E24 Timothy Lim | Medical Cannabis Advocate & Entrepreneur (Lion Labs, Lion Gallery, Lion Radio, Kona, Raion) | Rebounding from cancer and joining the marijuana legalization movement

How does a cancer diagnosis change one’s life?

Real estate professional and former lawyer Timothy Lim joins us on the pod to discuss how he parlayed his bout with the disease into an advocacy for medical cannabis and fuel to launch the head shop Lion Labs and all its offshoots.

He discusses a potential path to legalization in the Philippines, policy differences in the Asian region, as well as vested interests and barriers to legal reform. Most striking was how he is not dwelling on setbacks, but seizing opportunities instead. While we covered some serious ground, Tim infused the conversation with good humor and optimism.

This episode is dedicated to anyone with an open mind, heart, and ears.

DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST DOES NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL OR MEDICAL ADVICE. Consult trusted experts like your doctors, health professionals, and lawyers. Do know and abide by the laws wherever you are.

Philippines

- LawPhil: Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2002/ra_9165_2002.html

- Rappler: House revives talks to decriminalize marijuana use in the Philippines

- TNL: Meet the First Medical Cannabis Party in Asia

Netherlands

- Wiki: Cannabis in the Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_Netherlands

USA

- Wiki: Legality of Cannabis by US Jurisdisction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_U.S._jurisdiction

- ⁠Vera Files: Drug War Confessional (John Ehrlichmann)⁠ https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-webumentary/the-past-is-never-dead/drug-war-confessional

- Vox: Was Nixon's war on drugs a racially motivated crusade? It's a bit more complicated.

Singapore

- NPR: Singapore executes man for coordinating the delivery of cannabis https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1172112509/singapore-executes-man-delivery-of-cannabis

Thailand

- CBS: Thailand becomes 1st Asian nation to largely legalize marijuana (medicinal & industrial use only, with limits for tourists) https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/thailand-marijuana-cannabis-legal-medical-personal-use/;

- Washington Post: Marijuana is now legal in Thailand. What does that mean for tourists? Visitors can take edibles and smoke pot for medicinal purposes, but lighting up in public is still illegal https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/06/14/marijuana-legal-thailand-tourists/

- Lonely Planet: Cannabis is now legal in Thailand, but it's complicated: what travelers need to know https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/thailand-cannabis-guide

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Follow Tim's ventures at ⁠https://thelionlabs.com⁠

Follow on IG @lionlabsph @liongalleryph @lionradioph @kona.ph @raion.mnl

For more on the MedCann movement in the Philippines, refer to

Philippine Cannabis Compassionate Society / Cannahopefuls

Sensible Philippines

CannaLegal

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Podcaster's Note: Below are interviews with Michael Pollan, a professor at Harvard and Berkeley professor who has written at length about plant medicine and the legalization of various substances. He investigates questions such as: What does it say about a society when many simple plants are banned, while Big Pharma’s opioids, the most dangerous drugs (i.e. nicotine and alcohol), and one of the most addictive (caffeine) are legal? When is a substance deemed socially acceptable?

Michael Pollan on Dax Shepherd

Michael Pollan on Goop

Michael Pollan on Tim Ferris

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Music: “Neon Laser Horizon” by Kevin MacLeod (imcompetech.com) licensed under ⁠Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License⁠

Sound Editing by franticsong

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