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BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday (Jan 27) to remove kratom (mitragyna speciosa) from Thailand’s narcotics list and classify the herb as a controlled substance. The draft Narcotics Act proposed by the Justice Ministry was passed by 319 votes to seven with three abstentions. If approved by the Senate, the draft will be published in the Royal Gazette and become law within 90 days. The Cabinet in March 2019 approved the plan to align the law with widespread consumption of kratom, especially by farmers and labourers in the South. The draft allows producti...

ATC approves three-day physical remand of cops in connection with Usama murder case   Published On Five personnel of Anti-Terrorism Department had opened fire on a vehicle, leaving a youth dead ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday has approved three-day physical remand of arrested policemen in connection with student Usama Satti murder case. During the hearing, the ATC judge expressed concern over plea to extend the physical remand and said that court has already grated remanded of 22 days. On this, the counsel informed the court that investigation officer has been ...

HHS Counters the 1914 Harrison Narcotics Act After 107 years of drug war-induced misery and futility, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finally reversed the legal remnants of the 1914 Harrison Narcotics Act that prohibited general medical practitioners from treating patients addicted to drugs for their addictions. The HHS made history recently by changing 21 U.S.C. § 823(g)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) so that physicians who want to prescribe buprenorphine to their patients for opioid use disorder (OUD) can do so without going to jail. The following restric...

After 107 years of drug war-induced misery and futility, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finally reversed the legal remnants of the 1914 Harrison Narcotics Act that prohibited general medical practitioners from treating patients addicted to drugs for their addictions. The HHS made history recently by changing 21 U.S.C. § 823(g)(2) of […] Recent Comments Servetus on Where is he getting his data?: “A backlash is emerging aimed at President Biden involving his previous-marijuana-use staffer scandal–now happening in D.C.–and it’s rippling through the…” Mar 23,...

CHINIOT: Five transpersons were released on bail a day after they were held for beating policemen. A team of the city police raided the residences of transpersons and arrested five of them for thrashing policemen who raided an event they had been performing at. Later, they were produced before the magistrate who ordered their release on bail. A number of transpersons gathered outside courts and blasted police for arresting them. They told reporters that police had not taken any action against their colleagues who demanded bribe from them and instead registered a false and fabricated case ...