Thailand 1st Southeast Asian nation to legalise medical marijuana
Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian nation to legalise the use of marijuana for medical use and research. The junta-appointed parliament voted 166-0 to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979 to legalise the medicinal use of marijuana. Marijuana was used in Thailand to relieve pain and fatigue until its use was criminalised in the country in the 1930s.