Items tagged with legalization
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| Cannabis legalization: the seed of a good idea or a pipedream? [29.05.2014] | According to Jalal Mahfouz, head of the Planning and Development Center in Hermel (Lebanon), any move to legalize the illegal industry, which is beli ... |
| Cannabis regulation: high time for change? [20.05.2014] | Cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit drug. But for how much longer? In a short space of time we have moved from absolute global prohibiti ... |
| Uruguay unveils marijuana regulation details [02.05.2014] | The Uruguayan government has unveiled long-awaited regulations for its recreational marijuana market — a move that steers the tiny nation of 3.3 mill ... |
| Uruguay to allow pot users to buy up to 20 joints a week [23.04.2014] | Uruguayans will be able buy up to 10 grams of pot a week, enough to roll 20 joints, under new rules governing the recently legalized marijuana trade ... |
| Uruguay not a ‘pirate’ [17.04.2014] | The Uruguayan government has made a controversial move to regulate the production and sale of cannabis, believing that this will help in the fight ag ... |
| Eric Holder 'cautiously optimistic' about marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado [14.04.2014] | Attorney General Eric Holder is "cautiously optimistic" about how things are going in Washington state and Colorado following the legalization and st ... |
| Study: Marijuana legalization doesn’t increase crime [14.04.2014] | After Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use this year, violent and property crime rates in the city are actually falling. According to da ... |
| Marijuana legalization: Does Congress need to act? [11.04.2014] | Despite a federal prohibition on marijuana possession, sale, and use, Colorado and Washington recently became the first states to enact laws legalizi ... |
| Law professors demand cannabis legalization [09.04.2014] | Around 3 million Germans regularly smoke marijuana. Some 14 million are estimated to have tried the drug at least once. It's not punishable by law in ... |
| Un rapport prône la légalisation du cannabis [07.04.2014] | Le cannabis devrait être légalisé. Telle est la recommandation de la Coordination politique des addictions (CPA). Elle préconise une régularisation d ... |
| Guatemalan president eyes drug legalization proposal in late 2014 [02.04.2014] | Guatemala could present a plan to legalize production of marijuana and opium poppies towards the end of 2014 as it seeks ways to curb the power of or ... |
| America’s new drug policy landscape [01.04.2014] | Public opinion in the US appears ready for a truce in the war on drugs. A national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that support for the legal ... |
| Uruguay to track pot by genetic markers [27.03.2014] | Uruguay's drug czar says every legal marijuana plant in Uruguay will be registered and tracked using radio frequency tags, and that state-grown marij ... |
| Jamaica's marijuana growers split on legalisation [13.03.2014] | In Jamaica, marijuana, or ganja, as it is more commonly known on the Caribbean island, is used in religious ceremonies by Rastafarians and as a herba ... |
| The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition [10.03.2014] | The cannabis plant has been used for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since the early days of civilization. In this report the Transnat ... |
| Caricom leaders to debate marijuana legalization [07.03.2014] | Researchers with a Caribbean trade bloc have found that decriminalizing marijuana and exploring its use for medicinal purposes could help boost the r ... |
| INCB speaks out against death penalty [05.03.2014] | UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) unprecedented condemnation of the use of death penalty for drug-related offences is welcome if long ... |
| UN: cannabis law changes pose 'very grave danger to public health' [04.03.2014] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has launched a counter-offensive against moves to liberalise drug laws around the world, warning tha ... |
| The war on dagga sobers up [28.02.2014] | The apartheid regime was terrified of white people interacting with black people, and saw cannabis as a dangerous enabler. They ensured it stayed pro ... |
| California ballot measure on pot legalization delayed until 2016 [17.02.2014] | A coalition of investors and strategists, which played a key role in passing most of the legislation to reform drug laws nationwide since 1996, has d ... |
| U.S. issues marijuana guidelines for banks [14.02.2014] | The Obama administration issued guidelines intended to give banks confidence that they will not be punished if they provide services to legitimate ma ... |
| Cannabis: l'UE espère une décision "réfléchie" du Maroc [10.02.2014] | L'Union européenne, qui collabore avec les autorités marocaines pour lutter contre le trafic de drogue, ne veut pas s'immiscer dans le débat sur la l ... |
| Maroc: La légalisation du cannabis de plus en plus probable [05.02.2014] | La légalisation du cannabis en Maroc à des fins thérapeutiques et industrielles permettra les familles de vivre dignement. Après le Parti de l’Istiql ... |
| Cannabis: un réquisitoire contre la loi [04.02.2014] | Le procureur de la République de Grenoble, Jean-Yves Coquillat, n’est ni un fieffé gauchiste ni un grand laxiste. Et pourtant, ce magistrat a osé bri ... |
| Swiss want to reopen pot legalization debate [02.02.2014] | A Swiss parliamentary committee looking into drug issues wants to reopen the debate on the legalization of marijuana in the wake of developments in t ... |
