Items tagged with legalization
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| Tough marijuana position from national prosecutors could influence Trump policy [25.04.2017] | A federal group of prosecutors in the United States has criticized efforts at the US state level to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational ... |
| Swiss group launches new initiative to legalize cannabis [24.04.2017] | The Swiss public could have another chance to decide if cannabis consumption should be legalized after the group Legalize It launched a popular initi ... |
| Canada and eight US states have done it. Why can't NSW legalise cannabis? [24.04.2017] | In Australia the long arm of the law still has a long reach, waging a war on drugs. Last year, there were more than 26,000 criminal incidents of cann ... |
| ‘An awful lot of expertise’ [24.04.2017] | Black market marijuana growers should be included in the legal market as they can provide valuable expertise as it evolves, Anne McLellan, chair of t ... |
| Support for marijuana legalization at all-time high [20.04.2017] | Sixty-one percent of Americans think marijuana use should be legal, a five-point increase from last year and the highest percentage ever recorded in ... |
| Six things to know about weed in Germany [20.04.2017] | There's long been talk of fully legalizing cannabis in Germany, especially in the capital of Berlin. But how close is Deutschland actually to making ... |
| Canada’s plan to be the world leader in legal weed [20.04.2017] | Cannabis is already big business in Canada. The drug was approved for medicinal use 20 years ago, and almost 30 percent of young adults say they use ... |
| While waiting to legalize pot, why not decriminalize it in the meantime? [19.04.2017] | The Trudeau government has put itself and many Canadians in a bind with the announcement that it will legalize marijuana by July of next year. Canada ... |
| Always look on the bright side of legalization [17.04.2017] | I have to say, I’ve been pretty dismayed with the overall response to Bill C-45. While I wasn’t expecting spontaneous mobs of joyous people cheering ... |
| Legalization plan doesn’t include amnesty for past marijuana-convictions: Liberals [17.04.2017] | The federal plan to legalize recreational marijuana does not include the general amnesty for past pot convictions some would like to see, says Public ... |
| Push to undo hash ban in Nepal [14.04.2017] | Marijuana use was always culturally accepted in Nepal, and the cannabis indica plant grows wild across the country. Open sale of marijuana in governm ... |
| Globe editorial: The Liberals begin Canada’s countdown to legal pot [13.04.2017] | The Trudeau government has started off on the right foot down the path to legalization of cannabis. But the next 15 months or so could make or break ... |
| Is this the end of the black market for marijuana? [13.04.2017] | Marijuana was criminalized in Canada in 1923. There was no debate in the House of Commons, just the statement, "There is a new drug in the schedule." ... |
| Canada’s marijuana legalization plan designed to reduce criminal role in market [13.04.2017] | Stating that 94 years of prohibition were an "abject failure," the federal government has tabled long-awaited legislation to legalize marijuana for a ... |
| Liberals table bills to legalize pot, clamp down on impaired driving [13.04.2017] | The Liberal government tabled legislation to end the prohibition on pot, checking off a major promise from the 2015 campaign. The plan comes with two ... |
| The world’s first pot-focused exchange-traded fund [10.04.2017] | The launch of the world’s first cannabis-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF), on the Toronto Stock Exchange, is welcome news to aficionados of marijua ... |
| Liberals set to table marijuana legislation, but key details need to be resolved [10.04.2017] | The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers ... |
| Oregon set to shield marijuana user data from US officials [10.04.2017] | Oregon state lawmakers who fear heightened marijuana enforcement by federal agents overwhelmingly approved a proposal to protect pot users from havin ... |
| How Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs [08.04.2017] | When the Obama administration reduced harsh prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, rave reviews came from across the political spectrum. Civ ... |
| Uruguay to sell cannabis in pharmacies from July [07.04.2017] | Uruguay will begin selling cannabis in pharmacies from July, the final stage in the country's pioneering regularisation of the drug. "Cannabis will b ... |
| Toronto pot shop raids: Huge success or costly attack? [07.04.2017] | Shut down, Mayor John Tory told marijuana shop owners, or face “whatever enforcement mechanisms” the city can muster to extinguish the “wildfire” spr ... |
| «Une grande partie de l’argent du haschich ne profite pas à l’économie marocaine» [30.03.2017] | Début mars, un rapport du département d’Etat américain a fait grand bruit, affirmant que la « production de cannabis » au Maroc équivalait à 23 % du ... |
| Bipartisan “Path to Marijuana Reform” bills introduced to decriminalize, protect, regulate cannabis industry [30.03.2017] | U.S. lawmakers introduced a package of marijuana reform bills aimed at protecting and preserving existing state-based programs while creating a frame ... |
| SPD-Politiker will Abgabe von Cannabis nach der Wahl legalisieren [30.03.2017] | Der drogenpolitische Sprecher der SPD, Burkhard Blienert, plädiert dafür, dass die schrittweise Legalisierung der Cannabis-Abgabe in das Wahlprogramm ... |
| Public support for marijuana legalization surged in 2016 [29.03.2017] | Public support for marijuana legalization in the US surged in 2016, according to data just released from the General Social Survey. Last year 57 perc ... |
