West Aceh police have arrested three suspected drug traffickers with 40 packs of dried marijuana that they attempted to sell in Meulaboh city, Aceh.

Thailand will ban the recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year but continue to allow its use for medical purposes.

Soekarno-Hatta Customs and Excise officers thwarted two attempts to send marijuana or weed from the United States to Indonesia.

West Jakarta Police arrested a woman who planted Cannabis or marijuana plants in a hydroponic method and put them inside a closet.

The first licensed marijuana store in New York opened on Thursday, Dec. 29, more than a year after the state legalized the drug.

Police said that a number marijuana dealers from the Java-Sumatra network have been arrested.

The Police's Narcotics Investigation Directorate has foiled an attempted shipment of 112 kilograms of marijuana from North Sumatra to Jakarta.

Four perpetrators are arrested in the drug smuggling attempt.

Malaysia plans to learn from the cannabis policy of neighboring Thailand in its effort to legalize the use of the drug for medical purposes.

The Constitutional Court urged the government to immediately conduct scientific studies on the medical use of type-1 narcotics, such as marijuana.