Hong Kong jails first person under cannabis compound CBD ban
HONG KONG: A 32-year-old woman was jailed on Friday (Jul 7) for bringing cannabidiol (CBD) into Hong Kong, the first criminal conviction under the city’s recent blanket ban on the substance. CBD – a non-psychoactive derivative of the cannabis plant – is toute…
A magistrate on Friday sentenced her to two months’ imprisonment for two counts of drug possession and one count related to the syringes.
Hong Kong customs said the jail term “reflects the seriousne…