Marijuana

Maine Admits Licensing Transnational Criminal Organizations to Grow Marijuana

Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) Director John Hudak told state legislators he is aware that his office has been issuing marijuana grow licenses to persons associated with Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO). On Wednesday, Hudak told members of the state legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee that his agency cannot deny the medical licensing requests.

Maine Marijuana Growers (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Thailand to Ban Recreational Marijuana by End of 2024

Cholnan Srikaew, the health minister of Thailand, said on Thursday that recreational marijuana will be banned by the end of 2024. Thailand was the first Southeast Asian country to legalize medical marijuana in 2018, followed by recreational use in 2022.

Thai activists take part in a pro marijuana rally to celebrate World Cannabis Day on April