Items tagged with cannabis
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| Uruguay plans to legalise marijuana under state monopoly [23.10.2012] | The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has announced plans to legalise the production and sale of marijuana under a state monopoly, triggering a live ... |
| Governing The Global Drug Wars [23.10.2012] | Since 1909 the international community has worked to eradicate the abuse of narcotics. A century on, the efforts are widely acknowledged to have fail ... |
| Marijuana legalization leads in new polls, but not a lock [22.10.2012] | Washington is emerging as the most likely state to be the first to legalize marijuana according to new polls. But even with a huge fundraising advant ... |
| U.S. stance on marijuana unchanged by legalization votes: official [19.10.2012] | A top Justice Department official has told "60 Minutes" the federal government is ready to combat any "dangers" of state-sanctioned recreational pot, ... |
| Compromise on cannabis club passes 'on its way', says AD [17.10.2012] | The compromise would end the obligation on cannabis cafe owners to register users and would allow people to buy soft drugs all over the country. Howe ... |
| Medical marijuana advocates seek reclassification of drug [15.10.2012] | A medical marijuana advocate urged a federal appeals court to require the U.S. government to relax, or at least rethink, a more-than-40-year-old rule ... |
| States legalizing marijuana will violate federal law, trigger constitutional showdown [15.10.2012] | Former Drug Enforcement Agency administrators and directors of the Office of National Drug Control Policy voiced a strong reminder to the U.S. Depart ... |
| France’s Minister of Education favours cannabis decriminalisation [15.10.2012] | Speaking on radio France Inter, Vincent Peillon said, "This is a major issue. I now see almost every night on television reports of illicit trafficki ... |
| Wash. could become first state to OK pot sales [11.10.2012] | Supporters say passing Initiative 502 on Nov. 6 could make drug laws more reasonable, prevent thousands of arrests a year, and bring Washington hundr ... |
| Study: Pot arrests cost state $300 million in past 25 years [10.10.2012] | A new crime-data analysis has found that 241,000 people in Washington were arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession over the last quarter-centur ... |
| Dutch 'weed pass' law driving cannabis trade underground [08.10.2012] | Maastricht - formerly a mecca for drug tourists from across western Europe - has called for police reinforcements to handle "aggressive" street pushe ... |
| Bientôt des «cannabistrots» ? [07.10.2012] | Le modèle du «Cannabis social club» (CSC), sorte de coopérative régulant la production et la distribution du cannabis, vient de Belgique et d’Espagne ... |
| Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen on cannabis experiment [05.10.2012] | While Copenhagen managed to convince the government to let them open a legal injection room to improve the living conditions of drug addicts, they ha ... |
| Pot dispensaries clouding medical marijuana's image [05.10.2012] | Seattle's first-ever Medical Cannabis Cup — part gourmet weed contest, part trade show, part smoke-in — showcased the entrepreneurial drive and explo ... |
| Le TF annule le concordat latin sur la culture du chanvre [05.10.2012] | Le Tribunal fédéral (TF) a jugé qu'il empiétait sur la compétence exhaustive de la Confédération en matière de réglementation des stupéfiants. Très d ... |
| B.C. favours sensible marijuana policy [05.10.2012] | Last week, delegates at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention voted in support of the decriminalization and taxation of marijuana. This vote wa ... |
| 114 milliards de DH sur la route du kif, deux fois plus que le tourisme! [05.10.2012] | Dans de nombreux douars des provinces «réputées» abriter des sites de culture de cannabis, des familles entières vivent de cette activité. Enclavées ... |
| Et si le Maroc légalisait la culture et le business du kif? [05.10.2012] | «Pourquoi ne pas réglementer la culture du kif, puis d’en faire un produit à utiliser dans les domaines médical et pharmaceutique, ainsi que cela se ... |
| Oregon pot measure struggles as Washington, Colorado thrive [02.10.2012] | In Oregon - a state with one of the nation's highest rates of pot use and a reputation for pushing the boundaries on marijuana laws - organizers are ... |
| Veteran Emerald Triangle pot growers see their way of life ending [29.09.2012] | Battered by competition from indoor cultivators around the state and industrial-size operations that have invaded the North Coast counties, many of t ... |
| 75 years of racial control: happy birthday marijuana prohibition [27.09.2012] | As we approach the 75th anniversary of marijuana prohibition in the United States on October 1, it is important to remember why marijuana was deemed ... |
| Illicit drugs 'going out of fashion' [27.09.2012] | Illicit drug use in England and Wales is firmly on a downward curve, with the latest annual figures confirming the long-term trend that they might si ... |
| B.C. municipal leaders vote to work toward decriminalizing marijuana [26.09.2012] | British Columbia’s municipal politicians, sensing shifting emotional attitudes towards marijuana and a possible major new revenue source, voted to lo ... |
| Rotterdam mayor says cannabis pass creates problems [24.09.2012] | Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said the cannabis club membership card does not work and will never work. He said the cannabis pass just causes more ... |
