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... |
| The UN Drug Control Conventions [31.12.2019] | For more than ten years, TNI’s Drugs & Democracy programme has been studying the UN drug control conventions and the institutional architecture of th... |
| St Vincent Parliament approves legislation decriminalising marijuana [14.12.2018] | St Vincent and the Grenadines has become the first Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member to pass legislation allowing for the decrim... |
| Barbados PM comments on decriminalisation of marijuana [08.12.2018] | The Barbados government says it will soon develop a framework for medical cannabis, even as it noted that decriminalisation of marijuana for recreati... |
| UN committee unexpectedly withholds marijuana scheduling recommendations [07.12.2018] | The World Health Organization (WHO) was expected to make recommendations about the international legal status of marijuana, which reform advocates ho... |
| Legalization of recreational marijuana will result in international sanctions – PM [30.11.2018] | St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) cannot legalize marijuana for recreational purposes without facing sanctions internationally. And persons who say... |
| Cannabis to be made legal for recreational use in Luxembourg [29.11.2018] | Cannabis will be made legal for recreational use in Luxembourg, it has been confirmed. During a press conference held by the three coalition parties ... |
| Marijuana, mountains and money: How Lesotho is cashing in [28.11.2018] | Lesotho is aiming to make money from the booming medicinal marijuana industry, but the southern African nation already has an unheralded illicit trad... |
| Dr Benedikt Fischer: Canada provides lessons on legal cannabis [27.11.2018] | New Zealand is debating its cannabis policy, a process that led to legalisation of cannabis use and supply in Canada just last month. Since the two c... |
| Pot growers turn to gifting, trading with no legal way to buy cannabis seeds in Canada [27.11.2018] | Cannabis consumers who can’t buy seeds are finding creative ways to grow their own pot. Even though the federal government made it legal on Oct. 17 t... |
| How to achieve weed equality [26.11.2018] | The official body that's overseen the legal cannabis regulatory process in Massachusetts has given the much anticipated "commence operations" notice.... |
| N.J. moves a big step closer to legalizing marijuana [26.11.2018] | A bill to legalize recreational marijuana was voted out of a joint committee in the New Jersey legislature marking a giant step towards making the ca... |
| France introduces fixed fine for drug use [25.11.2018] | The French Assemblée Nationale has voted to introduce a fixed €200 fine for the use of narcotics - and cannabis in particular - in an effort to step ... |
| Cannabis : l’Assemblée adopte la création d’une amende forfaitaire [24.11.2018] | L’Assemblée nationale a voté la création d’une amende forfaitaire de 200 euros pour sanctionner l’usage illicite de stupéfiants, jusqu’alors réprimé ... |
| Harm reduction is the right way to treat drug abuse [24.11.2018] | Portugal’s policies are based on “ harm reduction ” approaches pioneered in countries such as Switzerland in the 1980s. The idea is to emphasise trea... |
| Marijuana bill due before Antigua-Barbuda parliament before Christmas [24.11.2018] | A bill that will allow residents to possess and use small quantities of marijuana will go before parliament on 12 December for the first time. Accord... |
| Dutch municipalities dissatisfied with regulated cannabis experiment [23.11.2018] | Many Dutch municipalities are dissatisfied with the current preliminary design of the government's experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation. Wh... |
| Marijuana is getting cheaper. For Colorado and some states, that’s a problem [21.11.2018] | Wholesale marijuana prices in Colorado have fallen by a third in just the past 12 months, continuing a price crash that began soon after the drug was... |
| Why the future of marijuana farming could be craft weed [21.11.2018] | There are plenty of predictions about how cannabis farming is poised to go corporate, but Big Marijuana is not inevitable, says Ryan Stoa, a professo... |
| Amidst ganja reform, concerns about growers [20.11.2018] | The St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament is expected to approve laws establishing a medical marijuana industry in the country. The bills are expe... |
| Greece eyes pot of gold as medicinal cannabis licensed [19.11.2018] | Greece issued the first licences to private companies for growing medicinal cannabis in the country, part of an attempt to tap a burgeoning market wo... |
| Head of Caricom Commission calls for change in cannabis laws [19.11.2018] | Chairperson of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Commission on Marijuana, Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, has called for a change in the region's... |
| Here's what's behind Mexico's radical move toward legalizing marijuana during its war on drugs [18.11.2018] | Mexico may legalize marijuana, a radical shift for a country whose prohibition on narcotics has been at the heart of its long and violent war against... |
| Studie zu legalem Cannabis: Fiskus könnte 2,4 Milliarden Euro einnehmen [16.11.2018] | 2,39 Milliarden Euro - jährlich. So viel könnte der Fiskus durch die Legalisierung von Cannabis pro Jahr einnehmen und einsparen, unterm Strich. Zu d... |
| Drug law reform comes to Mexico [15.11.2018] | Last month, Mexico’s Supreme Court handed down two decisions that effectively overturned Mexico’s longstanding ban on the personal use of marijuana. ... |
| Des associations étrillent le projet d’amende pour usage de stupéfiants [14.11.2018] | Réforme « inutile et injuste », « combat d’arrière-garde », « échec annoncé » … Les représentants de huit organisations ont étrillé le projet de créa... |
