Items tagged with cannabis
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Getting closer! Final stage before Malta’s cannabis reform becomes law to start next week [23.11.2021] | It’s looking ever more likely that Malta will pass a landmark cannabis reform bill into law. The bill passed its second reading (the debate stage) in ... |
‘We will give up ganja cultivation if MSP is guaranteed for agriculture produce,’ say Odisha villagers [23.11.2021] | Despite knowing that they could be penalised under provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for growing cannabis, vil ... |
Burt: Bermuda has ‘no intention’ of tailoring laws to fit UK cannabis conventions [22.11.2021] | Bermuda’s Government had “no intention” of tailoring its laws licensing cannabis production to fit with the UK’s conventions allowing the drug for me ... |
Germany moves to legalise cannabis in economy-boosting bid after Merkel departure [18.11.2021] | The political parties known as the "traffic light" coalition are pushing for a change in legislation meaning the sale of cannabis will be legal for c ... |
Pot of gold? Cannabis could bring Germany $5 billion a year - survey [16.11.2021] | Legalising cannabis could bring Germany annual tax revenues and cost savings of about 4.7 billion euros ($5.34 billion) and create 27,000 new jobs, a ... |
The UK countryside is ablaze with hemp farms. But how do they help the climate? [11.11.2021] | Despite the lack of state support, more and more farmers in the UK are turning to hemp production for its economic and environmental benefits. It's l ... |
Bongs for beer steins? Why Germany might move to legalise cannabis [10.11.2021] | Germany's likely new government, the left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), have been locked ... |
California legalized weed five years ago. Why is the illicit market still thriving? [02.11.2021] | Five years after cannabis legalization, California is awash with signs of an apparently booming industry. Californians can toke on Justin Bieber-bran ... |
Italian activists turn in more than half a million signatures for marijuana and psilocybin referendum [28.10.2021] | Italian activists formally turned in about 630,000 signatures for a referendum to legalize the personal cultivation of marijuana and other psychoacti ... |
Mettre «fin au tabou du cannabis et le dépolitiser» [26.10.2021] | Le gouvernement peut mieux faire. C'est la mention qu'attribue, ce mardi matin sur les ondes de 100,7, le Dr. Alain Origer, aux annonces concernant l ... |
Ouvertures sur le cannabis : «Une solution insuffisante» [26.10.2021] | En Luxembourg chaque ménage sera autorisé à cultiver quatre plants. Il revient par contre aussi sur l’annonce en grande pompe de la légalisation du c ... |
The pros, cons and unknowns of legal cannabis in Canada 3 years later [24.10.2021] | The legalization of cannabis in Canada just had its third anniversary, which means it's time for the federal government to review and possibly tweak ... |
No smoking allowed: An early look inside Malta’s planned cannabis associations [23.10.2021] | Malta will soon allow people to purchase weed from “cannabis associations”, an exciting step forward for the country’s long-suffering cannabis commun ... |
Is it time to decriminalise Cannabis use in India? [23.10.2021] | The consumption of Cannabis (Ganja) and its resin (Charas) has been a punishable offence in India since 1985 after the enactment of the Narcotic Drug ... |
Government scales back legal cannabis plans in policy revamp [22.10.2021] | Luxembourg's governing coalition continues to drag its feet on fulfilling its election promise to legalise the production and sale of cannabis, but c ... |
80% of Moroccans believe legalizing cannabis will have positive impact [21.10.2021] | About 80 % of Moroccans say legalizing cannabis for therapeutic, cosmetic or industrial use will have a positive impact on society. The Economic, Soc ... |
Switzerland to legalise recreational and medical cannabis usage [19.10.2021] | Switzerland will draw up a draft law for the legalisation of cannabis usage, after a parliamentary commission ruled the drug should no longer be bann ... |
Germany should make cannabis available at pharmacies not ‘coffee shops’, says FDP boss [18.10.2021] | The Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) are set to engage in coalition talks in a bid to become the next German ... |
A roundup of countries that permit recreational cannabis [15.10.2021] | Marijuana may be an issue of easy agreement in the ongoing coalition talks between Germany's leading parties. Despite numerous points of contention, ... |
Three years post-legalization, Canada's cannabis industry ready for a reset [15.10.2021] | Three years after Canada legalized cannabis, the industry appears ready for a reset. When midnight struck on Oct. 17, 2018, Canada became the first d ... |
Sanjay Gupta explains his marijuana reversal and discusses ‘very biased’ U.S. research with Joe Rogan [14.10.2021] | CNN’s chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta wasn’t always on board with medical marijuana, but things changed when he looked for the science, he s ... |
German SPD health expert calls on next government to legalize cannabis [13.10.2021] | Social Democratic Party (SPD) health expert Karl Lauterbach ourged the SPD, Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) hoping to form Germany's next government ... |
Despite layoffs and losses, cannabis CEOs awarded millions in bonuses [11.10.2021] | Despite stagnant revenue, layoffs, facility closings and big losses, the top executives of some of the largest cannabis companies in Canada were awar ... |
Cannabis legalisation will allow regulated associations and home growing of plants [06.10.2021] | Under proposed cannabis legalisation in Malta, non-profit associations can grow cannabis to distribute among their members, Equality Minister Owen Bo ... |
Graft, drug trafficking threaten Albania's chances of joining EU [04.10.2021] | Researcher Fatjona Mejdini states that the drug problem had its roots in 1991, when Albania went from an isolated communist dictatorship straight to ... |
