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Go Green by MHIRADhira Narayana - Aspirasi Penggunaan Ganja dari sudut LGNGo Green Podcast by MHIRA latest episode featuring Dhira Narayana, an activist, Chairman, and founder of the Lingkar Ganja Nusantara (LGN). Listen to Dhira as he shares his Aspirations of Marijuana Use from Lingkar Ganja Nusantara's perspective.
(This episode is in Malay & Indonesian language)
Dhira who is also the Executive Director for Yayasan Sativa Nusantara was formed by the Lingkar Ganja Nusantara (LGN) movement in 2015 to carry out research and advocacy missions. Since then, YSN has become the first official research and advocacy institution in Indonesia that focuses on developing science and technology on various a...2022-07-0452 minGo Green by MHIRAKitty Chopaka - Legalisation of Cannabis in ThailandGo Green Podcast by MHIRA latest episode featuring Kitty Chopaka, ganjapreneur, and expert on Thailand’s cannabis industry, who explains her journey on the Legalisation of Cannabis in Thailand and how its rapid change ignite regional advocacy, law reform, business opportunity, and a hope for chronic illness patients.
Kitty is a Founder & CEO of Elevated Estate, an industry-leading Cannabis focused expo, incubator, fund, and consulting firm. Elevated Estate, is an authoritative source of information and a vital community hub for the cannabis industry in Thailand and beyond.
Kitty's background in corporate law, digital strategy, and tec...2022-04-2059 minGo Green by MHIRATharma Pillai (UNDI 18) - Championing The Future Generation’s Voice. What's Next for Malaysia?Go Green Podcast by MHIRA latest episode featuring Tharma Pillai, Co-Founder of UNDI 18. Listen to this insightful session as he speaks about Championing The Future Generation’s Voice – What’s next for Malaysia?
UNDI 18 is a national organization that heavily focuses on the youth empowerment movement that successfully advocated for the amendment of article 119(1) of the federal constitution to lower the voting ages in Malaysia.
Coming from a family personally involved in social justice and hoping his voice can help create change in society, Tharma Pillai’s sense of justice was partially shaped by his aunt Dr S...2022-01-2654 minGo Green by MHIRADania Putri - Decolonising Drugs PolicyGo Green Podcast by MHIRA latest episode featuring Dania Putri, International Drugs Policy Consultant based in Rabat, Morrocco. Listen to Dania as she shares her insights on the Decolonisation of Drug Policy.
Born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, she spent six years studying and working in The Hague, Netherlands. She currently represents Persepsi, an independent think tank on Drugs Policy Reform. Her previous contribution includes her work at the Transnational Institute (TNI), International Drugs Policy Consortium (IDPC), and Lingkaran Ganja Nusantara (LGN).
Through Persepsi, she worked together with advocates and strategists on the issue of ca...2021-10-1845 minGo Green by MHIRAHadhinah Felice - A Career Beyond War on DrugsGo Green Podcast by MHIRA latest episode featuring Hadhinah Felice, a fellow young Malaysian woman who works as a Compliance Officer with a US-Based Cannabis company in Las Vegas, Nevada (MJ Holdings). Listen to Hadhinah as she shares her experience and challenges working in the Cannabis industry.
Hadhinah is the Compliance Manager and Head of Marketing at MJ Holdings Inc., a highly diversified, publicly traded, cannabis holding company providing cultivation management; licensing support; production management, and more.
Hadhinah Felice was born and raised in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. She received the BSc. in Software E...2021-09-1947 minGo Green by MHIRATricia Yeoh (CEO of IDEAS) - Public Policy Challenges & Ways to Embrace Progressive AgendaGo Green Podcast by MHIRA latest episode featuring Tricia Yeoh, CEO of Ideas talks on Public Policy Challenges in relation to advance National and State policy towards allowing hemp/cannabis as a sustainable crop to be cultivated in Malaysia.
Tricia Yeoh is the CEO of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS). She is also a Ph.D. Candidate in political studies at the University of Nottingham Malaysia and a Visiting Research Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
She is a former Research Officer to the Selangor Menteri Besar at the Selangor State Government a...2021-09-0559 min
Go Green by MHIRAAnn Osman - Agro Entrepreneurship StoryGoGreen by MHIRA Podcast featuring Ann Osman, 1st Female Mixed Martial Artist for ONE Championship. Ann has also garnered attention as the 1st Muslim female MMA athlete to be competing in a Mixed martial art international arena and has been covered by international media platforms such as New York Times, Al Jazeera and named as TIME Magazine’s Next Generation Leader in 2014.
Over the past years, Ann has competed in 10 MMA bouts in ONE Championship since 2013 and despite having to hang her fighting gloves in early 2018, Ann continues to pave the way for new martial art comers as...2021-05-1628 minGo Green by MHIRAProf. Dr. Vicknasingam & Harish Kumar - Mental Health & Medical CannabisProf. Dr Vicknasingam is an expert in drug-related research, treatment and medication. He was appointed as the Chairman of MASA in 2019 and has been in service to the organization since. Prof. Dr Vicknasingam is also currently the Director of the Centre for Drug Research, Behavioral Interventions & Medication use at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). His research strives to understand and develop behavioural interventions for people who use drugs. I am also working with my colleagues to conduct several clinical trials among people who use opiates and amphetamines. In these trials, medications and behavioural interventions are provided and measured for their e...2021-05-1243 minGo Green by MHIRAMuhammad Salman & Maszeli Mohammad Wee - Debunking Stigma on Hemp Cannabis in MalaysiaThe nature of drug laws in Malaysia is more punitive than rehabilitative. 56 per cent being non-violent and minor drug offenders (marijuana-related cases) over 59600 convicts exceeding its capacity by over 30%. When the pandemic hit the nation, that overpopulation produced the Tembok cluster, which brewed behind the walls of Alor Star Prison and reported a total of 224 cases.
Decriminalisation means that the possession of small amounts of marijuana will trigger minimum or no criminal penalties, although fines and citations may still be levied. Ultimately, marijuana is not entirely about recreational drugs. The Asian Cannabis Report published by Prohibition Partners...2021-04-2634 minGo Green by MHIRAMohamad Johan - Understanding WHO scheduling recommendations for Cannabis HempMohamad Johan, Founder & President of MHIRA
Understanding WHO scheduling recommendations for Cannabis Hemp
The U.N. created the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to monitor and amend the designations assigned to substances, which is where the WHO comes in. It’s required by international law to research medical and scientific benefits and risks associated with substances such as cannabis. In turn, the CND implements the WHO’s recommendations when making scheduling decisions regarding a plant or substance. So how significant was the WHO’s recent recommendations on cannabis to the CND?
In earliest be dele...2021-04-2140 min