BANGKOK, June 26 — Three years after the widespread legalisation of cannabis in Thailand, the government plans to tighten the rules again and reclassify it as a narcotic, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported.

SHAH ALAM, Nov 15 — The High Court today discharged and acquitted an aeronautics student of trafficking 412.3g of cannabis three years ago.

BERLIN, April 1 — The partial legalisation of cannabis for personal use, which was championed by the centre-left government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, takes effect in Germany today.

BANGKOK, March 16 — Thodsapol Hongtong is enjoying a smoke with his friends at the "Green Party", a venue where recreational cannabis enthusiasts meet in the Thai capital Bangkok to chat and have a good time.

BERLIN, Feb 24 — Germany has joined the small group of countries and jurisdictions which have legalised cannabis when the Bundestag passed a law yesterday allowing individuals and voluntary associations to grow and hold limited quantities of the drug.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16  — The Klang High Court today acquitted and discharged a former store manager of a drug-trafficking charge.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 7— A food delivery rider escaped the hangman’s noose after his charge of trafficking in 764.9 grammes of cannabis was reduced to one of possession.

BANGKOK, April 6 — Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts, and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been undercut by illegal imports, sending a promise of a new bonanza crop up in smoke.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — Police have crippled two syndicates trafficking various types of drugs worth RM213,000 in the Klang Valley following the arrest of two men, including a foreigner, on March 25 and March 27.

SHAH ALAM, March 31 — Police have identified the person who sent a parcel believed to contain a tube of toothpaste infused with cannabis leaf extract to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli.

PUTRAJAYA, March 14 — Sepang police confiscated a parcel believed to contain a tube of toothpaste infused with cannabis leaf extract addressed to two politicians at a courier hub on Pulau Meranti near here, on Friday (March 10).

BANGKOK, Feb 10 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government has not decided on whether to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes in the country.

ALOR SETAR, Feb 10 — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Maritim Malaysia) seized nine kilogrammes of cannabis worth RM45,000, believed to have been smuggled in from a neighbouring country, at 2.9 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Dangli near Langkawi, yesterday.

KOTA BHARU, Jan 30 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities is looking at the medicinal potential of cannabis and ketum plants, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 23 — Penang police detained seven men and seized 840.729 kilogrammes of cannabis worth RM2.1 million in a series of raids in the state and Perak on Thursday.

YAN, Jan 2 — Kedah police seized nearly RM500,000 worth of cannabis found floating in a canal at Kampung Makau here last Saturday.

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 26 — Penang police busted an international drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of two local fishermen and seizure of ganja (cannabis) weighing 573 kg worth RM1.43 million in two raids in Tanjung Bungah on Saturday (October 22).

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 6 — Some form of organised control mechanism needs to be conceived first for those studying the proposed industrialisation of cannabis and ketum, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

BANGKOK, Aug 24 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today assured that the government will not allow recreational use of cannabis in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) welcomes applications to conduct clinical trials on products containing cannabis extract for medical purposes as no such clinical trials are being carried out in the country so far, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.