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Crime
Man charged for ‘executions’ of 4 Chinese nationals at Oklahoma marijuana farm
Chen Wu, 45, has been charged with four counts of first-degree felony murder and one count of assault and battery with a deadly weapon for ...
Bryan Ke
Government
Photos of Thai children as young as 9 smoking weed prompts demand for review of legalization
Photos of Thai children smoking marijuana on a beach in Chon Buri province have prompted netizens to demand a review over cannabis legaliza...
Michelle De Pacina
Trial begins for man who assisted in kidnapping, torture and murder of 2 Vietnamese brothers in Pennsylvania
In August 2014, Vietnamese brothers Vu “Kevin” Huynh, 31, and Viet Huynh, 28, and their friend Tam Voong, 20, were targeted over a $300,000...
Marijuana farmer, sister sentenced for attempted $1 million bribery of Northern California sheriff
Siblings Chi Meng Yang, 36, of Montague, Siskiyou County, and Gaosheng Laitinen, 41, of St. Paul, Minnesota, were sentenced for their bribe...
Ryan General
News
Thai man spends two days on roof after his family wouldn’t let him smoke weed
A 42-year-old man in northeast Thailand reportedly spent nearly two days on a roof after his family cut off his access to marijuana. On Su...
Rebecca Moon
Indonesia
Thai travelers risk death penalty if they bring weed into Indonesia; embassy warns against it
Although Thailand legalized marijuana earlier this month, its neighbor Indonesia warned travelers not to cross into the country with it, wh...
Jane Nam
Doctor of weed? Thailand now offering cannabis science degrees after marijuana legalization
Waldo 18, a medicinal cannabis supply chain company in Thailand, is partnering with Filipino-Thai restaurant Toto Inasal to give individual...
Culture
2 women cannabis experts aim to destigmatize weed among AAPI with their ‘Conscious Consumption’ guide
Modern Cannabis, an education-anchored project launched by Eunice Kim and Sysamone Phaphon, features the booklet “Modern Cannabis: A Beginn...
Thailand
Thailand to hand out 1 million free cannabis plants to celebrate legalization
Thailand is set to give away 1 million cannabis plants for free to households throughout the country in honor of its legalization, Thaila...
Khier Casino
Thailand becomes first country in Asia to decriminalize marijuana
The Thai government is closer than ever to removing cannabis from its list of illegal drugs. Announced on Tuesday, the new rule will offici...
Thailand to decriminalize marijuana possession, paving the way for legal recreational use and cultivation
Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration has proposed to exclude marijuana from the narcotics control board’s list of controlled drugs. It ...
Judge says Northern California county water delivery ban is discriminatory against Hmong pot growers
A federal judge has blocked Northern California county permit laws that she argued were discriminatory toward Asian Americans. Ordinances: T...
Jiselle Lee
Asia
Man sentenced to be hanged after importing two pounds of marijuana into Singapore
A Singaporean man, who allegedly imported one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of marijuana from Malaysia to Singapore three years ago, is set to be ha...
Cambodian American Returns to the U.S. After Deportation Mistake 5 Years Ago
A Cambodian American man has returned to his home in California five years after self-deporting to Cambodia in response to alleged threats f...
Carl Samson
Thai Prime Minister Becomes the First to Use Medical Marijuana Products at Event
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha appeared at a launch for the government’s medical cannabis education website last week along with a ma...
More Young Chinese People are Using Marijuana After Studying in the U.S. and Canada
Prosecutors from Nanjing, China are blaming overseas influence over the growing number of marijuana abuse cases in the country calling it a ...
First Marijuana Smokers Were in Western China 2,500 Years Ago, Evidence Suggests
People in western China had been smoking marijuana while burying their dead more than two millennia ago, a new study suggests. Researchers f...
15-Year-Old Schoolgirl in Japan Arrested for Using Marijuana to Deal With Family Stress
A 15-year-old schoolgirl in Fushimi Ward in Kyoto, Japan was arrested after she was caught using marijuana since January. The third-year mid...
