta, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay
Thailand was the 1st Asian country to do so.
Malta was the 1st country of European union to do so.
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs recently removed Cannabis from ?
Schedule IV category of the 1961 Single convention on Narcotics.