| Legalizing marijuana adds revenue, reduces law-enforcement costs [22.09.2012] | In its fiscal note on I-502, the state Office of Financial Management estimated the total state and local government revenue from marijuana at $566 m ... |
| State could be test case in marijuana legalization [21.09.2012] | On Nov. 6 Washington voters will decide whether to directly confront the federal ban on marijuana and embrace a sprawling plan to legalize, regulate ... |
| The relaxation of cannabis laws shows the failure of the war on drugs [21.09.2012] | When the Uruguayan president José Mujica was asked about his proposal to make a historic break with global prohibition and put in place a legal, stat ... |
| Cannabis consumption to be liberalised [20.09.2012] | Despite dogged opposition by conservatives, parliament has approved a proposal to impose a fine on consumers of small amounts of cannabis instead of ... |
| Fix to B.C.’s ‘drug problem’ is easy: legalize marijuana [20.09.2012] | With three western American states mulling legalized marijuana and the Union of B.C. Municipalities set to debate it, a new group wants the province ... |
| Pot could be tax windfall, but skeptics abound [18.09.2012] | A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ... |
| Uruguay takes 'war on drugs' in new direction: The state as dealer [18.09.2012] | Uruguay has long been at the vanguard of social reform in Latin America. Today, it is on the verge of passing into law one of its most radical ideas ... |
| Colorado marijuana legalization initiative leads in new poll [15.09.2012] | A majority of Colorado voters support a ballot measure to legalize limited possession of marijuana, according to a new Denver Post poll. The poll fou ... |
| Uruguay's Government Eyes Legalized Marijuana [12.09.2012] | Leaders in Mexico, Colombia, and other Latin American nations wracked by cartel violence are calling for a new approach in the U.S.-led war on drugs. ... |
| Cannabis trade 'explosion' causing surge in gun violence, police warn [10.09.2012] | Penalties for growing and selling cannabis must be toughened because a surge in the trade is driving up shootings and gang-related violence, a senior ... |
| Children's Alliance backs pot measure on ballot [10.09.2012] | As Washington weighs its first chance to legalize recreational marijuana, prominent groups are taking sides about the initiative's potential impact o ... |
| Mayor and police at odds over cannabis approach [10.09.2012] | While Copenhagen's mayor, Frank Jensen, continues to be a vocal advocate for legalising cannabis in the city, arguing that a "paradigm shift" is in o ... |
| Legal use of cannabis, ecstasy for over-15s backed by state medical body [10.09.2012] | A report by a group of prominent Australians that recommends Australia rethink its criminalisation of illicit drugs has been backed by the Victorian ... |
| Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots [06.09.2012] | Nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration urged Attorney General Eric Holder to take a stand against possible legalization of rec ... |
| Common sense must be returned in Danish drug policy [30.08.2012] | Politicians in Denmark have closed their eyes and the cannabis market has gone completely out of control. The criminalization of cannabis has not led ... |
| Inside the Golden Triangle [29.08.2012] | After some initial difficulty, Miguel Angel Vega, a writer for the Sinaloa-based Rio Doce newspaper, was able to gain access to the Sierra Madre Occi ... |
| Cannabis reduces IQ (and appreciation of context) [28.08.2012] | A new study suggests that young cannabis users run the risk of a lower IQ. In what is an impressively long-term cohort study, it was found that "thos ... |
| Does weekly marijuana use by teens really cause a drop in IQ? [28.08.2012] | Heavy marijuana use is associated with cognitive decline in about 5% of teens, according to a new study, which suggests that the heaviest users could ... |
| Why marijuana should be legalized [27.08.2012] | Should marijuana be legalized for recreational use by adults? That is the question that voters in three states are considering this November. Colorad ... |
| Police to crack down on Pusher Street [20.08.2012] | Starting September 1, the police will be stepping up efforts to cull Pusher Street’s estimated one billion kroner organised cannabis trade through th ... |
| Far but near: Marijuana reform in Mexico? [19.08.2012] | The world-wide debate over cannabis reform appears to be gaining uncommon speed and unexpectedly it is in Latin America that the winds of change have ... |
| Uruguay’s plan to sell pot may not be that crazy [17.08.2012] | Judging from what Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica told me in an extended interview last week, there is a real possibility that people in his country ... |
| Spokesman for pot group fired at news conference [13.08.2012] | The marijuana reform community in Washington State has become severely fractured, with various groups running competing initiatives and taking opposi ... |
| Chilean president signs drug prevention law into effect [12.08.2012] | President Sebastián Piñera signed the new Drug and Alcohol Prevention Act into law on Monday, which sets up an educational program to warn schoolchil ... |
| Legalizing marijuana could bring windfall to state, if feds don't object [10.08.2012] | The initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Washington, Initiative 502, was estimated on Friday to raise up to $1.9 billion in new tax ... |
| Uruguay ponders making government legal pot dealer [09.08.2012] | A plan by Uruguay's leaders to turn the government into the nation's marijuana dealer has been presented to Congress, where the idea faces an uncerta ... |
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