Owen Bonnici presents first reading on cannabis reform [04.10.2021] | The minister for reforms Owen Bonnici has tabled the first reading of Malta's government proposed cannabis reform. Taking to Twitter, Bonnici said th ... |
Stand for craft: How Canada’s craft cannabis cultivators are pushing for tax reform [29.09.2021] | It’s been just three short years since cannabis was legalized in Canada, but it’s already clear the nation’s exorbitant taxation on cannabis cultivat ... |
Government allegedly backpedals on legalising cannabis [28.09.2021] | Radio 100,7 reported that the government has apparently decided that the sale of recreational cannabis will remain illegal in the Grand Duchy. Only t ... |
40 mayors call on next Dutch government to legalise marijuana [23.09.2021] | Almost 40 Dutch mayors, mainly from the south of the Netherlands, have signed a manifesto calling on the government to legalise soft drugs (cannabis) ... |
Italy will be first to light up Europe’s weed biz [22.09.2021] | Italy may soon jump on the weed bandwagon. A nationwide referendum to legalise cannabis will likely take place early next year. If Italian voters emb ... |
Italy set for referendum on liberalising cannabis use, say weed advocates [18.09.2021] | Weed advocates in Italy said they had gathered enough signatures to trigger a referendum on liberalising the use of cannabis, setting the stage for a ... |
Minister casts doubt over Luxembourg legal weed plan [17.09.2021] | Justice Minister Sam Tanson on Friday refused to confirm Luxembourg will legalise cannabis for recreational use in an apparent U-turn over a governme ... |
Zurich to launch recreational cannabis trial [14.09.2021] | The three-and-a-half year pilot scheme, announced on Tuesday, takes advantage of a change in the law that was approved by parliament last year. This ... |
Italy set to decriminalise cultivation of cannabis plants for personal use [09.09.2021] | Italy is to decriminalise the growing of cannabis plants at home for personal use. The measure, adopted by the country’s Lower House's justice commit ... |
Teen use of marijuana does not increase with legalization, U.S. top drug researcher admits [08.09.2021] | Few individuals have as much influence on drug policy in the United States as Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), w ... |
South Africa’s cannabis master plan will finally establish a regulated industry [07.09.2021] | South Africa’s new master plan is a bright spark for those dismayed by lawmakers’ previous attempts to reform the country’s cannabis laws. Introduced ... |
‘Swazi gold’: grandmothers in Eswatini growing cannabis to make ends meet [02.09.2021] | In Nhlangano, in the south of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the illegal farming of the mountainous kingdom’s famous “Swazi gold” is a risk many gran ... |
‘Protect our local dagga strains from intellectual property theft,’ Parliament told [01.09.2021] | The Eastern Cape government is calling for the protection of the local cannabis industry in South Africa. Dohne Agricultural Development Institute re ... |
Drugs Commissioner: Possession of six grams of cannabis should no longer be a criminal offence [23.08.2021] | The Federal Commissioner on Narcotic Drugs, Daniela Ludwig (CSU), advocates that in future the possession of cannabis up to a personal use limit of s ... |
Socialdemokratiet mayoral candidate to legalise cannabis sales [13.08.2021] | Socialdemokratiet’s leading mayoral candidate for Copenhagen, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, has big plans concerning the decriminalisation of cannabis. Sh ... |
The War on Drugs and the denial of indigenous rights [09.08.2021] | As a colonial construct, the global drug control regime has undermined the rights of indigenous peoples (including the right to self determination, a ... |
What do you do with a billion grams of surplus weed? [05.08.2021] | Back in 2018, during those months before Canada legalized recreational cannabis, things were good for the pot industry. Companies were being hyped as ... |
Canadian cannabis producers have sold less than 20% of output since adult-use legalization [28.07.2021] | Cannabis producers in Canada have sold less than 20% of their production since the country launched adult-use sales in October 2018, according to an ... |
Snap vote to decriminalize marijuana fails in Knesset due to Ra’am opposition [28.07.2021] | A bill to decriminalize recreational marijuana use failed to clear a vote in the Knesset plenum due to opposition from lawmakers in the coalition’s R ... |
Barcelona cannabis clubs face closure in new legal setback [27.07.2021] | Barcelona’s 200 cannabis clubs face closure after the supreme court shut a legal loophole that has seen the city become Spain’s marijuana capital. It ... |
Fact or fable: Will cannabis be Africa’s economic saviour? [18.07.2021] | In recent years several African governments have changed their stance and implemented policies that legalise cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and ... |
Coming out about illicit drug use: ‘The hush-hush attitude has to end’ [17.07.2021] | The ultimate goal of a campaign by charity Unharm called Let’s be honest/Change the story, is to decriminalise all drug use in Australia by 2030. One ... |
Is the Czech Republic on the cusp of a cannabis boom? [17.07.2021] | Czech legislation of marijuana is “more benevolent” than most other countries in Europe. Possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana and growing f ... |
Will Berlin make good on a promise to legalise cannabis? [14.07.2021] | Despite opposition from federal drug regulators, the Berlin Senat is reportedly pushing ahead with a pilot project to sell cannabis legally in pharma ... |
Ministerial committee advances cannabis decriminalization [12.07.2021] | Just over a year after the last government passed two now-defunct draft bills to legalize and decriminalize recreational cannabis, the Ministerial Co ... |
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