Items tagged with regulation

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Cannabis cafés and self-growing: Czechia presents draft of new marijuana law [11.01.2024] The Czech government presented a draft of a cannabis regulation bill that, does not include the previously envisioned regulated cannabis market. The ...
As the mayor of Amsterdam, I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state [05.01.2024] In the Netherlands, we used to look on the international “war on drugs” with a certain amount of disdain. Its solutions were prohibition, criminalisa ...
Swiss capital Bern considers legal cocaine project [20.12.2023] Switzerland's capital is examining a pilot project to allow the sale of cocaine for recreational use - a radical approach to the war on drugs that is ...
High time: after five years, Dutch start legal cannabis trial [15.12.2023] The Netherlands’ legal weed experiment kicked off in Breda and Tilburg, with Europe’s first ever licensed and controlled cannabis arriving in city co ...
Legal Cannabis cultivation pilot set to begin on Friday [14.12.2023] The Netherlands’ long-awaited experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation starts in Tilburg and Breda on Friday. Coffeeshops in these two municipa ...
Scholz’s SPD puts cannabis legalisation on hold [06.12.2023] Germany’s plans to legalise cannabis appear to be in limbo after the Social Democratic Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition announ ...
Germany will likely legalize adult-use cannabis in 2024 [28.11.2023] The coalition government in Germany is finalizing details for long-awaited cannabis legalization, including dates for cannabis cultivation and the es ...
German government to loosen up cannabis legalisation law [27.11.2023] Recreational use of cannabis is set to become legal in Germany. The government has agreed the final draft of the legislation that will be discussed a ...
Cannabis : pourquoi la France bloque quand nos voisins européens assouplissent la législation [19.11.2023] « Clubs de cannabis, culture à domicile, Weed care… » : l'Allemagne, le Luxembourg, les Pays-Bas, la Belgique et la Suisse - ces pays frontaliers de ...
‘Prohibition is failing’ [15.11.2023] Former Australian Federal Police boss Mick Palmer has said the prohibition of cannabis use “is not just failing, it is causing real harm” as he descr ...
Spain’s confusing cannabis policies spark similar problems faced by US states [12.11.2023] “For some years, there was the possibility to regulate and keep it in the hands of those who aren’t crime-related,” said Óscar Parés, deputy director ...
Weed is now legal in Thailand. How long will the high times last? [10.11.2023] Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essenti ...
High times in Basel: Swiss city experiments with recreational cannabis [01.11.2023] 370 adults taking part in Basel’s “Weed Care” scheme – a 2.5-year recreational pot smoking study. Its aim is to examine the impact of regulated canna ...
New report aims to protect small cannabis from corporate takeover [26.10.2023] When cannabis is legalized, a lot is at stake for the existing, state-level industry. The entrepreneurs who make up weed’s $33.8 billion market are p ...
Hill touts legalised ganja sale to tourists [21.10.2023] Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica, Senator Aubyn Hill, has suggested the legalised sale of marijuana to visitors as a way for ...
A tale of two cannabis legalization experiments [17.10.2023] It’s been five years since the Canadian government legalized and regulated non-medical cannabis cultivation, commerce, and consumption. California is ...
5 years of legal cannabis: fewer charges, many hospitalizations and more than a few questions [10.10.2023] When Canada legalized the use of cannabis in October 2018 after decades of prohibition, the goals were to improve safety and public health as well as ...
Cannabis in Canada: Debunking myths about the real impacts of legalization [09.10.2023] Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, there was considerable debate about its potential effects. Some predicted it would tri ...
Cannabis firms are cut off from the US financial system, but relief is in sight [08.10.2023] Imagine that you run a perfectly legal business but are unable to open a simple checking account at a national bank. Believe it or not, that’s the ca ...
Genève lance son essai de vente légale de cannabis [29.09.2023] L'essai-pilote de vente régulée de cannabis entre dans sa phase concrète dans le canton de Genève. Courant décembre, une boutique spécialisée devrait ...
The predatory perils of cannabis legalization in Jamaica [26.09.2023] Jamaica revised its ganja laws to build a legal medicinal cannabis industry with the hopes of exporting to the world. Many assumed that Jamaica, and ...
Potential cannabis associations to receive harm reduction training by next November [23.09.2023] The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) will be organising the first training on harm reduction for those Associations which have re ...
Tilburg, Breda launch legal cannabis trials in December [15.09.2023] The Dutch government’s long-awaited legal cannabis experiment will kick off in Tilburg and Breda on December 15 when two licenced growers start suppl ...
Expecting cannabis boom, New York lays down the rules [13.09.2023] Cannabis regulators in New York approved a package of regulations that laid the groundwork for an expansion of the state’s emerging cannabis industry ...
German government anticipates huge windfall with legalization of cannabis [01.09.2023] In November 2021, when it was announced the German government would send a law to the Bundestag to legalize the consumption and possession of marijua ...
