Items tagged with cannabis
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Police raid Maastricht coffeeshops after owners let tourists back in [07.05.2013] | Police have raided several coffeeshops in Maastricht after their owners indicated they would revert to selling soft drugs to foreign visitors. Coffee ... |
Will legalised marijuana lead to an economic boom? [06.05.2013] | Many Washington residents are looking to cash in on the newly legal and potentially lucrative marijuana market, which they hope will give them a new ... |
Copenhageners cautiously support legal cannabis, but provinces unconvinced [05.05.2013] | Copenhagen's mayor, Frank Jensen, has asked for a three-year trial of legal marijuana in Copenhagen and he has a majority of City Hall on his side. A ... |
Colorado pot collectives test limits of Amendment 64 [05.05.2013] | An untold number of recreational pot collectives have formed in Colorado since Amendment 64's passage in November, hoping to meet consumer demand bef ... |
Legalize marijuana and other ways U.S.-Mexico can win drug war [03.05.2013] | There was a lot of drug-war hand-wringing in the U.S. leading up to President Obama’s visit to Mexico. That’s because Mexican President Peña Nieto is ... |
Maine panel hears case for marijuana legalization [03.05.2013] | With other states already starting to allow the legal use of marijuana, Maine needs to get ahead of the issue and legalize, regulate and tax the sale ... |
NDP, Green party okay with research trial of marijuana use [02.05.2013] | B.C.’s New Democratic and Green parties say they would not oppose a research trial to evaluate the regulation of adult marijuana use, which would be ... |
A rising marijuana reform tide at the Statehouses [30.04.2013] | In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls ... |
DEA: Warning letters to 11 pot dispensaries don’t signal war on state law [30.04.2013] | The Drug Enforcement Administration sent cease-and-desist letters to 11 medical-marijuana dispensaries because they are within 1,000 feet of schools ... |
The drug policy reform agenda in the Americas [30.04.2013] | Latin America has emerged at the vanguard of efforts to promote debate on drug policy reform. For decades, Latin American governments largely followe ... |
Colorado House gives initial approval to marijuana tax measure [28.04.2013] | Colorado lawmakers tried to find the Goldilocks level for recreational marijuana taxes — an amount neither too high to discourage voters from approvi ... |
Councils increase pressure for legal cannabis production [26.04.2013] | At least 10 of the Netherlands’ local councils have already or will soon submit plans to the justice ministry asking to be allowed to approve commerc ... |
Colorado lawmakers discussing marijuana-legalization repeal effort [26.04.2013] | A proposal that could lead to the repeal of marijuana legalization in Colorado has gained momentum at the state Capitol. The repeal would be linked t ... |
Marijuana legalization in Colorado may not pay for itself, study finds [25.04.2013] | Legal marijuana in Colorado may not bring in enough money to cover the societal costs of legalization, a study from a Colorado State University think ... |
New law’s pot definition impairs criminal cases [23.04.2013] | Prosecutors and crime-lab scientists say a little-noticed provision in Washington’s new law legalizing recreational marijuana has jeopardized their a ... |
Cannabis to substitute crack [22.04.2013] | The mayor of Bogota has recently proposed a pilot scheme with crack cocaine addicts to explore the substitution of crack made of cocaine base paste ( ... |
The Issue: Discord between state, federal marijuana laws just crazy [20.04.2013] | In 21 states, consumers can legally buy marijuana for legal or recreational use even though the substance still is illegal under federal law. New law ... |
Cannabis supporters take to the streets [19.04.2013] | After a parade through Copenhagen, the deputy mayor for social affairs, Mikkel Warming, spoke to the crowd about the city's efforts to legalise canna ... |
Colorado legislature unveils long-awaited marijuana regulation bills [19.04.2013] | Lawmakers introduced a long-awaited bill of proposed regulations for recreational marijuana, moving Colorado one step closer to a legal pot marketpla ... |
In Spain's Canaries, cannabis club thrives discreetly [18.04.2013] | Spanish law prohibits the possession of soft drugs like cannabis in public and its growth to be sold for profit is illegal. But the law does tolerate ... |
France cannabis campaigner convicted, fined [18.04.2013] | One of France's leading campaigners for the decriminalisation of cannabis was given a suspended prison term and fined for possession and use of the d ... |
Wash. delays pot grower, processor licenses [16.04.2013] | Washington state is delaying its timeline for granting marijuana growing and processing licenses - and that means legal marijuana sales likely won't ... |
Alaska voters on track to decide in 2014 whether to legalize pot [15.04.2013] | Alaska voters likely will get a chance next year to make their state the third in the country to approve the recreational use of marijuana by adults ... |
Denver's 4/20 pot parties a "coming out for cannabis" [14.04.2013] | Tens of thousands of people will attend Saturday's "4/20" rally in Denver, creating perhaps the largest collectively produced cloud of marijuana smok ... |
Bill introduced in Congress would fix conflict between state, federal marijuana laws [12.04.2013] | A bill introduced in Congress would fix the conflict between the federal government’s marijuana prohibition and state laws that allow medical or recr ... |
