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... |
| Cannabis in Canada: Who wins and who loses under new law [15.10.2018] | Canada is about to become the second nation to fully legalise recreational cannabis. When prohibition comes to an end on 17 October, Canadian adults ... |
| Un Marocain raconte comment sa famille contrôlait le trafic du haschich entre le royaume et la France [13.10.2018] | « C’est ma grand-mère maternelle qui a commencé à importer du shit en France », raconte Salim*, dont la famille, dit-il, contrôlait le trafic de shit... |
| Amsterdam wants to participate in regulated cannabis experiment [12.10.2018] | Amsterdam has to participate in the national experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation. If the Dutch capital, with the largest coffeeshop market... |
| Kanton Zürich stellt sich hinter Cannabis-Versuche [11.10.2018] | What would happen if cannabis could be legally purchased in Switzerland? To find out, Zurich, Berne, Geneva and Basel have been planning pilot trials... |
| Pot companies failing at financial reporting, regulator says [10.10.2018] | Cannabis companies are failing to adequately disclose even basic financial information to shareholders — from cost of production to fair value assess... |
| About six-in-ten Americans support marijuana legalization [08.10.2018] | About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say the use of marijuana should be legalized, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade, according to a new ... |
| IDPC response to the INCB Annual Report for 2017 [08.10.2018] | In the approach to the 2019 Ministerial Segment and its review of international drug control, the INCB’s Annual Report for 2017 is arguably of specia... |
| Mexico president-elect says will look at legalizing some drugs [08.10.2018] | Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he would consider legalizing certain drugs as part of a broader strategy to fight pove... |
| Amsterdam calls plan for regulated cannabis cultivation unfeasible, dangerous [03.10.2018] | Amsterdam finds the national experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation unfeasible and "risky to public order". The municipality would like to pa... |
| Seek drug reform within international law: Tom Blickman [01.10.2018] | Dating back to the latter part of 1800s, precisely in 1894-95, the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission consisting of medical experts of Indian and British o... |
| Landmark California marijuana legislation gives residents chance to 'reclaim their lives' [01.10.2018] | Hailed by advocates as a chance for people to “reclaim their lives,” a new California law will soon make it easier for people with past marijuana con... |
| Govt pressed for new law on marijuana and kratom [01.10.2018] | Academics and medical practitioners are pushing for swift legislative reform to legalise the medical use of marijuana and kratom, saying current laws... |
| U.S. cannabis producers fear Canada will 'dominate the industry' [29.09.2018] | The CEO of California-based marijuana producer and seller Terra Tech is watching the cannabis industry boom north of the border with more than a litt... |
| History of dagga in SA shows its decriminalisation is overdue [25.09.2018] | The Constitutional Court's decision that citizens are permitted to use dagga in private turned the clock back 96 years. Before it was declared a proh... |
| Pays-Bas : Le haschich marocain s’invite à la Chambre basse [25.09.2018] | Le trafic et la commercialisation du cannabis marocain aux Pays-Bas sont actuellement étudiés par les partis politiques néerlandais. Plusieurs propos... |
| Kiffen für den Fiskus [24.09.2018] | Wie sehr Deutschland finanziell davon profitieren könnte, Cannabis zu legalisieren, ermittelt derzeit Justus Haucap, Ökonom an der Universität Düssel... |
| South African court frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past [23.09.2018] | A ruling by the South African Constitutional Court opens the way for decriminalising private use of cannabis, locally known as “dagga”. It marks a de... |
| Let’s cultivate laws for a cannabis industry centred on uplifting the rural poor [19.09.2018] | The Constitutional Court judgment on cannabis probably made a lot of people happy because, across all sectors of society, people smoke weed and have,... |
| Dagga: ConCourt says yes to getting high in private [18.09.2018] | In a unanimous judgment, the Constitutional Court ordered that the private consumption and cultivation of cannabis be decriminalised. Deputy Chief Ju... |
| Legalisierung von Marihuana [18.09.2018] | Die Forderung nach einer Legalisierung von Cannabis war lange ein Thema für Freaks – selbst in Berlin, wo Drogenkonsum auch in bürgerlichen Kreisen a... |
| Pas de nouvelle loi sur le cannabis [11.09.2018] | Pas besoin d'une nouvelle loi fédérale pour régler en détail la culture, le commerce, la consommation et l'imposition du chanvre. Le Conseil national... |
| Agriculture minister seeks to link small ganja farmers with large processors [10.09.2018] | Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, says he is looking to link small ganja farmers with large processors who have... |
| Acquittement pour le Cannabis Social Club de Namur, le ministère public fait appel [07.09.2018] | Le jugement est tombé au tribunal correctionnel de Namur dans l'affaire du Cannabis Social Club. Les cinq prévenus poursuivis pour trafic de stupéfia... |
| We from the police advise: more money and powers for the police [07.09.2018] | The study ' The Netherlands and synthetic drugs: An inconvenient truth' by the Dutch police academy on the role of the Netherlands in the production ... |
