Items tagged with decriminalization
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None but ourselves can 'free' the weed [04.07.2015] | Traditional small ganja farmers in Jamaica, accustomed to clandestinely working their fields, will now have to adhere to strict regulations in order ... |
Public to have say on legality of drugs [03.07.2015] | The Irish public is being invited to have a say in what is thought to be the country’s first official examination of the decriminalisation of drugs f ... |
Cultivating alternatives: Towards a regional cannabis model [14.06.2015] | The decriminalization and regulation of cannabis has been occurring in many jurisdictions in the United States – but also closer to home and more sig ... |
Drug policy and incarceration in São Paulo, Brazil [14.06.2015] | This briefing paper analyses the impact of drug policy on incarceration in São Paulo (Brazil), based on information collected among 1,040 people caug ... |
The seven steps of drug policy reform in Ecuador [09.06.2015] | Ecuador has entered a new era in drug policy and legislation. Twenty-five years after the last major legal reform, brought about by the famed Narcoti ... |
Companies urged to review drug testing policies to fit with ganja reform [08.06.2015] | Justice Minister Mark Golding is advising employers to review their drug-testing policies to fall in line with the new regulations that now govern th ... |
Why hardly anyone dies from a drug overdose in Portugal [04.06.2015] | Portugal decriminalized the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it -- Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small qua ... |
Lawmakers have high hopes for cannabis decriminalization [03.06.2015] | Newly proposed legislation could see Israel decriminalize cannabis for recreational use. Under the move spearheaded by freshman MK Yinon Magal (Jewis ... |
Ganja law needs police support, says Golding [30.05.2015] | Minister of Justice Senator Mark Golding, says that the success of recent changes to the Dangerous Drugs Act, accommodating decriminalising possessio ... |
Latin America rethinks drug policies [26.05.2015] | During the 1980s and 1990s, as the United States battled the scourge of cocaine throughout the hemisphere, Washington did most of the talking. Latin ... |
Women Behind Bars [19.05.2015] | Across Latin America, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, non-violent drug offenses are particularly severe for women. To shed ... |
Time has come to re-examine cannabis prohibition, Israel's police chief says [12.05.2015] | The cause of marijuana legalization received a boost from an unlikely source, when Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Yohanan Danino said it is time for the go ... |
Legalise cannabis in Luxembourg? [10.05.2015] | Luxembourg's Parliament is to debate the decriminalisation of consumption of cannabis, the health minister said while outlining a new drug prevention ... |
Revised ganja law fundamental and far reaching — Bunting [10.05.2015] | National Security Minister Bunting says amendments to the Dangerous Drugs Act, resulting in decriminalisation of specified quantities of ganja, are " ... |
Technical Report on Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-Related Offenses [22.04.2015] | Convinced that responses to the drug problem should be comprehensive, centering on public health and human rights perspectives, the Government of Col ... |
The path to legalizing marijuana in Chile [19.04.2015] | Chile’s Congressional Health Committee approved a bill that would modify the country’s current drug law, known as Law 20,000. The bill would allow up ... |
Cannabis-Klubs in Schweizer Städten in weiter Ferne [11.04.2015] | In den Schweizer Städten wird Cannabis ungehemmt konsumiert. Die Städte möchten deshalb Pilotversuche für einen kontrollierten Konsum in Klubs. Doch ... |
US president cautions against hopes of ganja legalisation [10.04.2015] | President Barack Obama cautioned persons who have hopes of marijuana being legalised, as he explained the difference between legalisation and decrimi ... |
Confusion reigns over alcohol, hashish notification [09.04.2015] | Pakistan’s prohibition laws — introduced in 1977 by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later amended by General Ziaul Haq under The Prohibition (Enforcement of ... |
Chile opens debate on marijuana bill [07.04.2015] | Chile's congressional health committee approved a bill that would legalize the cultivation of marijuana for private recreational or medicinal use, se ... |
Kratom criminalisation successfully shelved in Malaysia [02.04.2015] | The increasingly widespread use of ketum (or kratom) in Malaysia earlier this year prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs to lead a push to schedule i ... |
Governor General gives assent, 'Ganja law' now in effect [30.03.2015] | Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has given his assent to the Bill amending the Dangerous Drugs Act, making possession of two or less ounces of ganj ... |
Labour's 'appalling gutter politics' on drugs [30.03.2015] | Campaigners for a more evidence-based drug policy are horrified. "It’s a classic and appalling example of gutter politics,” says Martin Jelsma, Direc ... |
Cannabis ban is elitist. It should go: Tathagata Satpathy [28.03.2015] | BJD chief whip in Lok Sabha (India's lower house in parliament) Tathagata Satpathy recently admitted on social media that he smoked cannabis in his y ... |
D.C. hosts nation’s biggest legal marijuana giveaway [26.03.2015] | With D.C. police officers looking on, hundreds of city residents lined up and then walked away from an Adams Morgan restaurant carrying baggies conta ... |