| Local officials from across US call for federal marijuana rescheduling [13.11.2018] | The National League of Cities (NLC), representing over 19,000 cities, towns and villages across the United States is calling on the federal governmen... |
| Green gold rush: Thailand, Malaysia race to legalise medical marijuana [12.11.2018] | Asia has the toughest penalties against drug use and trafficking but the legal landscape is shifting in several countries where cannabis once deemed ... |
| Cannabis industry says it needs more approved growers to meet Canadian demand [12.11.2018] | More fully-licensed cannabis growers and cultivation space are needed to meet a voracious demand for legal marijuana, a spokesman for the industry sa... |
| Canada’s message to teenagers: Marijuana is legal now. Please don’t smoke it [11.11.2018] | Canada became the second country to make it legal for adults to buy, grow and consume small amounts of marijuana. But it also made it a crime to give... |
| McGovern: I’ll let House debate marijuana reform [09.11.2018] | For years, the US House’s powerful Rules Committee has been the place proposed marijuana laws go to die. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, made sure... |
| Mexico: president-elect Amlo's party moves toward marijuana legalization [08.11.2018] | The party of Mexico ’s president-elect has submitted legislation to legalize the possession, public use, growth and sale of marijuana in what would b... |
| Michigan becomes 10th state to allow recreational marijuana [07.11.2018] | Marijuana advocates scored a number of substantial ballot victories in the middle of the country on Election Day, chief among them the legalization o... |
| Mexico introduces bill to legalise medical and recreational cannabis use [06.11.2018] | Mexico’s next interior minister plans to submit a bill to create a medical marijuana industry and allow recreational use, in what would be a big step... |
| Weed woes: Canada struggles to meet huge demand for legal cannabis [04.11.2018] | Two weeks after Canada became the first G20 country to legalize cannabis amid much fanfare, numerous stores – both physical and digital – are struggl... |
| Global cannabis industry eyes China for production and investment [02.11.2018] | The global cannabis industry is targeting China for production and investment, while the country’s investors are warming up to the idea of placing th... |
| Mexico Supreme Court says ban on recreational marijuana unconstitutional [01.11.2018] | Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that an absolute ban on recreational use of marijuana was unconstitutional, effectively leaving it to lawmakers to regul... |
| Please allow small farmers to benefit from ganja industry, says senator [30.10.2018] | Senator Kerensia Morrison is calling on the Government to ensure that small farmers and the little man are not left out of the emerging ganja/cannabi... |
| Majority of British public support legalisation of cannabis, survey reveals [29.10.2018] | The British public strongly supports the legalisation of cannabis, according to a new poll. Fifty-nine per cent of people surveyed strongly support o... |
| Pardons don't go far enough. Convictions for cannabis possession must be expunged [29.10.2018] | Today, more than 500,000 Canadians are encumbered with a criminal record for doing something that is now legal: possessing a small amount (30 grams o... |
| Connecting the dots... [26.10.2018] | How can we resolve the tensions between current drug control policies and states’ human rights obligations? The international human rights framework ... |
| What the Dutch can teach the world about cannabis [26.10.2018] | On October 17, Canada became the first large economy to legalise recreational weed. ( Uruguay blazed the trail in 2013.) From November 1, doctors can... |
| Berne veut des essais pilotes sur le cannabis [25.10.2018] | Le Conseil fédéral veut dorénavant autoriser les essais pilotes avec cannabis. Les résultats de la consultation semblent lui être favorables. UDC mis... |
| Pot pioneers who went to jail for the cause now watch legal opportunities pass them by [25.10.2018] | At the outset of legalization, people who defied prohibition in high-profile ways appear to be getting shut out of a burgeoning industry just as the ... |
| Strong support for legalisation of cannabis, but question over how to do it remains [23.10.2018] | There is strong support for legalising cannabis in New Zealand, although people are split about how exactly it should done. Massey University researc... |
| Bong arm of the law: South Korea says it will arrest citizens who smoke weed in Canada [23.10.2018] | For South Koreans in Canada, the police in their home country have no problem harshing their mellow. Canada became the second country in the world to... |
| Russia warns Canada cannabis legalization will lead to increased trafficking [23.10.2018] | Russia has denounced Canada's cannabis legalization, calling it "unacceptable" and contrary to international laws, and saying it will lead to increas... |
| Mexico may be next to legalise marijuana, says incoming FM [23.10.2018] | Mexico "absolutely" could follow Canada's lead in legalising marijuana as a way to reduce violence generated by a war on drugs that "doesn't work," i... |
| Taking stock of a decade of failed drug policies [22.10.2018] | Ten years ago, UN member states set themselves a target ‘to eliminate or reduce significantly and measurably’ the illicit cultivation, production, tr... |
| Report says the UN's global 'war on drugs' has been a failure [22.10.2018] | The United Nations' drug strategy of the past 10 years has been a failure, according to a major report by the International Drug Policy Consortium (I... |
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