They recommend reclassifying marijuana to say it has a moderate to low potential for dependence and a lower abuse potential, which would put it in a class with ketamine and testosterone.

In a Southeast Asian first, the kingdom removed parts of the marijuana plant from its narcotics list in June, effectively legalising the substance – albeit with a confusing lack of detail.

Since Thailand decriminalised cannabis this year shops selling homegrown and imported strains, pre-rolled joints and gummies sprang up rapidly.

Revision of the law would be necessary for the use of the cannabis-derived epilepsy drug Epidiolex, which is currently undergoing clinical trials in Japan, the report said.

Three mothers of children with cerebral palsy backed by civil society organisations had in 2020 filed a judicial review of the country's strict narcotics law, arguing for the use of medicinal marijuana to treat symptoms.

The government, banking on the plant as a cash crop, plans to give away a million plants to encourage farmers to take up its cultivation.

The two are charged with violating state laws against food tampering and marijuana as well as with negligence.

The ruling means adults will be able to apply for permits to cultivate and consume their own cannabis.

Other inducements have included free sports tickets, airline flights and beers, while an Arizona cannabis dispensary has already experimented with giving free products to those receiving jabs.

They say the psychoactive effect of marijuana is one of the top concerns in the move to maintain the ban.

The change is not a licence to smoke marijuana, it was done to make medical research into the drug's healing properties easier.

Smoking marijuana on the street is illegal in San Francisco so city supervisors say it'll be fine in apartments.