Items tagged with cannabis
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Five Danish political parties support legalisation of cannabis [11.06.2018] | A string of parties on both sides of the political aisle have declared their support for decriminalising the sale of cannabis. Police are wasting the ... |
No cannabis for scientific studies, says parliament [11.06.2018] | The Swiss parliament has rejected a motion to allow the use of cannabis in scientific studies investigating the drug’s effects. Opponents saw the mot ... |
What's the story behind the new cannabis-selling 'coffee shops' in Paris? [11.06.2018] | Two shops selling cannabis or more specifically "cannabidiol" based products (CBD) opened in central Paris and just outside the capital. Cofyshop, th ... |
"New Amsterdam" no more? Spain's cannabis clubs fight to stay open [08.06.2018] | Spain's cannabis social club (CSC) model might make the country appear to be a marijuana mecca, but what the tourist never sees are the legal and fin ... |
Jeff Sessions is really going to hate the World Health Organization’s first-ever marijuana review [08.06.2018] | The World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland, to review a first-of-its-kind report on the health and safety of cannabis, and President Do ... |
Senate approves cannabis legalization bill with dozens of amendments [07.06.2018] | The Senate has approved the Trudeau government’s landmark legislation to lift Canada’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational cannabis – but with ne ... |
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to protect state laws on marijuana [07.06.2018] | Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow states to regulate marijuana without federa ... |
Stop blaming banned drugs for the devastation caused by prohibition [07.06.2018] | New Zealand was poised for drug reform in 2007 when the Law Commission was tasked to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. In 2011 after a four-year i ... |
Pot delivery services could be 'cockroaches' of marijuana legalization, experts say [03.06.2018] | Marijuana businesses are growing as Canada moves toward legalization of recreational pot, creating an increasingly daunting job for those tasked with ... |
Legalising cannabis ‘could earn Treasury £3.5bn’ [02.06.2018] | Introducing a legal cannabis market to the UK could earn the Treasury between £1bn and £3.5bn a year in tax revenues, a new report suggests. Health P ... |
Dominica minister wants debate on decriminalisation of marijuana [01.06.2018] | A senior government minister says he remains baffled as to why Dominicans are afraid of debating the issue of decriminalisation of marijuana whether ... |
Illicit drug trade worth 2.7bn euros a year in France [30.05.2018] | The trade in illegal drugs contributes an estimated 0.1 percent of France's GDP, earning 2.7 billion euros, according to the national statistical ins ... |
Danish police in new Christiania clampdown as hash market pulled down [28.05.2018] | Police in Copenhagen tore down cannabis stands in the Pusher Street market area in Christiania for the third consecutive day. But sellers in the alte ... |
Jamaica poised to become major location for medical cannabis investment — Shaw [27.05.2018] | Audley Shaw's trip to Canada has paved the way for Jamaica to play a leading role in the rapidly growing medical cannabis industry, according to the ... |
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 ... |
The Netherlands is richer than thought – thanks to the marijuana industry [24.05.2018] | Illegal cannabis cultivation in the Netherlands is far larger than previously thought, Statistics Netherlands said in a revision of old economic figu ... |
Report highlights continued rise in drug-related crime in Germany [23.05.2018] | The head of the BKA, Holger Münch, suggested during a joint press conference with Germany's Commissioner on Drugs, Marlene Mortler, that decriminaliz ... |
Denmark’s Christiania closes off 'Pusher Street' cannabis market [22.05.2018] | Residents in Denmark’s alternative enclave Christiania fenced off an area known as Pusher Street, from where cannabis is usually sold. All entrances ... |
Chefchaouen-Ouazzane: nouvelles tensions entre cultivateurs de cannabis à cause du manque d'eau [17.05.2018] | La région de Chefchaouen et Ouazzane est le théâtre d'une guerre pour l’eau entre les cultivateurs de cannabis. Plusieurs accrochages ont été enregis ... |
Danish MP calls for decriminalisation of both cannabis and hard drugs [17.05.2018] | Henrik Sass Larsen minces no words in his new book ‘Exodus: The Way to the Centre-Left’ in which he offers up his opinion on the Danish government’s ... |
Is Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to drugs a failing model? [17.05.2018] | Sweden is accustomed to being praised for its forward-thinking approach, but there's one area where many feel it lies behind the curve. The country's ... |
Surge in young Americans using marijuana as first drug [17.05.2018] | The proportion of young people using marijuana as their first drug doubled in the 10 years from 2004, a US-based study has found. The government stud ... |
Big opportunities in Europe's cannabis market come with big risks [16.05.2018] | Interest is running very high among cannabis entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the prospect of an expanded European cannabis market. Europe is h ... |
Trafic de cannabis : Le PAM et l'Istiqlal appellent à la libération des personnes poursuivies [15.05.2018] | La nécessité d’inscrire les noms des personnes poursuives pour trafic de cannabis dans les zones du Nord sur la liste des bénéficiaires de la grâce r ... |
High time to rehash drug policy, think tanks say, as legalisation could save taxpayer £900m [13.05.2018] | Think tanks have today called on the government to radically rethink its drug policy, as it was revealed that taxpayers could save nearly £900m a yea ... |
