Thailand's prime minister has said that he is against the recreational use of cannabis. PM Srettha Thavisin has said that within six months his government will "rectify" its cannabis policy and limit its use to medical purposes.

Thailand PM vows to change law that allows recreational use of cannabis

The Australian Greens, or the left-wing party, secured constitutional advice that soon the federal parliament might overrule state prohibitions and legalise recreational marijuana use.

Australia's left-wing party campaigns to legalise recreational use of marijuana by federal parliament

Surrounded by barbed wire and an electric fence, marijuana plants flourish under the bright sun on a farm in a mountainous area outside Rio de Janeiro. But this farm has nothing to do with drug trafficking.

In Brazil, an NGO grows medical cannabis to help patients

Stoners in Mexico could soon be able to relish marijuana in peace after country’s top court urged Congress to legalise its recreational use. Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to issue permits facilitating the limited growth of marijuana in the country after the Congress missed multiple opportunities to approve a legalisation law.

Mexico's top court decriminalises marijuana use, paving pathway for world's largest cannabis market