Items tagged with cannabis
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| Possession of cannabis for personal use [01.01.2020] | The legal status of cannabis for personal use is one of the most controversial policy issues in the European Union. Although cannabis is a classified... |
| Albania cracks down on cannabis trade ahead of hoped-for EU talks [21.07.2017] | Thousands of small producers have made Albania, Europe’s second-poorest country, its biggest open-air producer of cannabis, exported mainly to wester... |
| Uruguay’s marijuana law turns pharmacists into dealers [19.07.2017] | The rules are a bit of a buzzkill. Drug users must register with the government. Machines will scan buyers’ fingerprints at every purchase, and there... |
| Canada’s premiers discuss delaying the legalization of marijuana [18.07.2017] | It’s time to take a deep breath and put pot in Canada on the back burner for an extra year, says Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister. He’s trying to per... |
| Where there’s smoke, there’s political fire [16.07.2017] | The rising popularity of marijuana that doesn’t make you high – a product known as “ cannabis light ” or “CBD cannabis” – is causing a headache for S... |
| Court set to revisit old dagga legislation [14.07.2017] | A highly anticipated court case later this month will revisit a 1928 South African law against cannabis – with the aim of legalising the plant for va... |
| Swiss supermarket to start selling 'legal cannabis' cigarettes [12.07.2017] | An independent Swiss cigarette maker has this month launched what it calls the first hemp cigarette in the world – and from July 24th they will be on... |
| Bundesrat lehnt Cannabis-Antrag ab [08.07.2017] | Der Bundesrat hat den Antrag Bremens und Thüringens zur Einführung von Cannabis-Modellprojekten mit großer Mehrheit abgelehnt. Somit ist das Vorhaben... |
| In Uruguay’s marijuana experiment, the government is your pot dealer [07.07.2017] | In coming weeks, cannabis-seeking citizens in Uruguay will be able to walk into a pharmacy and buy government-approved marijuana for the state-mandat... |
| Revealed: The London boroughs that grow the most weed [06.07.2017] | In recent years, UK police have quietly eased off their prosecution of cannabis farmers. Between 2011 and 2014 the number of people taken to court fo... |
| Toronto marijuana arrests reveal ‘startling’ racial divide [06.07.2017] | Black people with no history of criminal convictions have been three times more likely to be arrested by Toronto police for possession of small amoun... |
| Blow for cannabis cafes as numbers continue to decline [04.07.2017] | The number of ‘coffeeshops’ in the Netherlands is continuing to fall but the closure rate has slowed, new official figures show. Last year there were... |
| Leafing Las Vegas: recreational marijuana goes on sale in Nevada [01.07.2017] | Nevada has become the fifth state in the US selling marijuana for recreational purposes, opening a market that is expected to outpace any other in th... |
| It's time to end SA's war on drugs [29.06.2017] | Bluetooth nyaope, dagga, dealers and associated rhetoric often dominate the headlines on the issue of drug use. The supply and consumption of drugs —... |
| ‘Swiss marijuana champion’ finds new markets with ‘cannabis light’ [28.06.2017] | There’s decaffeinated coffee, alcohol-free beer, and now marijuana that doesn’t make you high. The product known as “cannabis light” or “CBD cannabis... |
| Big Dutch banks, brewers and housing corporations have cannabis cafe interests [28.06.2017] | The four biggest Dutch banks – Rabobank, ING, ABN Amro and Volksbank (formerly SNS) – have lent cannabis cafe owners some €1.1bn using 170 coffee sho... |
| Canada’s biggest licensed weed producer is losing money [27.06.2017] | Canada’s largest licensed cannabis producer seems to have no problem driving in sales, but it is still struggling to get to profit territory. Canopy ... |
| Bremen will Cannabis ohne Rezept [26.06.2017] | Die Länder Bremen und Thüringen haben im Bundesrat einen Antrag zu einem liberaleren Umgang mit Cannabis eingereicht. Darin wird die Bundesregierung ... |
| Is Spain becoming Europe's cannabis garden? [12.06.2017] | Cannabis production in Spain has grown significantly in recent years with more than 300,000 plants seized in 2015. Marijuana labs are believed to be ... |
| Recreational marijuana sales start July 1 in Nevada [12.06.2017] | As the Silver State enacts the will of its voters — Nevadans approved recreational marijuana with 54 percent of the vote on Question 2 last November ... |
| Could Thailand, which gave world the bong, legalise cannabis for medicinal use? [11.06.2017] | Thaksin Shinawatra considered legalising marijuana, and recently a justice minister aired same idea, amid mounting evidence of its medicinal benefits... |
| Pot legislation does not fail Canada’s youth. A criminal record does [10.06.2017] | The Canadian Medical Association Journal released an editorial criticizing the government’s approach to the protection of youth in the proposed Canna... |
| Uruguay sets path for Canada on marijuana legalization within international treaties [06.06.2017] | Uruguay‘s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international tre... |
| Toronto's public health chief wants pot possession decriminalized now [05.06.2017] | Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health wants Ottawa to immediately decriminalize possession of recreational pot until legislation to legalize and regula... |
| What a regulated UK cannabis market might mean for business [02.06.2017] | Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claimed that legalising cannabis in the UK would improve public health, but warned of the “risks of unfettere... |