| Has Big Pharma’s ‘inevitable entrance’ into the cannabis space arrived? [03.09.2018] | As Canada prepares to legalise the recreational use of marijuana, the medicinal potential of cannabis has attracted increased attention in the pharma... |
| Canopy Growth CEO: We're not the Amazon or Google of pot yet, but we want to be [31.08.2018] | Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton told CNBC Friday the cannabis company is well ahead of its rivals in becoming the leading brand in legal marijuana but... |
| Gandhi’s plea to legalise soft drugs gains support [30.08.2018] | MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi’s demand for legalising soft drugs, including poppy husk, opium and marijuana, is gaining ground. Earlier, the idea was endor... |
| Inside the Trump administration’s secret war on weed [29.08.2018] | The White House has secretly amassed a committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana and cast state... |
| Brain scans show how cannabis extract may help people with psychosis [29.08.2018] | Brain scans have revealed for the first time how a substance found in cannabis plants may help people with psychotic disorders by dampening down abno... |
| Canada approves roadside saliva test for cannabis that doesn't measure impairment [28.08.2018] | The federal government says that "combatting impaired driving is a top priority". But today, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould approved a roadsid... |
| New study suggests schizophrenia might actually lead to cannabis use [28.08.2018] | The notion that weed and schizophrenia are somehow related is by now a “water is wet” kind of non-statement. Scientists have been telling us for year... |
| City launches consultation on four designated cannabis consumption sites [27.08.2018] | With Canada-wide cannabis legalization less than two months away, city hall wants to know how Calgarians feel about four areas it’s proposing as desi... |
| Lebanese cannabis farmers hope legalisation may bring amnesty [27.08.2018] | The contrast between the vibrant green of a cannabis field and the arid land nearby in Lebanon's Bekaa valley has for years raised a dilemma for the ... |
| Ganja: Discovering the future [22.08.2018] | Despite cannabis being an integral part of the Jamaican identity, just five years ago local laws did not reflect the realities of its use in the coun... |
| Organic marijuana grower does not have to pay state €500,000 [22.08.2018] | A Frisian man who was convicted of growing marijuana in 2015 has been told he does not have to pay almost €500,000 to the Dutch state by appeal court... |
| Constellation spends $4bn to lift stake in cannabis group Canopy [15.08.2018] | Beer maker Constellation Brands doubled down on its bet on the budding marijuana industry, pumping just under $4bn into a Canadian group that has sou... |
| Mexico’s new president has a radical plan to end the drug war [15.08.2018] | Since the military took to the streets to fight the increasingly powerful and violent cartels producing and trafficking drugs north to consumers in t... |
| Ontario will rely on private sector to sell recreational cannabis [13.08.2018] | Premier Doug Ford is giving up Ontario’s monopoly on weed, opening sales of recreational cannabis to private stores by April 1 in a dramatic shift th... |
| Cannabis to give a ‘high’ to Himachal textiles [11.08.2018] | The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to explore the industrial possibilities with hemp, a variety of cannabis, to produce yarn for making clot... |
| New government in Spain: An opportunity for cannabis legalization? [10.08.2018] | On June 1, Pedro Sanchez became Spain’s first president to be elected through a no-confidence motion. A few days after the Popular Party was condemne... |
| Climate change is turning the Middle East's breadbasket into a cannabis farm [09.08.2018] | Heeding the recommendation of international consulting group McKinsey, which was part of a broader development plan, Lebanon's parliament is preparin... |
| Police chief calls for more cannabis clubs where drug can be used and traded safely [09.08.2018] | A police chief has called for cannabis users to be allowed to freely grow and sell the drug without fear of arrest in cannabis clubs, saying the “war... |
| Health Minister David Clark in favour of liberalising drug laws [31.07.2018] | Health Minister David Clark is personally in favour of more liberal drug laws because prohibition has not worked in the past. But Clark would not com... |
| Constitutional court outlaws all punishment for cannabis consumption in Georgia [30.07.2018] | The Constitutional Court of Georgia ruled that people can no longer face administrative punishments, such as fines, for consuming cannabis. The decis... |
| Lebanon's cannabis heartland, Bekaa, hopes for legalization [27.07.2018] | The Bekaa Valley in Lebanon has long been notorious as one of the world's major cannabis-growing regions, producing some of the finest hashish. The c... |
| Synthetic cannabis deaths spike in New Zealand, igniting legalisation debate [27.07.2018] | The number of fatal overdoses from synthetic cannabis use has soared in New Zealand, going from two deaths in five years to 45 in 12 months. The emer... |
| Legalising recreational ganja still off the table in SVG [26.07.2018] | The Ralph Gonsalves government will amend the laws of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to decriminalise marijuana use for medicinal and religious purpo... |
| Weeks: we need to talk about cannabis [25.07.2018] | More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport in Bermuda has signalled. Michael Weeks said ... |
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