Green green grass of home: police crack down on cottage industry of cannabis [10.04.2013] | Across the UK, 7,865 cannabis farms were discovered in 2011-12, an increase of 15% on the previous year's figures and over double the number for 2007 ... |
State pot-growing licenses may be delayed [09.04.2013] | Washington state may delay issuing licenses to grow pot by a couple months, according to state Liquor Control Board Deputy Director Rick Garza. In it ... |
Colorado lawmakers may let pot growers and sellers operate separately [09.04.2013] | Colorado lawmakers stood the state's current model for marijuana businesses on its head, endorsing a proposal that would allow recreational pot store ... |
Dominique Broc, une audience en shit libre [08.04.2013] | Interpellé mi-février après que la police a saisi à son domicile 126 plants de cannabis et 26 grammes d’herbe, le proces contre Dominque Broc ressemb ... |
A map that shows the dramatic spread of legal weed in the US [07.04.2013] | Looking at the recent spread of liberalized marijuana laws across the United States, it's hard not to think we're entering some kind of Weed Spring. ... |
Cannabis social clubs : dix mois requis contre le porte-parole [07.04.2013] | Dix mois de prison avec sursis ont été requis à l’encontre de Dominique Broc, porte-parole des Cannabis social clubs, qui prône la dépénalisation du ... |
Criminologist refutes cannabis-related crime increase claims [07.04.2013] | Criminologist Professor Alex Stevens has refuted media reports that reducing penalties for cannabis possession has led to increased drug use, crime a ... |
Is the war on drugs nearing an end? [07.04.2013] | For four decades, libertarians, civil rights activists and drug treatment experts have stood outside of the political mainstream in arguing that the ... |
Majority of Americans support legalization of marijuana [05.04.2013] | Public support for legalizing marijuana has never been higher, but the latest studies show recreational use is linked with prescription drug misuse. ... |
'Cannabis clubs are the solution, not the problem' [01.04.2013] | 'Cannabis clubs' all over France have taken the high-risk move of registering with authorities as non-profit organizations. Farid Ghehioueche, a lead ... |
Marijuana to fight drug addiction [01.04.2013] | BBC Mundo reports that Bogotá is planning a system of "controlled consumption centers," where addicts could be weaned off more hard-core drugs, such ... |
Un premier "cannabis social club" reconnu officiellement en Vendée [31.03.2013] | C'est une première en France. Cette semaine, la Préfecture de Vendée a officiellement accepté la création d'un "cannabis social club" (CSC), en accus ... |
The present continuous of cannabis clubs in Catalonia [29.03.2013] | The exponential proliferation of the number of associations, clubs and other groups that distribute cannabis among their members and create new space ... |
Consultant: Tax revenues on pot won’t be half of what’s projected [29.03.2013] | Washington’s new pot consultant has one overarching, discouraging message for lawmakers and state budget writers: don’t look at weed as an ATM. Poten ... |
Illegal cannabis and opium cultivation ride high in Parvati Valley in HP [29.03.2013] | "You want to buy charas? Hashish? Top quality," are invariably the first words you will hear in Malana. Tucked safely away on the highest mountains f ... |
Scathing audit throws Colorado recreational marijuana rules into chaos [27.03.2013] | Colorado's under-construction plan for regulating recreational marijuana nearly came unglued when lawmakers questioned whether the agency that would ... |
Avec les Cannabis social club, le «peuple de l’herbe» veut se faire entendre [27.03.2013] | Avec les Cannabis social club (CSC), dont les statuts ont été déposés lundi dans plusieurs préfectures, des militants défenseurs du cannabis bravent ... |
Yes we cannabis [26.03.2013] | Last November ballot initiatives legalizing, taxing, and regulating recreational marijuana use passed for the first time ever in Colorado and Washing ... |
French weed users register 'cannabis clubs' [25.03.2013] | Cannabis users across France took a high-risk step by registering 'Cannabis social clubs' with local authorities as official non-profit organizations ... |
Pot is legal in Washington: Q&A with the man who is making weed legit [25.03.2013] | Washington state gets ready to regulate legal marijuana with the help of one of America’s top drug policy analysts. Mark Kleiman is professor of publ ... |
Wall Street sees opportunity in marijuana [22.03.2013] | A number of businesses in the burgeoning U.S. cannabis industry are trying to enlist Wall Street's help. Some entrepreneurs see marijuana heading dow ... |
Les Cannabis Social Clubs ont rendez-vous à la préfecture [22.03.2013] | Des Cannabis Social Clubs (CSC), groupements de personnes qui cultivent du cannabis et partagent leur production entre eux sans en faire commerce, vo ... |
Shafer Commission Report on Marijuana and Drugs, issued 40 years ago, was ahead of its time [22.03.2013] | Forty years ago, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse said in its final report: "A coherent social policy requires a fundamental alter ... |
Drop charges over ecstasy, police urged [21.03.2013] | Ecstasy users should not be charged by police, former Labor health minister Neal Blewett said during a provocative keynote address to the peak police ... |
No consensus on changes to Washington marijuana law [21.03.2013] | House Bill 2000, the bill by Rep. Chris Hurst, D-Enumclaw, to modify Initiative 502, marijuana legalization, offers a mix of changes that could help ... |
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