| It took Jeff Sessions just one month to turn Obama-era drug policy on its head [02.06.2017] | In the month of May alone, the Trump administration, particularly Attorney General Jeff Sessions's Justice Department, steadily ratcheted up its toug... |
| Ban on cannabis infused edibles retrograde step — ganja association [02.06.2017] | The Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica said the recent ban on the sampling and sale of all cannabis infused edibles at entertainment ... |
| Ottawa urged to withdraw from UN drug treaties ahead of pot legalization [02.06.2017] | Opposition parties and international legal experts are calling on Ottawa to say what it plans to do about three UN drug treaties that pose a conundru... |
| Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like [27.05.2017] | Not everyone is pleased with how legal marijuana is being implemented in Uruguay. “I’m happy because now you can plant without going to prison,” says... |
| France to decriminalise cannabis possession within months, interior minister says [25.05.2017] | France’s newly-appointed Minister of the Interior, Gérard Collomb, has said that personal cannabis possession may no longer be prosecuted from as soo... |
| Tufton appeals to WHO for more leadership on ganja [24.05.2017] | Minister of Health, Christopher Tufton has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove cannabis from its current classification as a Sche... |
| Police time and money go to pot [19.05.2017] | In 2015-2016, 259 165 people were arrested for drug-related crimes, according to the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) crime statistics. The poli... |
| California takes right steps in crafting state’s marijuana regulations [17.05.2017] | When Proposition 64 passed last November by the largest margin of any marijuana legalization ballot measure in history, it represented a resounding m... |
| Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds [16.05.2017] | Cannabis has been identified as a potential substitute for users of legal or illicit opioids, but a new Vancouver-based study shows the drug may also... |
| Legal marijuana could earn millions for Swiss state [16.05.2017] | Some 130 firms have registered with the Swiss federal authorities to sell legal pot that could generate CHF30 million ($30.2 million) in annual reven... |
| Ganja lobby wrong [15.05.2017] | The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Jamaica has indicated that it has begun taking steps to change the schedule class of marijuana to effect amendments t... |
| Provinces diverge on approach to guidelines on legal marijuana [14.05.2017] | Provinces have been protesting the large volume of work and heavy costs they say the Trudeau government has piled on them in its rush to legalize rec... |
| Change in policy will not get rid of illegal cannabis cultivation: Dutch Ministries [11.05.2017] | Little will change around illegal cannabis cultivation, even if the government changes the current tolerance policy, according to officials from the ... |
| Daily dose of cannabis extract could reverse brain's decline in old age, study suggests [08.05.2017] | Researchers have come up with an unusual proposal to slow, or even reverse, the cognitive decline that comes with old age: small, daily doses of cann... |
| Malta Government and opposition parties call for debate, with a view to legalising and regulating cannabis [06.05.2017] | A Labour government would initiate discussions on the use of cannabis for recreational use in Malta, eventually leading to its regularisation and tak... |
| Uruguayan pharmacies will start selling cannabis [04.05.2017] | On the outskirts of Libertad, a small town an hour’s drive from Montevideo, barbed wire and guard towers surround a ten-hectare plot of state-owned l... |
| Bob Marley, ganja and the green stuff – is selling Brand Jamaica just a pipe dream? [03.05.2017] | When Bob Marley and the Wailers first performed Get Up, Stand Up to a restive 1970s Jamaica, never could they have guessed that the government would ... |
| Let’s learn from the mistakes of drug reform pioneers [02.05.2017] | Countries around the world are moving towards a legally regulated cannabis market. But what can we learn from them about the implications of cannabis... |
| Uruguay is creating the world’s first nationwide regulated cannabis market [01.05.2017] | Beginning on May 2, Uruguayan adults interested in legally purchasing cannabis for non-medical uses can register to do so at post offices around the ... |
| Early marijuana sales ‘unbelievably high’ after legalization: U.S. consultant [30.04.2017] | A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada’s eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect “unbeli... |
| Tough marijuana position from national prosecutors could influence Trump policy [25.04.2017] | A federal group of prosecutors in the United States has criticized efforts at the US state level to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational... |
| Swiss group launches new initiative to legalize cannabis [24.04.2017] | The Swiss public could have another chance to decide if cannabis consumption should be legalized after the group Legalize It launched a popular initi... |
| Canada and eight US states have done it. Why can't NSW legalise cannabis? [24.04.2017] | In Australia the long arm of the law still has a long reach, waging a war on drugs. Last year, there were more than 26,000 criminal incidents of cann... |
| ‘An awful lot of expertise’ [24.04.2017] | Black market marijuana growers should be included in the legal market as they can provide valuable expertise as it evolves, Anne McLellan, chair of t... |
| World Cannabis Day: ‘Flying leaves’ defy stigma to soar to new heights [21.04.2017] | Ironically, in Asia where cannabis cultivation first began, cannabis laws remain the strictest. China will probably be the last country to relax such... |
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