Items tagged with law enforcement
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| French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims [07.08.2019] | Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for hemp farmers, the ... |
| Victoria's largest cannabis dispensary chain shuttered [01.08.2019] | The largest chain of unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Victoria is no more. Police and provincial cannabis enforcement officers raided the downtown ... |
| Economics of legalising cannabis – pricing and policing are crucial [29.07.2019] | Legalising cannabis can have major benefits for all citizens. If carried out correctly, everyone will benefit from less crime and stronger rule of la ... |
| Breaking Brabant: Drug labs blight a Dutch landscape [22.07.2019] | North Brabant is Europe's biggest producer of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy and amphetamine. In 2017, 21 active ecstasy laboratories were dismantl ... |
| NGO seeking to decriminalise drug use in Lebanon [20.07.2019] | The Support Don’t Punish campaign for decriminalising the use of illicit substances is very relevant in Lebanon where the law on drug use and the jum ... |
| The profile of festival drug takers might be different to what you expect [18.07.2019] | A NSW Coronial Inquest investigating a series of drug-related deaths at Australian music festivals has heard evidence of festival goers taking multip ... |
| The real failure of Southeast Asia’s drug wars [18.06.2019] | There may come a day when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is brought before the International Criminal Court to answer questions about his “war ... |
| Swiss police want more clarity on cannabis [15.06.2019] | The number of fines related to cannabis dropped from 18,000 in 2017 to barely more than 7,000 last year. French-speaking cantons and Zurich especiall ... |
| Medical cannabis moving ahead in Thailand, but who stands to benefit? [14.05.2019] | 25th December of 2018 was a historical day for cannabis enthusiasts in Thailand. The (interim) Parliament voted, 166-to-0, to pass new amendments to ... |
| Cannabis legalization must include cannabis equity [14.05.2019] | Canada’s federal government is currently working to pass a bill that would provide pardons for people convicted of minor cannabis possession. With a ... |
| Berlin park's 'drug dealing zones' spark outrage [09.05.2019] | The manager of Berlin’s notorious Görlitzer Park has come under fire after creating zones for drug dealers to conduct their business. Amid harsh poli ... |
| Cannabis being decriminalised by back door, MPs warn [27.04.2019] | Police have been accused of decriminalising cannabis by stealth as forces recorded a drop in possession offences of up to 75 per cent in a decade. Mo ... |
| BBC documentary exposes hashish farmers’ vulnerability and officials' alleged involvement [26.04.2019] | A BBC Arabic documentary tried to answer a daring question on hash cultivation in Morocco. Entitled Who is Getting Rich from Moroccan Hash?, the proj ... |
| Migrants and traditional use [25.04.2019] | For the past several years, Fundación ICEERS, with the support of allied organisations such as the Transnational Institute (TNI), has been assisting ... |
| Trump Justice Department goes after overdose prevention sites as ‘crack houses’ [24.04.2019] | Two major U.S. cities are trying to open facilities to save drug users’ lives, but the Trump administration is trying to stop them, arguing the facil ... |
| Where the war on weed still rages [15.04.2019] | Marijuana possession led to nearly 6 percent of all arrests in the United States in 2017, FBI data shows, underscoring the level of policing dedicate ... |
| Major UN report condemns punitive drugs policies [15.03.2019] | A new report from the United Nations System Coordination Task Team describes punitive drug policies as “ineffective in reducing drug trafficking or i ... |
| Tough cannabis policies do not deter young people – study [18.02.2019] | There is no evidence that tough policies deter young people from using cannabis, a study has found. Analysing data about cannabis use among more than ... |
| Amnesty underway for users, possessors of cannabis [15.02.2019] | The Drug Committee in Thailand approved three draft legislations for amnesty. If these drafts become law, even possessors of cannabis, who are not pa ... |
| History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t [30.01.2019] | Drug-related offences take up a lot of the resources within Australia’s criminal justice system. In 2016–17 law enforcement made 113,533 illicit drug ... |
| Danish law enforcement increasing pressure on Christiania cannabis trade [23.01.2019] | Illicit trade of cannabis at the Pusher Street market in Copenhagen’s Christiania is being put under pressure by an intensive effort from law enforce ... |
| Music festivals are offering to test the safety of people’s drugs, and police increasingly like the idea [04.01.2019] | For a long time, authorities at festivals in Australia and elsewhere almost entirely focused on preventing people from taking drugs in the first plac ... |
| The great fentanyl myth, and how we’re killing drug users [04.01.2019] | Our moral failure flows from the fact that we know what to do, but accept a policy that is killing our fellow citizens. The Vancouver Police Departme ... |
| War against drug users ineffective for combating abuse: Study [04.12.2018] | The government’s focus on jailing drug users while providing only little funding to help users get healthy again is not effective in combating drug a ... |
| Marijuana bill due before Antigua-Barbuda parliament before Christmas [24.11.2018] | A bill that will allow residents to possess and use small quantities of marijuana will go before parliament on 12 December for the first time. Accord ... |