The cannabis question [23.03.2015] | Given the dynamics of politics in Lebanon, Jumblatt’s call in and of itself is unlikely to provide the gravitas for an effective change in the legisl ... |
Survey finds strong majority in support of marijuana legalization and decriminalization [17.03.2015] | A new national survey of American voters has found a strong majority in support of marijuana legalization and an even larger majority in support of d ... |
The judge who allowed ecstasy and ketamine to be legalised explains why he did it [09.03.2015] | Judge Gerard Hogan made an unexpected decision to allow for the possession of some drugs in a ruling on an appeal with the backing of two of his judi ... |
NRW-Ministerin fordert Cannabis-Freigabe [06.03.2015] | NRW-Gesundheitsministerin Barbara Steffens (Grüne) spricht sich für eine kontrollierte Freigabe der weichen Droge Cannabis aus. Mit einer streng regu ... |
Justizminister will Cannabisbesitz straffrei stellen [05.03.2015] | Der Besitz von kleineren Mengen Cannabis soll straffrei werden in Österreich. Das Justizministerium von Wolfgang Brandstetter erklärte dass eine dera ... |
Cannabis lovers greet Green legalization plan [04.03.2015] | German pro-legalization campaigners welcomed a draft law presented by the Green party that would allow adults to consume cannabis under strict condit ... |
D.C. pot advocates threaten public smoke-in to protest ban on pot clubs [03.03.2015] | After just five days of pot being legal in the nation’s capital, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to approve new limits on marijuana use. The legis ... |
UK should begin decriminalising drugs, say Richard Branson and Nick Clegg [03.03.2015] | Sir Richard Branson and Nick Clegg are urging the UK to begin decriminalising the use and possession of almost all drugs, following the example of Po ... |
Belize to decriminalize 10 grams of marijuana [02.03.2015] | Cabinet and Parliament are soon expected to put their stamp of approval on a set of recommendations presented by the committee for the decriminalizat ... |
Ganja decriminalisation: Three the hard way [02.03.2015] | February 24, 2015 was an especially emotional day for three of the stalwarts who have fought for the decriminalisation of ganja. It was the day the H ... |
Lowe wants public sector cooperation on ganja [28.02.2015] | Executive Chairman of Medicanja, Dr Henry Lowe, is urging a spirit of cooperation between government ministries and agencies involved in the developm ... |
Caribbean leaders form marijuana commission [26.02.2015] | Just days after Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to decriminalize small portions of pot, leaders of the Caribbean Community agreed on the co ... |
D66 devises plan to regulate Dutch marijuana production [26.02.2015] | Liberal democratic party D66 is introducing draft legislation to regulate the production and sale of marijuana in the Netherlands. D66 has called for ... |
Washington DC legalises marijuana possession and use [26.02.2015] | Washington DC joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the US that allow the use of the drug for recreational purposes. Res ... |
D.C. vs. Amsterdam: The Dutch strike back! [25.02.2015] | When Mayor Muriel E. Bowser delivered her legalized marijuana guidelines, she tried to ease concerns of naysayers with promises that there are enough ... |
Despite U.N. treaties, war against drugs a losing battle [25.02.2015] | As the call for the decriminalisation of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study by the London-based charity Health Poverty Action concl ... |
Ganja law passed but awaits regulations [25.02.2015] | The law effectively clears the way for the decriminalisation of two ounces of marijuana, making possession a ticketable offence. Under the amended la ... |
St Lucia Cannabis Movement commends Jamaica for passing 'Ganja Bill' [25.02.2015] | Chairman of the Cannabis Movement of St Lucia, Andre De Caires, has welcomed Jamaica's decision to give the green light to the so-called Ganja Bill, ... |
Marijuana activists push legalization of medical cannabis in Costa Rica [25.02.2015] | Pien Metaal, who follows Latin American drug law reform ... told The Tico Times ... that legalizing medical marijuana in Costa Rica “would clearly se ... |
Ganja law gets green light [24.02.2015] | The much anticipated amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act, often referred to as the ganja law, has been passed in the House of Representatives of Jam ... |
'Misperception is very dangerous' [16.02.2015] | Executive director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, has warned that the misinformation circulating among Jamaicans about ... |
The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs in 2016 [16.02.2015] | In April 2016, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to evaluate drug policy in a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGAS ... |
Drug policy in India [14.02.2015] | India’s response to drugs flows along an extraordinary spectrum – of tradition and modernity; of widespread availability and stringent enforcement; o ... |
Justice minister calls for light drug legalisation, PM pulls rug [08.02.2015] | The Portuguese justice minister, Paula Teixeira da Cruz, said she agreed with decriminalizing the use of soft drugs, in an interview to TSF radio, so ... |
Senate passes ganja law [06.02.2015] | The Senate debated for nearly five hours about the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2015, which was later passed with five amendments. The legislatio ... |
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