How do you move mountains of unwanted weed? [09.05.2018] | It turns out Oregonians are good at growing cannabis – too good. In February, state officials announced that 1.1m pounds of cannabis flower were logg ... |
Canada plans to legalize weed – but will those convicted of crimes get amnesty? [08.05.2018] | As Canada prepares to legalize marijuana this summer, politicians are facing growing calls to grant a blanket amnesty for people convicted under the ... |
The Senate should stand down on cannabis [07.05.2018] | Conservative senators have been threatening to slow or even kill the Liberal government’s cannabis legalization bill for months. But with a third rea ... |
INCB hearing on the use of cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes [07.05.2018] | The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) held a meeting with civil society representatives on the “the use of cannabis for medical and non-me ... |
How anti-marijuana Jeff Sessions became the best thing to happen to pot legalization [06.05.2018] | Jeff Sessions hates marijuana. He’s made that plain in multiple colorful quotes, from stating that “good people don’t smoke marijuana” to arguing tha ... |
INCB should exert caution in presenting data on cannabis regulation [06.05.2018] | At the recent 63rd Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organisation of American States, the International Narc ... |
In bid to intimidate Canada on cannabis regulation, INCB is reckless and wrong [04.05.2018] | On May 1, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland appeared before the Canadian Senate’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International T ... |
Colombia sees billion-dollar bonanza from legacy of marijuana trade [03.05.2018] | Farmers who want to be part of Colombia's medical marijuana project are required to destroy their illegal crops. Colombia has already issued 33 licen ... |
Withdrawing from drug treaties over legal pot would be a ‘mistake’: Freeland [01.05.2018] | Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is defending the Liberal government’s decision not to withdraw from three international drug treaties, whi ... |
Beijing asks Canada to help stem flow of illicit marijuana to China [30.04.2018] | Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on ... |
Morocco's farmers are now producing high-quality Rosin and BHO [30.04.2018] | In the final part of our series on the recent changes to the cannabis industry in Morocco, we’ll take a closer look at the new extraction methods gai ... |
Liz Warren has high hopes for pot bill [29.04.2018] | U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has had “encouraging” conversations with Republican leadership over a bill she and Republican Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner a ... |
CARPHA executive director urges caution on decriminalisation of marijuana [24.04.2018] | The executive director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James Hosepdales, is urging regional countries to “proceed w ... |
Legal marijuana’s big moment [24.04.2018] | In Washington, evolution on the marijuana issue is proceeding at warp speed in political terms. John Boehner is just the latest in a string of notewo ... |
The red flags ahead of Canada’s marijuana legalization [23.04.2018] | The central question facing the Liberal government as it seeks to fulfill its 2015 campaign promise to “legalize, regulate and restrict access to mar ... |
In Lebanon, one farmer-turned-candidate is running on a pro-cannabis platform [23.04.2018] | In Lebanon, on the roads of Baalbek-Hermel leading to his village of Deir al-Ahmar, Shawki Fakhri is contesting the upcoming local elections under a ... |
Legalising cannabis adds $3.6bn to Australian economy, budget office says [22.04.2018] | Legalising cannabis would reap the Australian economy almost $2bn a year, the Parliamentary Budget Office has found. The Greens plan to not only decr ... |
Most banks won’t touch America’s legal pot industry [20.04.2018] | Providing banking services to pot-sellers is a risky endeavour. Despite being legal in one form or another in 29 states, marijuana is banned under th ... |
T&T petition for decriminalisation of marijuana gathers momentum [20.04.2018] | As other Caribbean countries continue to decriminalise marijuana, several groups in Trinidad and Tobago are calling on government to reassess legisla ... |
When will weed be legalised in India? [20.04.2018] | The Great Legalisation Movement - India (GLM) was founded in Bengaluru in 2014, with the aim of legalising cannabis and hemp production. The movement ... |
Cannabis products sold in Lidl Switzerland [19.04.2018] | Hemp containing active ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) can now be bought in Swiss branches of German discount supermarket chain Lidl. Start-up company T ... |
Schumer to introduce bill to decriminalize marijuana [19.04.2018] | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that he would introduce legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, marking a sig ... |
Australia should tax and regulate cannabis, not prohibit it [18.04.2018] | Cannabis arrests have accounted for the largest proportion of illicit drug arrests in Australia. In 2015-16, of the two million Australians who use c ... |
Cannabis harm to teenagers' brains 'overstated', finds study [18.04.2018] | Fears that cannabis causes irreparable harm to teenager’s brains have been stoked by trials which “overstated” the effects on intelligence and other ... |
The plan to save California's legendary weed from 'Big Cannabis' [17.04.2018] | The cannabis industry in California historically has been anything but centralized. That has made the cannabis in the Emerald Triangle legendary. Tho ... |
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