| Marijuana industry faces challenge in gaining Canadians’ trust, survey finds [29.03.2017] | Marijuana stocks may have leapt higher on the news of Ottawa’s plans to legalize the drug by next year, but the industry is facing an uphill battle i ... |
| Pot legalization: Canada doesn’t need another profit-seeking drug industry [28.03.2017] | When Canadians have expressed concerns about upcoming cannabis legalization, the government has assured them that the legal cannabis industry will be ... |
| Ottawa's plans for cannabis legalization may be slowed by provinces [27.03.2017] | Ottawa’s plan to legalize marijuana by next year could hit serious roadblocks across the country, as provinces and territories are expected to have d ... |
| Liberals to announce marijuana will be legal by July 1, 2018 [26.03.2017] | The Liberal government will announce legislation next month that will legalize marijuana in Canada by July 1, 2018. CBC News has learned that the leg ... |
| Task-force leader on legalizing marijuana urges prohibition, for now [23.03.2017] | Anne McLellan, head of an official task force that submitted recommendations to Ottawa on how best to legalize cannabis, said police everywhere shoul ... |
| Expert not expecting Trump to crack down on legal marijuana [22.03.2017] | With millions of dollars hanging in the balance, supporters of Nevada’s marijuana industry have been watching Jeff Sessions with wary, worried eyes s ... |
| Swiss cannabis entrepreneurs develop craving for low-potency pot [22.03.2017] | Entrepreneurs have high hopes for cannabis in Switzerland, where business has suddenly taken off in recent months, six years after the country legali ... |
| A big thing marijuana opponents warned you about is definitely not happening [21.03.2017] | Data coming out of Washington and Colorado suggest that those states' legalization experiments, which began in earnest in 2014, are not causing any s ... |
| Kiffen auf der Kö [18.03.2017] | Düsseldorf, die Landeshauptstadt Nordrhein-Westfalens, kämpft seit Monaten sehr aktiv und kreativ um die nationale Vorreiter-Rolle in Sachen Cannabis ... |
| Cannabis legislation in Europe [15.03.2017] | At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often ... |
| Morocco and Cannabis [10.03.2017] | This policy briefing discusses whether or not the aim of reducing cannabis cultivation is realistic or beneficial for Morocco, what it would actually ... |
| Illegal marijuana shops linked to activists Marc, Jodie Emery raided across Canada [09.03.2017] | Police officers in several Canadian cities raided illegal marijuana dispensaries linked to activists Marc and Jodie Emery, charging them and several ... |
| Marijuana stocks drop as Trudeau’s pot czar says Canada won’t rush into legalization [07.03.2017] | As investors flock to Canada’s burgeoning marijuana sector, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is signaling recreational pot sales aren’t imm ... |
| Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminent [02.03.2017] | The Trump administration is causing serious paranoia among marijuana advocates with its hints of a federal crackdown on recreational use. But Attorne ... |
| Sessions: More violence around marijuana than ‘one would think’ [27.02.2017] | The Justice Department will try to adopt “responsible policies” for enforcement of federal anti-marijuana laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, ... |
| People in Latin America are starting to turn against outlawing marijuana [27.02.2017] | Sentiments in Latin America in favor of outlawing marijuana appear to be undergoing shifts in some countries, according to a study published the Inte ... |
| Four of five Danes support legalising medical cannabis [27.02.2017] | More than 80 percent of Danes are in favour of legalising the medical use of cannabis, a new survey has found, increasing the chance that a pilot sch ... |
| As Trump said in the campaign, leave pot to the states [27.02.2017] | In pulling back from Mr. Trump’s assurance during the campaign that states should be left to decide their own marijuana policies, White House spokesm ... |
| White House hints at crackdown on recreational marijuana [23.02.2017] | White House press secretary Sean Spicer suggested the Trump administration will step up enforcement of federal laws against recreational marijuana. “ ... |
| Can the government impede cannabis regulation in Spain? [17.02.2017] | Is cannabis regulation possible with a prohibitionist government in Spain? Cooperation between various forces in Congress, changes in public attitude ... |
| Just how mainstream is marijuana? [17.02.2017] | Time to dispel any doubts you may still have that marijuana reform is truly a mainstream political issue. This week, a bipartisan group of U.S. repre ... |
| Peru's Government proposes to legalise medical marijuana [09.02.2017] | Peru's government says it will present to the opposition-dominated legislature a plan to legalise the medical use of marijuana “for the treatment of ... |
| Thousands call for full weed legalization at Tel Aviv rally [05.02.2017] | Thousands of Israelis, including two lawmakers, demonstrated for the full legalization of cannabis, urging the government to go beyond the recently a ... |
| Marijuana health trends mostly positive but still bear watching [01.02.2017] | Marijuana-related emergency room visits dropped, accidental poisonings are down and recreational marijuana failed to bring a much-feared spike in ado ... |
| Marijuana legalization must include justice reform [31.01.2017] | Across the US, we routinely take a pledge that ends in “with liberty and justice for all.” Yet that fundamental promise has been broken in six of the ... |
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