| Uruguay surrenders to win [31.01.2014] | José Mujica has attempted to change the premises and conditions of the drugs wars through the legalisation of marijuana. Although even the people of ... |
| 'First ever' bill proposes legal cannabis in France [29.01.2014] | France has some of the toughest possession statutes in Europe, but a first of its kind bill proposed could change that. People smoking a joint in Fra ... |
| Marijuana on the move [26.01.2014] | Some 20 years ago, a Spanish official in favor of lifting the ban on drugs such as marijuana mentioned at a UN meeting that there "might be a more hu ... |
| Banks say no to marijuana money, legal or not [14.01.2014] | Legal marijuana merchants — mainly medical marijuana outlets but also, starting this year, shops that sell recreational marijuana in Colorado and Was ... |
| Turin votes in favour of legalizing cannabis [13.01.2014] | Turin's city council has approved a motion in favour of making the drug legal for therapeutic purposes, making it the first of Italy's large cities t ... |
| Courage, common sense and cannabis [10.01.2014] | Despite 40 years of prohibition, Danes smoke cannabis. If prohibition continues another 40 years, Danes will still smoke it. So too will residents in ... |
| Poll stubs out legal cannabis hopes [08.01.2014] | Sixty-five percent of Germans say they would reject relaxing laws restricting the production, sale and consumption of marijuana, according to the stu ... |
| Marijuana in Colorado has a long history and an uncertain future [31.12.2013] | Federal marijuana prohibition in the United States started with a knock on a Denver man's apartment door. Seventy-six years ago, Samuel Caldwell beca ... |
| A Colorado marijuana guide: 64 answers to commonly asked questions [30.12.2013] | On January 1, 2014, Colorado becomes the first place anywhere in the world to allow legal marijuana sales to anybody over 21 for any purpose. You hav ... |
| Uruguay’s marijuana growers come out into open [27.12.2013] | Juan Andres Palese was using a fake name in public when he opened Uruguay’s first store dedicated to cultivating marijuana, where he offered growing ... |
| Colorado issues first marijuana sales licenses to retailers [26.12.2013] | The first licences in the United States that permit retailers to sell marijuana for recreational use from 1 January were issued in Colorado. Owners o ... |
| Marijuana legalization would bring fresh cash to California [26.12.2013] | At least two of three marijuana legalization measures vying for the November, 2014 ballot would be good for California, according to the state Attorn ... |
| Uruguay President Mujica signs marijuana law [24.12.2013] | Uruguay's President Mujica has quietly signed into law the government’s plan to create a regulated, legal market for marijuana. He signed the legisla ... |
| Uruguay's neighbors now considering legalization of pot [24.12.2013] | Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Followin ... |
| Légalisation du cannabis au Maroc [23.12.2013] | L’Istiqlal a présenté un projet de loi pour la légalisation du cannabis. «L'objectif est d'utiliser ce produit dans l'agriculture afin de promouvoir ... |
| What do Israelis want? Pot! When do they want it? Now! [22.12.2013] | An estimated 1,000 Israelis attended a rally in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Saturday night to support the legalization of marijuana. As the crowd chan ... |
| Uruguay: Yes we cannabis [20.12.2013] | When Uruguay recently became the first country in the world to legalise and regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana, it was a lon ... |
| If marijuana legalization sends the wrong message to teenagers, why aren't they listening? [18.12.2013] | Prohibitionists warn that it’s dangerous even to discuss legalizing marijuana because such talk sends “the wrong message” to the youth of America, en ... |
| INCB vs Uruguay: the art of diplomacy [17.12.2013] | International tensions over Uruguay’s decision to regulate the cannabis market reached new levels when Raymond Yans, president of the International N ... |
| The architect of Uruguay's marijuana legalization speaks out [15.12.2013] | The call for drug policy reform has moved from flower-power communes into the halls of power. Starting next year Uruguayans will be able to buy marij ... |
| 'Stop lying': Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law [14.12.2013] | Uruguay’s president has accused the head of the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, of lying and double standards, after ... |
| Cannabis: une loi l’année prochaine, mais le PJD sceptique [13.12.2013] | Le kif a récemment fait son entrée officielle au parlement, mais les députés ne comptent pas en rester là. En janvier, les deux groupes parlementaire ... |
| Uruguay's Prez rips into UN official over marijuana law: 'Stop lying' [12.12.2013] | Uruguay's President Mujica shot back at the president of the International Narcotics Control Board, a U.N. agency, for saying that his administration ... |
| Heroic Uruguay deserves a Nobel peace prize for legalising cannabis [11.12.2013] | The response of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board to Uruguay's new drug regime has been to incant futile bromides. According to its chie ... |
| Finally, a nation legalizes pot [11.12.2013] | In a closely watched vote, Uruguayan lawmakers approved a proposal to make recreational marijuana legal for adults and to regulate its production, di ... |
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