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 war 'comprehensively lost', says William Hague [19.06.2018] | Former Conservative leader Lord Hague has called for a "decisive change" in the law on cannabis - suggesting that the Tories should consider legalisi... |
| Marijuana bill inches closer to passage with House vote [18.06.2018] | The bill to legalize recreational marijuana has cleared another vote in the House of Commons — but it still has to get a final stamp of approval from... |
| New York moves toward legal marijuana with Health Dept. endorsement [18.06.2018] | New York moved a significant step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, as a study commissioned by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will recommend that th... |
| Legalising marijuana: An intoxicating affair [17.06.2018] | Cannabis, hemp, pot, ganja, bhang – call it what you wish, but there’s no denying that the venerable, yet also reviled, plant has been endemic to the... |
| Reform of drug laws begins as bill passes first reading [17.06.2018] | The National Legislative Assembly passed by a landslide vote the three narcotics control policy bills, which are an effort by authorities to reform o... |
| Cannabis petition reaches vote threshold in under 24 hours [14.06.2018] | It took very little time for petition 1031 on the Luxembourg government's website – calling for the legal sale of cannabis in 'coffee shops' – to rea... |
| Pot legalization battle brewing as government rejects key Senate change [13.06.2018] | The federal government is rejecting several Senate changes to its cannabis legalization bill, setting the stage for a possible showdown between the S... |
| 7 mayors want pot removed from federal list of illegal drugs [12.06.2018] | Mayors from seven U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana have formed a coalition to push for federal marijuana policy reform just days after Pres... |
| How mapping marijuana DNA could change the future of pot [12.06.2018] | Scientists are currently in the midst of exploring uncharted territory: The cannabis genome. Unlike with other plants, researchers don't have a long ... |
| Huit Français sur dix favorables au cannabis thérapeutique [11.06.2018] | Pour ou contre ? Le sujet est complexe, mais les Français sont unanimes : selon une étude IFOP pour Terra Nova et Echo citoyen publiée lundi 11 juin,... |
| Five Danish political parties support legalisation of cannabis [11.06.2018] | A string of parties on both sides of the political aisle have declared their support for decriminalising the sale of cannabis. Police are wasting the... |
| No cannabis for scientific studies, says parliament [11.06.2018] | The Swiss parliament has rejected a motion to allow the use of cannabis in scientific studies investigating the drug’s effects. Opponents saw the mot... |
| What's the story behind the new cannabis-selling 'coffee shops' in Paris? [11.06.2018] | Two shops selling cannabis or more specifically "cannabidiol" based products (CBD) opened in central Paris and just outside the capital. Cofyshop, th... |
| "New Amsterdam" no more? Spain's cannabis clubs fight to stay open [08.06.2018] | Spain's cannabis social club (CSC) model might make the country appear to be a marijuana mecca, but what the tourist never sees are the legal and fin... |
| Jeff Sessions is really going to hate the World Health Organization’s first-ever marijuana review [08.06.2018] | The World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland, to review a first-of-its-kind report on the health and safety of cannabis, and President Do... |
| Senate approves cannabis legalization bill with dozens of amendments [07.06.2018] | The Senate has approved the Trudeau government’s landmark legislation to lift Canada’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational cannabis – but with ne... |
| Senators introduce bipartisan bill to protect state laws on marijuana [07.06.2018] | Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow states to regulate marijuana without federa... |
| Pot delivery services could be 'cockroaches' of marijuana legalization, experts say [03.06.2018] | Marijuana businesses are growing as Canada moves toward legalization of recreational pot, creating an increasingly daunting job for those tasked with... |
| Legalising cannabis ‘could earn Treasury £3.5bn’ [02.06.2018] | Introducing a legal cannabis market to the UK could earn the Treasury between £1bn and £3.5bn a year in tax revenues, a new report suggests. Health P... |
| Dominica minister wants debate on decriminalisation of marijuana [01.06.2018] | A senior government minister says he remains baffled as to why Dominicans are afraid of debating the issue of decriminalisation of marijuana whether ... |
| Illicit drug trade worth 2.7bn euros a year in France [30.05.2018] | The trade in illegal drugs contributes an estimated 0.1 percent of France's GDP, earning 2.7 billion euros, according to the national statistical ins... |
| Danish police in new Christiania clampdown as hash market pulled down [28.05.2018] | Police in Copenhagen tore down cannabis stands in the Pusher Street market area in Christiania for the third consecutive day. But sellers in the alte... |
| Jamaica poised to become major location for medical cannabis investment — Shaw [27.05.2018] | Audley Shaw's trip to Canada has paved the way for Jamaica to play a leading role in the rapidly growing medical cannabis industry, according to the ... |
| The Netherlands is richer than thought – thanks to the marijuana industry [24.05.2018] | Illegal cannabis cultivation in the Netherlands is far larger than previously thought, Statistics Netherlands said in a revision of old economic figu... |
