Items tagged with hemp
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| Himachal eyes pot of gold under grass [01.10.2023] | For almost 40 years now, cannabis cultivation has been a crime in India. But that has never stopped farmers in parts of Himachal’s Kullu, Chamba, Sir ... |
| Morocco has high hopes after planting its first legal cannabis crop [07.08.2023] | Farmers have planted the first legal cannabis crop in Morocco, long a top producer of black-market hashish. For now, it’s shaping up to be a modest e ... |
| Albanian government presents second law draft for cannabis legalisation [07.10.2022] | The second draft of a law on cultivating and processing cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes has been put forward by the Albanian governmen ... |
| Au Maroc, les cultivateurs de chanvre placent leurs espoirs dans le cannabis thérapeutique [05.10.2022] | Au pied du mont Tidghine, plus haut sommet du massif du Rif, dans le nord du Maroc, le village d’Azila est couvert de plantations de cannabis, prêt à ... |
| Cannabis cultivation in Greece was legal until 1936 [24.05.2021] | The cultivation of cannabis in Greece for pharmaceutical purposes is now legal, as it was legal until 1936, the year it was prohibited. Even though t ... |
| Le reclassement du cannabis par l’ONU, prélude à une dépénalisation au Maroc? [05.12.2020] | La Commission des stupéfiants des Nations unies (CND) a approuvé le reclassement du cannabis hors de la catégorie des drogues les plus dangereuses. L ... |
| Reputation, revenue at stake as Brazil weighs legalization of cannabis cultivation [18.09.2020] | Brazil has fast-tracked a draft law that would legalize the cultivation of medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp. South America’s largest economy le ... |
| Bill proposes the cultivation of medical cannabis and industrial hemp in Brazil [19.08.2020] | The cannabis sector is heating up for a big start in Brazil. Deputy Paulo Teixeira (PT-SP) handed over the proposed law 399/2015, which legalizes the ... |
| Uzbekistan returns to its roots with cannabis cultivation [21.07.2020] | Central Asia has a great climate for growing cannabis. The plant, which is indigenous to the region, blankets hillsides and reveals itself stubbornly ... |
| Lebanon passes legislation legalizing medical marijuana cultivation as economy struggles amid coronavirus fallout [21.04.2020] | The Lebanese parliament passed legislation to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, a move that was recommended by econo ... |
| Cannabis cultivation could be a key economic driver for reconstruction after Covid-19 [20.04.2020] | The potential for cannabis in South Africa is enormous. The country has drought-resistant acclimatised genetic strains that have naturalised over hun ... |
| Defaulted Lebanon hopes to pay off debts with cannabis [30.03.2020] | The Lebanese government is looking to cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes to improve the country's economic situation. Lebanon ... |
| Why the 'legalization' of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think it is [21.03.2020] | Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which enhanced the powers of the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to over ... |
| Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes [21.03.2020] | Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health b ... |
| Lebanon set to legalise medical, industrial cannabis cultivation [12.03.2020] | Lebanon's parliament is set to vote on a law that would legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medical and industrial use in an effort to boost its ... |
| ‘Legalise cannabis’: Tripura BJP leader writes to PM Modi [11.03.2020] | As the Tripura government continues its crackdown on cannabis, a state BJP leader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking legalisation o ... |
| Le cannabis et le nouveau modèle de développement du Maroc [04.03.2020] | Depuis février dernier, la Commission spéciale pour le nouveau modèle de développement (CSMD) enchaîne ses séances d’écoute dans les régions du nord ... |
| Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth [28.02.2020] | Malawi has passed a bill decriminalising cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes, almost five years after a motion to legalise industrial hemp ... |
| Brazilian court decision could encourage other cannabis companies to seek approval for cultivation [06.12.2019] | After Brazil’s health authority shelved a proposal on domestic cannabis cultivation, a court decided in the opposite direction, allowing – for the fi ... |
| Maroc : la question de la légalisation de la production de cannabis de nouveau à l’ordre du jour [06.09.2019] | Au début de l’été, le conseil de Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma a voté en faveur de la commande d’une étude sur les opportunités de cultiver du cannabis d ... |
| Battle brewing [13.05.2019] | The Ganja Growers Producers Association Jamaica (GGPAJ) says it is strongly opposed to the Government's embrace of hemp cultivation and has made a nu ... |
| China cashes in on the cannabis boom [06.05.2019] | China has made your iPhone, your Nikes. Now, it wants to grow your cannabis. Two of China’s 34 regions are quietly leading a boom in cultivating cann ... |