Tackling Belgium’s drug problem: Legalising cannabis is ‘common sense,’ says Economy Minister [31.08.2023] A solution to the drug and security problem in Belgium's bigger cities, such as Brussels and Antwerp, could be legalising the sale and use of cannabi ...
Czech government wants to regulate kratom and other psychoactive substances [31.08.2023] The Czech government has decided in favour of regulating, rather than banning, the sale of kratom, CBD or HHC products. A proposed bill to that effec ...
German goverment adopts watered-down cannabis legalisation bill [16.08.2023] The German government adopted a watered-down plan to legalise cannabis, moving one step closer to the substance’s controlled distribution, though cri ...
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 ...
A beachside city became California’s legal cannabis capital. Not everyone is stoked [03.08.2023] Thanks to the most lenient policies in California for recreational marijuana, Santa Barbara county is now the state’s undisputed capital of legal can ...
Cannabis policy expert slams Malta police's attitude to CBD [29.07.2023] A leading drugs policy expert believes members of Malta’s planned cannabis associations should be allowed to consume cannabis on site rather than bei ...
‘Outlaws’: Morocco’s Rif provides refuge for cannabis farmers [28.07.2023] For centuries, the mountains of the Rif have been a centre of cannabis farming. Morocco is to this day the biggest producer of cannabis resin in the ...
German cannabis legalisation could infringe EU law despite tweaks [26.07.2023] Germany’s plans to legalise cannabis are partially incompatible with EU law, despite significant changes Berlin made to avoid legal problems, accordi ...
Swiss cities test controlled cannabis distribution [23.07.2023] Swiss drug policy is shifting. Some pharmacies and social clubs in major cities are making cannabis available for recreational purposes under scienti ...
Cannabis associations eye first quarter of 2024 for opening their doors [17.07.2023] Cannabis associations in Malta could be up and running by the end of March 2024, sources familiar with the matter have told MaltaToday. In June, it w ...
Germany unveils draft bill to legalize cannabis [10.07.2023] Germany's government is taking steps toward the legalization of cannabis by publishing the draft bill for the first pillar of a two-pillar model desi ...
No THC limit chosen to deter black market trade, explains Justice Minister [05.07.2023] After the new law on the private cultivation and consumption of cannabis was passed in Luxembourg, RTL spoke to Minister of Justice Sam Tanson about ...
Cannabis policy needs to be monitored for health impact - EU drugs agency [01.07.2023] European countries that are widening their cannabis policies should invest in monitoring and evaluation to understand the impact on public health and ...
Luxembourg legalises cultivation and consumption of cannabis at home [29.06.2023] It's official: Luxembourg deputies greenlit a bill that allows for limited cannabis cultivation and consumption at home. 38 deputies voted in favour ...
Cannabis clubs assured of receiving support from local banks [16.06.2023] The cannabis authority in Malta has been assured that local banks will not turn down potential cannabis clubs on the grounds that they are selling ma ...
Parliament to vote on legalisation of home-grown cannabis this month [15.06.2023] Luxembourg residents hoping to legally grow cannabis at home might not have to wait till after the elections, after Parliament announced it will vote ...
Legal but locked out [14.06.2023] As Jamaica continues to promote medicinal cannabis to attract investors and spur the industry's development, entrepreneurs face significant hurdles d ...
Thailand’s cannabis lovers face comedown amid legalisation U-turn [09.06.2023] One year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis, Thailand’s Ganja TV, a Facebook page with 90,000-odd followers, are looking on as rival politicians ...
26 applications for cannabis clubs received so far - no licences granted yet [08.06.2023] The cannabis authority has received 26 applications from potential cannabis clubs requesting a licence to sell home-grown marijuana, according to Leo ...
Canada’s unsold cannabis inventory balloons to 1.5 billion grams [06.06.2023] Business failures and consolidation failed to stop Canada’s stockpile of unsold cannabis from reaching a new high in the final quarter of 2022, the l ...
New report describes growing complexity and change in cannabis laws in Europe [05.06.2023] What forms of cannabis regulation are under consideration in Europe? What types of cannabis are controlled? Are cosmetic and wellness products contai ...
Swiss capital city wants to test controlled sale of cocaine [02.06.2023] Switzerland's capital city, Bern, has signalled its intent to conduct a scientific pilot trial of controlled cocaine sales. With 43 votes to 18, the ...
Proposals for regulated cannabis market may end up in European Court, says official [30.05.2023] The introduction of a legal, regulated cannabis market in the Czech Republic may end up in the European Court of Justice, said drug policy coordinato ...
Industry up in smoke? [28.05.2023] The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by eight prospective parties on forming a coalition government in Thailand could be bad news for advocat ...
Blow to red light tourists: cannabis smoking banned in public [25.05.2023] Smoking cannabis in public is forbidden in the centre of Amsterdam from Thursday, as part of a raft of measures to restrain party tourism. In the Bur ...

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