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Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year's 'gift'

Thailand approved marijuana for medical use and research on Dec. 25.   © Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters) -- Thailand approved marijuana for medical use and research on Tuesday, the first legalisation of the drug in a region with some of the world's strictest drug laws.

The junta-appointed parliament in Thailand, a country which until the 1930s had a tradition of using marijuana to relieve pain and fatigue, voted to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979 in an extra parliamentary session handling a rush of bills before the New Year's holidays.

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