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Wed
20
Jan

Seizures of liquid marijuana surging in Japan

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:15

The amount of liquid marijuana seized in Japan has been surging, putting police and customs authorities on high alert.

The estimated amount of marijuana in liquid form confiscated by Tokyo Customs in 2020 jumped nearly 70 times from the previous year’s level. A customs official described the situation as “an explosive increase.”

 

 

The liquid extracted from marijuana plants has a higher content of hallucinogenic tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, than dried cannabis and can be used in a similar way to electronic cigarettes.

“Many users are youngsters,” an official at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department said. “My impression is that it has been in wider use for the past 10 years or so.”

Thu
16
Jan

Athletes Will Use CBD This Olympics And Here’s Why

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 01/16/2020 - 10:28

Thanks to changes in WADA policies, Olympic athletes can use CBD legally for the first time.

A new champion will be crowned when the 2020 Summer Olympics debut in Tokyo. We’re not talking gold medals or world records, though. Instead, a new presence will be felt for the first time legally at the Olympics—cannabidiol, or CBD.

The World Anti-Doping Agency, an organization that monitors and fights against the use of drugs in the Olympics, announced in 2018 that CBD had been removed from its list of banned substances. Since the organization’s formation in 1999, all cannabinoids like CBD and THC had been banned for all Olympic athletes. The 2020 Olympics represents the first games in which athletes can legally use CBD without fear of consequence.

Fri
12
May

Marijuana laws changing around the world

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/12/2017 - 08:28

It's an issue that divides society - to smoke or not to smoke.

Throughout the world, a number of countries are slowing changing their laws around medicinal and recreational cannabis use. New Zealand's laws have stayed relatively the same for some time, with the exception of cannabis based products now being approved for use, but still tightly controlled.

So, which countries are leading the way in this area, and where can you use it either for fun, or for well-being?

Here in New Zealand, cannabis remains illegal to possess, and illegal to grow.

Medicinal use is tightly controlled but can be granted by the Ministry of Health.

Across the ditch it's a similar story.

Mon
06
Feb

Guam Visitors Bureau to research tourism-related medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 02/06/2017 - 09:13

The Guam Visitors Bureau leadership wants to get more information before it takes a stance on a newly revived proposal to allow medical marijuana tourists into Guam.

GVB President and CEO Nathan Denight said the GVB board had requested for more information on the possible new market before throwing support for or against the idea.

GVB is in the process of putting together research findings, discussing the medical tourism venture with its off-island market offices, and gauging interests in those markets before engaging in the conversation, Denight said.

Mon
09
Jan

Japan's draconian marijuana laws against ongoing trends

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 08:45

On Oct 25, former actress Maya Takagi was arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana. The self-described “naturalist” took up residence on Ishigaki island five years ago. Also arrested was Takagi’s male companion, Shigenari Moriyama, who had been actively promoting the use of the weed, praising its effectiveness for anti-aging.

Last July, Takagi went so far as to declare her candidacy as a member of the Japan Renaissance Party, running for a seat in the upper house of the Diet. Her platform included legalization of marijuana for medical use. She was defeated, but voiced her satisfaction that the election helped him “get the word out to lots of people.”

Mon
19
Dec

Japan: Tottori Moves to Ban Cultivation of All Cannabis, Including Hemp

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 12/19/2016 - 08:20

The Tottori Prefectural Assembly approved a revision Monday to a drug control ordinance to place a complete ban on growing cannabis, including hemp for industrial use.

The move followed the arrests in October of the president and two employees of a hemp processing company on suspicion of marijuana possession. The company was licensed by the prefecture to process hemp. This was the first case in Japan in which workers at a licensed firm were arrested for alleged violation of the cannabis control law.

Tue
08
Nov

Japan's War Against Medical Marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 11/08/2016 - 08:10

Former actress Saya Takagi was arrested in Okinawa on Oct. 25 for possession of marijuana, three months after she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Upper House election on a platform to legalize pot for medical purposes. She insists the contraband was not hers.

Mon
07
Nov

Japan's war against medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 11/07/2016 - 10:37

Former actress Saya Takagi was arrested in Okinawa on Oct. 25 for possession of marijuana, three months after she unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Upper House election on a platform to legalize pot for medical purposes. She insists the contraband was not hers.

Tue
27
Sep

Japan’s New Hemp Mascot Is Changing Public Opinion Of Cannabis

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 08:16

Japan’s new cannabis mascot may mark the nation’s first step in loosening its harsh marijuana laws.

It is legal to grow hemp in Japan but only 33 farmers in the entire nation do so, seemingly because hemp derives from the same plant genus as marijuana, which is completely illegal.

Japan does not even have a medical marijuana program due to a strict ban on marijuana research.

The nation may be poised to further explore the cannabis plant, however, thanks to a hemp-loving female cartoon character.

Japan’s largest hemp farm, Hachijuhachiya, is located in Chizu, a town in the Tottori Prefecture.

The facility produces about 500 kilograms of industrial hemp a year to be used in deodorants, food, and textiles.

Wed
17
Aug

Growing Interest in Hemp and Medical Cannabis in Japan

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 08/17/2016 - 08:45

Japan More and more voices are being raised in Japan, calling for an end to the zero-tolerance policy on cannabis. One political party wants to see the ban on research on the cannabis plant lifted, thereby legalising medicinal cannabis. Interest in industrial hemp applications has also been growing. Might we tentatively be able to speak of a cannabis comeback?

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