| Boheco: This cannabis startup is weeding out the high notes for a hemp economy [16.04.2019] | Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO), is a first mover in the industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis’ space in India. Boheco slowly started making inroads in ... |
| Mania for China’s hemp-related companies prompts stock regulator to crack down [07.04.2019] | Chinese cannabis-related stocks have been getting way too high this year for Beijing’s taste, prompting a crackdown to control the investor mania. Ma ... |
| A budding trade: Industrial cannabis is booming in China [04.04.2019] | The hemp plant has a history in China. It was probably twisted into the world’s first rope there around 2,800BC. Since its cooler sister, marijuana, ... |
| Global cannabis industry eyes China for production and investment [02.11.2018] | The global cannabis industry is targeting China for production and investment, while the country’s investors are warming up to the idea of placing th ... |
| Cannabis to give a ‘high’ to Himachal textiles [11.08.2018] | The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to explore the industrial possibilities with hemp, a variety of cannabis, to produce yarn for making clot ... |
| Hemp cultivation is now 'legal' in Uttarakhand [10.07.2018] | Uttarakhand will be the first State in India to allow commercial cultivation of hemp crop, a rich source of high-quality fibre and a host of medicina ... |
| Kazakhstan: Senators down on getting high [25.05.2018] | Lawmakers in Kazakhstan have demanded that police crack down on what they say is the rampant cannabis-growing industry in the south of the country. A ... |
| Hong Kong drug firm’s shares rise after it brings in Chinese hemp producer to explore medical uses of cannabis [22.02.2018] | Shares in Hong Kong pharmaceutical company Meilleure Health International Industry Group soared by as much as 35 per cent on Thursday after it issued ... |
| Hemp without the high: Legal side still smoky, but cannabis startups eye areas from fabric to medicine [20.02.2018] | In April 2017, when the Central government and the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued the first-ever research licence to grow cannabis to the Coun ... |
| Check benefits of cannabis, Prime Minister’s office tells health ministry [17.02.2018] | As demands for the legalisation of cannabis or hemp gather momentum, the Prime Minister’s Office asked the ministry of health and family welfare (MoH ... |
| Mumbaiites fight to legalise marijuana [27.12.2017] | The Bangalore-based founder of the Great Legalisation Movement (GLM), Viki Vaurora, wrote to the Prime Minister asking him to legalise hemp — leaves ... |
| Law on marijuana should be eased [17.12.2017] | In a long overdue move, the government this past week decided to relax the narcotics law and allow hemp to be grown as a cash crop in six provinces i ... |
| Green gold: how China quietly grew into a cannabis superpower [27.08.2017] | Thanks to government support and a long tradition, China has quietly become a superpower in hemp production and research. This growth has in part bee ... |
| Marijuana on high ground [07.08.2017] | The demand for medical marijuana has been gaining ground in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, home to the world's best-quality "weed". Though illega ... |
| Mexico legalises medical marijuana [21.06.2017] | Medicinal cannabis has been made legal in Mexico. The President, Enrique Pena Nieto, has officially published a bill allowing its use for health and ... |
| Kazakhstan hopes to ride high on hemp exports [15.06.2017] | Kazakhstan has decided to profit from its natural cannabis riches and intends to start exporting hemp products to the Netherlands, Russia and China, ... |
| World Cannabis Day: ‘Flying leaves’ defy stigma to soar to new heights [21.04.2017] | Ironically, in Asia where cannabis cultivation first began, cannabis laws remain the strictest. China will probably be the last country to relax such ... |
| Hemp cultivation: Uttarakhand's plan to hand out licences to grow the plant is a welcome step for farmers' livelihood [20.12.2015] | Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat’s has announced that the state would encourage hemp cultivation and hand out licences to farmers. However, sa ... |
| Cannabis cultivation to be legalised in Uttarakhand albeit for industry [12.10.2015] | Resident of the small mountain state Uttarakhand will now be able to take up cultivation of cannabis purely for industrial purposes. According to off ... |
| China’s marijuana surprise [11.11.2014] | An economic stir is happening in China, but it’s in an industry you might not expect. With more than half of the 600 relevant patents filed with the ... |
| Cannabis valley in Kazakhstan to be destroyed with herbicides [09.10.2014] | The “legendary” Chui Valley may be destroyed with herbicides. Legendary in quotes – because the Valley is known primarily for cannabis that grow ther ... |
| Budding research may remove stigma around cannabis cultivation [20.10.2011] | Two Canadian researchers hope their work — mapping the cannabis sativa genome — will get rid of the stigma which they say surrounds the cultivation o ... |
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