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Rot-Rot-Grün will neuen Anlauf für Abgabe von Cannabis
Cannabis-Verkauf zu Genusszwecken sei unvereinbar mit dem Betäubungsmittelgesetz
Die Welt (Germany)
Mittwoch, 9. November 2016
Der geplante rot-rot-grüne Senat in Berlin will einen neuen Anlauf zum regulierten Verkauf sogenannter weicher Drogen starten. Das kündigten Vertreter von SPD, Linken und Grünen nach Koalitionsverhandlungen an. Geplant sei «ein wissenschaftlich begleitetes Modellprojekt zur kontrollierten Abgabe von Cannabis an Erwachsene». Das Modellprojekt müsste ebenfalls auf Bundesebene beantragt werden. So könne das Land via Bundesrat versuchen, das Gesetz zu ändern. -
Marijuana wins big on election night
California's adoption of legal marijuana could prompt federal authorities to rethink their decades-long prohibition on the use of marijuana
The Washington Post (US)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives, and other states passed medical marijuana provisions, in what is turning out to be the biggest electoral victory for marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved the drug's recreational use. A Trump White House leaves a lot of uncertainty about the fate of marijuana measures in the next years. Under Obama, federal authorities took a hands-off approach to state-level legalization efforts. But an incoming administration more skeptical of drug reform could reverse that approach. (See also: Marijuana legalization - Big changes across country) -
UK’s Cannabis Social Clubs come of age
Clubs attempt to integrate into society and normalise their work as opposed to simply trying to be rebellious
Volteface (UK)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Around 150 activists, academics, and journalists, gathered in Leicester to attend the first Annual General Meeting of United Kingdom’s Cannabis Social Clubs. It was the first event of its kind in the UK, and, significantly, it was left unhindered by police or any other authorities – this in itself a sign of progress. UKCSC Chairman Greg De Hoedt announced the launching of the Tagged Plant Collective Model for 9 Plant Collectives. Growing 9 cannabis plants is the best way to protest, and this number was not considered a commercial scale operation. -
Legalise weed growing: VVD proposal seeds dissent
The issue is seen as a hot potato in Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s party, currently in government and leading in the polls
Dutch News (Netherlands)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
VVD leaders in the south of the Netherlands are proposing an overhaul of cannabis laws to regulate cultivation, decriminalising what is currently a grey area: smoking is tolerated but growing is not. A group of liberal party council leaders from major cities in Brabant will propose regulating cannabis cultivation at the VVD autumn congress in Noordwijkerhout. Seven local party leaders told the paper that they want the VVD’s manifesto for the general election in March 2017 to take a clear stance on cannabis growing, rather than ignoring the issue. -
Denmark approves medical cannabis trial
The trial programme marks a departure from Denmark’s traditional hard-line stance on cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use
The Local (Denmark)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The Danish government announced that as of 2018, doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis to certain patients. The government said that a four-year trial programme will allow “a defined patient group” to be treated with medical cannabis. The Danish Medicine Authority (Lægemiddelstyrelsen) determined that ailments eligible for the treatment are multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, spinal cord injuries and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. (It’s official: Medicinal cannabis trial to light up in 2018 | Danish farmers going to pot, but in a good way for a change) -
Pot ban on drivers won’t work, health experts say
Roadside testing could capture traces of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) long after the driver feels any sort of high
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
It would be unrealistic to bar drivers from having any trace of marijuana in their system when it becomes legal in Canada, as B.C. has suggested, because the drug can be detected long after a person is impaired, public-health experts say. The federal government’s task force on the future of legalization has highlighted impaired driving as one of the core issues it must address before making its recommendations by the end of this month. (See also: Drugged driving: Shaky science and uncertain laws) -
Pusher Street: Christiania’s problem child
Following a shooting in late August, Christiania residents tore down the booths in Pusher Street and vowed to ban the open sale of cannabis
The Murmur (Denmark)
Monday, November 7, 2016
Christiania’s Pusher Street has been through a rough summer. During June and July police carried out a series of raids, removing booths and arresting a number of suspected drug dealers. While the criminal drug-dealing networks tried to rebuild their business in August, the self-proclaimed ‘Freetown’ was once again plunged into chaos when a man with ties to Pusher Street shot two police officers and a civilian outside Christiania. Two months later, some Christiania residents say that Pusher Street is under control, while the police see little to no change. An important rule prohibits non-residents from selling cannabis in Pusher Street, though it is a rule that continues to be flouted. -
Obama: Federal prohibition not ‘tenable’ after state marijuana votes
“We’re going to have to have a more serious conversation about how we are treating marijuana and our drug laws generally”
Marijuana (US web)
Saturday, November 5, 2016
President Obama says that federal laws banning marijuana will likely have to change if new states vote to legalize the drug on Tuesday. “The good news is is that after this referenda, to some degree it’s gonna call the question, because if in fact it passed in all these states, you now have about a fifth of the country that’s operating under one set of laws, and four-fifths in another,” Obama told Bill Maher in an interview. Fifty-seven percent of likely voters in California support Proposition 64. (See also: California is poised to legalize recreational marijuana) -
The trend toward legalizing recreational marijuana
The question of whether pot should be legal is a big theme on state ballots this year
NPR (United States)
Saturday, November 5, 2016
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she plans to vote in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in California. "I will vote for it, but I have not made a public statement about it until right this very second," Pelosi, who represents the district that serves San Francisco, told the Los Angeles Times. Pelosi's stance on the issue makes her one of the highest ranking politicians in a relatively small group openly supporting legalization of the drug for recreational use. It's more common for lawmakers to support its medical use. (See also: Here's where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton stand on marijuana legalization) -
Why the Parliament must carefully consider a private members’ bill to decriminalise natural drugs
Gandhi’s proposed amendments mark a radical departure from the approach that the police and governments have historically used
The Caravan (India)
Friday, November 4, 2016
In the coming session of the Parliament of India, Dharam Vira Gandhi, a member of parliament from Patiala, will table a private member’s bill to amend the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. The bill proposes that the definition of “narcotics” and “psychotropic substances” in the act, which currently includes all drugs, be classified into “soft” drugs – which are naturally grown, such as opium and poppy husk – and “hard” drugs – which are synthetic compounds and laboratory or industry-made chemicals. (See also: Legal marijuana in India? Punjab lawmaker Dharamvir Gandhi set to move Parliament)
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