| Amidst ganja reform, concerns about growers [20.11.2018] | The St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament is expected to approve laws establishing a medical marijuana industry in the country. The bills are expe ... |
| Police drugs lead 'impressed' by cannabis clubs [13.11.2018] | Hardyal Dhindsa, who is the lead on substance abuse for the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, has said the war on drugs is not working. ... |
| Time for a truce in Asia’s war on drugs [03.11.2018] | Global attitudes on narcotic drugs are changing, but the shift has come too late for those caught up in Asia’s past decade of misguided and often let ... |
| Why L.A.'s recreational weed industry can't go straight [30.10.2018] | Given Los Angeles’ status as one of the largest cannabis markets in the world (and California’s status as a trailblazer for medical cannabis), it sho ... |
| Barcelona police launch massive crackdown on narcopisos [29.10.2018] | Hundreds of police backed by a helicopter raided dozens of apartments in central Barcelona used for selling and consuming heroin and other drugs, mak ... |
| Pardons don't go far enough. Convictions for cannabis possession must be expunged [29.10.2018] | Today, more than 500,000 Canadians are encumbered with a criminal record for doing something that is now legal: possessing a small amount (30 grams o ... |
| Pot pioneers who went to jail for the cause now watch legal opportunities pass them by [25.10.2018] | At the outset of legalization, people who defied prohibition in high-profile ways appear to be getting shut out of a burgeoning industry just as the ... |
| Taking stock: A decade of drug policy [22.10.2018] | ‘Taking stock: A decade of drug policy’ evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, using data from the ... |
| Cannabis in Canada: Pardoning people for possession isn't enough [20.10.2018] | Canadians will get pardons if they were convicted of possessing marijuana before it was legalised. That means their criminal record for cannabis poss ... |
| Cannabis Amnesty welcomes Liberal government's promise of pardons, but says they require "four central features" [17.10.2018] | The half-million Canadians with criminal records for cannabis possession received some encouraging news. Four Liberal cabinet ministers held a news c ... |
| Racial bias in police stop and search getting worse, report reveals [13.10.2018] | Black Britons are increasingly likely to be stopped and searched by police compared with white people, according to shocking new figures that challen ... |
| Drug addiction: A different approach [12.10.2018] | The debate on the pitfalls of incarcerating drug addicts is an old one, and a study "From Addict to Convict: The Working of the NDPS Act (1985) in Pu ... |
| Seek drug reform within international law: Tom Blickman [01.10.2018] | Dating back to the latter part of 1800s, precisely in 1894-95, the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission consisting of medical experts of Indian and British o ... |
| Landmark California marijuana legislation gives residents chance to 'reclaim their lives' [01.10.2018] | Hailed by advocates as a chance for people to “reclaim their lives,” a new California law will soon make it easier for people with past marijuana con ... |
| The fight for Cannabis Social Clubs in Belgium could mean legalization is on the horizon [26.09.2018] | Trekt Uw Plant (TUP), Belgium’s first cannabis social club was founded in 2006 in Antwerp. Since then, the legal status of these nonprofit, members-o ... |
| Labour peer Charles Falconer apologises over war on drugs [24.09.2018] | The former lord chancellor Charles Falconer has apologised for his role in the war on drugs, as a group of leading politicians from across the world ... |
| Kiffen für den Fiskus [24.09.2018] | Wie sehr Deutschland finanziell davon profitieren könnte, Cannabis zu legalisieren, ermittelt derzeit Justus Haucap, Ökonom an der Universität Düssel ... |
| We from the police advise: more money and powers for the police [07.09.2018] | The study 'The Netherlands and synthetic drugs: An inconvenient truth' by the Dutch police academy on the role of the Netherlands in the production o ... |
| Andhra Pradesh's north eastern hilly belt fast becoming cannabis capital of India [02.09.2018] | Paderu is the main town in the area and the cannabis produced in the entire belt is popularly called Paderu ganja. This region is quickly becoming th ... |
| Inside the Trump administration’s secret war on weed [29.08.2018] | The White House has secretly amassed a committee of federal agencies from across the government to combat public support for marijuana and cast state ... |
| Lebanese cannabis farmers hope legalisation may bring amnesty [27.08.2018] | The contrast between the vibrant green of a cannabis field and the arid land nearby in Lebanon's Bekaa valley has for years raised a dilemma for the ... |
| Netherlands ‘market leader’ in production and trade synthetic drugs [27.08.2018] | The Netherlands is world leader in the production and trading of synthetic drugs such as ecstasy and amphetamines, with total turnover up to 2017 est ... |
| Biplab Deb’s push for cannabis-free Tripura triggers exodus of farmers, they call for legalisation [24.08.2018] | Over the years, better processing systems, well-planned smuggling routes and a bigger corridor from Assam to Bangladesh helped fuel a parallel cannab ... |
| 'Decriminalise consumption of drugs to cure Udta Punjab' [23.08.2018] | As Punjab, Manipur, Mizoram and Assam battle rampant drug abuse among its populace, a leading independent think-tank involved in legal research stron ... |
| Organic marijuana grower does not have to pay state €500,000 [22.08.2018] | A Frisian man who was convicted of growing marijuana in 2015 has been told he does not have to pay almost €500,000 to the Dutch state by appeal court ... |
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