Philippines’ Duterte Jokes About Using Marijuana to Get by ‘Killing’ Work Schedule
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised questions after claiming that he uses marijuana to stay up amid “killing” schedules at work....
Editorial Staff
South Korea Becomes the First East Asian Country to Legalize Medical Marijuana
South Korea recently became the first country in East Asia, and only the second Asian country after Sri Lanka, to legalize medical marijuana...
Thailand Wants to Legalize Medical Marijuana in 2018 as a ‘New Year Gift’ for Citizens
Thai officials are now planning to swiftly approve the legalization of marijuana in the country, and they are aiming to make it availabl...
China Warns Citizens in Canada to Avoid Marijuana to ‘Protect’ Themselves
China warned its citizens living in Canada to avoid contact with marijuana, a little more than a week after the North American country...
Thailand Leads Asia in Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Thailand could be the first Asian country to legalize medical cannabis, a move it hopes will re-establish its position in the economy it dom...
Entertainment
Bruce Lee’s Marijuana Use, New Theory on His Passing Revealed in New Biography
A new biography released by publisher Simon & Schuster titled “Bruce Lee: A Life” written by Matthew Polly is revealing some...
47 Chinese Citizens Arrested After Cops Raid $80 Million Marijuana Operation in Washington
Law enforcement arrested 47 Chinese nationals in Seattle and confiscated massive amount of cannabis plants believed to have a street value o...
Wisconsin Woman Caught with 75 Pounds of Marijuana After Running a Stop Sign
A 56-year-old La Crosse, Wisconsin woman was recently caught with 75 pounds of marijuana hidden inside her car when she was stopped by a sta...
Janitor Arrested After Police Find Over $10,000 of Marijuana in Japan
One seemingly clever Japanese janitor tried masking the appearance of his marijuana plants by making them look like bonsai trees, but was ev...
Kyle Encina
Opinion
How America Ruined Japan’s Ancient Tradition of Growing and Smoking Weed
If you blaze in Japan and get caught, you could face up to 7 years in prison off a rip from some shitty weed. But Japan wasn’t always ...
Ranier Maningding
Chinese Immigrants Keep Getting Arrested During Marijuana Farm Raids in California
Police are baffled by the rising numbers of Chinese nationals, some of whom don’t speak or understand English, linked to marijuana gro...
6 Men Arrested in Texas with $2.3 Million of Marijuana in Neighborhood Grow Operation
Six people have been arrested and $2.3 million dollars in marijuana seized from grow house operations in Fort Bend and Harris counties, Texa...
Heather Johnson Yu
9 Asian Americans Busted For $7 Million of Marijuana in Secret Residential Basements
Nine people were arrested in connection with running an indoor pot operation that grew more than 500 marijuana plants in a basement converte...
Japanese Woman May Face Prison After Being Caught With a ‘Marijuana Hot Dog’ at Airport
A 21-year-old Japanese woman was arrested at Hiroshima Airport on September 20 after authorities discovered a small amount of marijuana tuck...
Korean Student Escapes Death Sentence in Malaysia After Officer Admits to Lying
A South Korean student who was charged with drug trafficking in Malaysia was recently acquitted after the police officer who testified again...
K-Pop Trainee Sparks Outrage After Suggesting The Size of BIGBANG Star T.O.P’s Penis
Han Seo Hee, the trainee who vaped marijuana with T.O.P., recently took to Instagram live to answer viewer questions and revealed shocking i...
Big Bang’s T.O.P. Just Caught a Huge Break
T.O.P.’s two year probation sentence for smoking marijuana has been suspended, according to the Chosun Ilbo. Big Bang’s T.O.P., ...
T.O.P Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Charges, Gets 10 Months in Prison
Choi Seung hyun, AKA T.O.P, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, suspended it for two years after pleading guilty to all charges relat...