| Report highlights continued rise in drug-related crime in Germany [23.05.2018] | The head of the BKA, Holger Münch, suggested during a joint press conference with Germany's Commissioner on Drugs, Marlene Mortler, that decriminaliz... |
| Denmark’s Christiania closes off 'Pusher Street' cannabis market [22.05.2018] | Residents in Denmark’s alternative enclave Christiania fenced off an area known as Pusher Street, from where cannabis is usually sold. All entrances ... |
| Chefchaouen-Ouazzane: nouvelles tensions entre cultivateurs de cannabis à cause du manque d'eau [17.05.2018] | La région de Chefchaouen et Ouazzane est le théâtre d'une guerre pour l’eau entre les cultivateurs de cannabis. Plusieurs accrochages ont été enregis... |
| Danish MP calls for decriminalisation of both cannabis and hard drugs [17.05.2018] | Henrik Sass Larsen minces no words in his new book ‘Exodus: The Way to the Centre-Left’ in which he offers up his opinion on the Danish government’s ... |
| Is Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to drugs a failing model? [17.05.2018] | Sweden is accustomed to being praised for its forward-thinking approach, but there's one area where many feel it lies behind the curve. The country's... |
| Surge in young Americans using marijuana as first drug [17.05.2018] | The proportion of young people using marijuana as their first drug doubled in the 10 years from 2004, a US-based study has found. The government stud... |
| Big opportunities in Europe's cannabis market come with big risks [16.05.2018] | Interest is running very high among cannabis entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the prospect of an expanded European cannabis market. Europe is h... |
| Trafic de cannabis : Le PAM et l'Istiqlal appellent à la libération des personnes poursuivies [15.05.2018] | La nécessité d’inscrire les noms des personnes poursuives pour trafic de cannabis dans les zones du Nord sur la liste des bénéficiaires de la grâce r... |
| High time to rehash drug policy, think tanks say, as legalisation could save taxpayer £900m [13.05.2018] | Think tanks have today called on the government to radically rethink its drug policy, as it was revealed that taxpayers could save nearly £900m a yea... |
| How do you move mountains of unwanted weed? [09.05.2018] | It turns out Oregonians are good at growing cannabis – too good. In February, state officials announced that 1.1m pounds of cannabis flower were logg... |
| Canada plans to legalize weed – but will those convicted of crimes get amnesty? [08.05.2018] | As Canada prepares to legalize marijuana this summer, politicians are facing growing calls to grant a blanket amnesty for people convicted under the ... |
| The Senate should stand down on cannabis [07.05.2018] | Conservative senators have been threatening to slow or even kill the Liberal government’s cannabis legalization bill for months. But with a third rea... |
| INCB hearing on the use of cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes [07.05.2018] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) held a meeting with civil society representatives on the “the use of cannabis for medical and non-me... |
| How anti-marijuana Jeff Sessions became the best thing to happen to pot legalization [06.05.2018] | Jeff Sessions hates marijuana. He’s made that plain in multiple colorful quotes, from stating that “ good people don’t smoke marijuana ” to arguing t... |
| INCB should exert caution in presenting data on cannabis regulation [06.05.2018] | At the recent 63 rd Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organisation of American States, the International Nar... |
| In bid to intimidate Canada on cannabis regulation, INCB is reckless and wrong [04.05.2018] | On May 1, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland appeared before the Canadian Senate’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International T... |
| Colombia sees billion-dollar bonanza from legacy of marijuana trade [03.05.2018] | Farmers who want to be part of Colombia's medical marijuana project are required to destroy their illegal crops. Colombia has already issued 33 licen... |
| Withdrawing from drug treaties over legal pot would be a ‘mistake’: Freeland [01.05.2018] | Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is defending the Liberal government’s decision not to withdraw from three international drug treaties, whi... |
| Beijing asks Canada to help stem flow of illicit marijuana to China [30.04.2018] | Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on ... |
| Morocco's farmers are now producing high-quality Rosin and BHO [30.04.2018] | In the final part of our series on the recent changes to the cannabis industry in Morocco, we’ll take a closer look at the new extraction methods gai... |
| Liz Warren has high hopes for pot bill [29.04.2018] | U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has had “encouraging” conversations with Republican leadership over a bill she and Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner a... |
| CARPHA executive director urges caution on decriminalisation of marijuana [24.04.2018] | The executive director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James Hosepdales, is urging regional countries to “proceed w... |
| Legal marijuana’s big moment [24.04.2018] | In Washington, evolution on the marijuana issue is proceeding at warp speed in political terms. John Boehner is just the latest in a string of notewo... |
| The red flags ahead of Canada’s marijuana legalization [23.04.2018] | The central question facing the Liberal government as it seeks to fulfill its 2015 campaign promise to “legalize, regulate and restrict access to mar... |
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