Items tagged with cannabis
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| Why marijuana prohibition failed, and how legalization can succeed [24.09.2017] | Why is Canada legalizing marijuana, and why does the move – if done right – make sense? It's all about harm reduction. Smoking marijuana has real hea ... |
| A Zurich, posséder jusqu’à 10 grammes de cannabis n’est plus illégal [21.09.2017] | A Zurich, la possession de cannabis en petite quantité à partir de l’âge de 18 ans est désormais légale. Jusqu’ici, un adulte contrôlé avec sur lui j ... |
| Di Rupo lance une expérience scientifique et médicale sur le cannabis [21.09.2017] | En marge de la proposition de loi déposée à la chambre par le parti socialiste visant un modèle belge de réglementation du cannabis, le président Eli ... |
| Near majority of Canadians back legal pot but it doesn’t look like a vote-getter in 2019: poll [21.09.2017] | Canadians are divided on legalizing recreational marijuana, with nearly half supporting the sale and distribution of the illicit substance, however m ... |
| Legalization of cannabis proposed [20.09.2017] | Pawel Bartoszek, a member of Parliament for Viðreisn (The Reform Party) has proposed a bill for the legalization of cannabis in Iceland. The proposed ... |
| Drones used to map ganja cultivation areas [19.09.2017] | A major offensive against ganja cultivation was launched jointly by the Police and the Prohibition and Excise Departments in the Agency areas of Visa ... |
| Socialists propose bill to regulate cannabis [19.09.2017] | The Socialist Party (PS) has submitted a bill to the Chamber of Representatives proposing a Belgian model for regulating cannabis. The draft law aims ... |
| Cannabis, l’envers de la réforme [18.09.2017] | La réforme de la politique pénale voulue par le président de la République en matière d’usage de stupéfiants a trouvé ses soutiens. Et fait des déçus ... |
| “Despite the rise of gang crime, youth crime has been falling” [18.09.2017] | As Justice Minister between 1996 and 2001, Frank Jensen opposed legalising cannabis. But after becoming Lord Mayor of Copenhagen in 2010, he changed ... |
| The marijuana war has gone local, and pot advocates are losing — badly [17.09.2017] | The fight over the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts isn’t over. But one side has already gone home. Last November, a well-funded and well-o ... |
| End the gang war by setting cannabis free [14.09.2017] | Until the early 2000s, Copenhagen’s cannabis trade was centred in Christiania, an autonomous enclave of the city featuring around two dozen stalls wh ... |
| Uruguay setting up dedicated cannabis dispensaries after banks scare off pharmacies [14.09.2017] | Uruguay’s government announced that it is changing its retail system for legalized marijuana because banks are making it difficult for pharmacies to ... |
| Marijuana decriminalization law inches toward approval [13.09.2017] | Nine months after Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan initiated legislation to decriminalize, but not legalize, recreational cannabis use, his propo ... |
| Marijuana use in the U.S. has increased since 2005, but not because of legislation, study says [12.09.2017] | American adults are smoking more pot, but increased cannabis use does not appear to be due to wider availability of legal marijuana, a new study show ... |
| Legal marijuana is almost here. If only pot farmers were on board [09.09.2017] | More than nine months after California voted to legalize recreational marijuana, only a small share of the tens of thousands of cannabis farmers in N ... |
| Bermuda to decriminalise small amounts of ganja [08.09.2017] | The new Progressive Labour Party (PLP) government says it will introduce legislation to decriminalise cannabis possession if the amount is under seve ... |
| LCBO subsidiary to manage Ontario marijuana sales [08.09.2017] | The Ontario government is launching a monopoly of cannabis stores as a subsidiary of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, a plan private retailers sa ... |
| Teen marijuana use falls to 20-year low, defying legalization opponents’ predictions [07.09.2017] | In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades, according federal surv ... |
| CBD may protect against psychiatric risk from high-THC cannabis strains [07.09.2017] | A study by neuroscientists at Indiana University finds that a nonpsychoactive compound in cannabis called cannabidiol, or CBD, appears to protect aga ... |
| How legalization caused the price of marijuana to collapse [05.09.2017] | All the diverse effects of legalizing recreational marijuana may not be clear for a number of years, but one consequence has become evident almost im ... |
| Washington’s pot law hasn’t meant more use by kids, new study says [01.09.2017] | Youth use of pot and cannabis-abuse treatment admissions have not increased in Washington since marijuana was legalized, according to a new analysis ... |
| Anti-legalization group urges feds to “systematically shut down” cannabis industry [30.08.2017] | This month, governors from Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, the first four states to legalize recreational marijuana, each sent letters to th ... |
| How Anti-Mafia laws could bring down legal pot [28.08.2017] | Earlier this summer, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado decided that the "noxious odors" from a pot farm could be lowering nearby pro ... |
| Green gold: how China quietly grew into a cannabis superpower [27.08.2017] | Thanks to government support and a long tradition, China has quietly become a superpower in hemp production and research. This growth has in part bee ... |
| Pot was flying off the shelves in Uruguay. Then U.S. banks weighed in [25.08.2017] | The pharmacies selling pot were doing a brisk business. After Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana sales for rec ... |
| Is Canada ready for legal marijuana? [24.08.2017] | The Canadian government is expected to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018, in large part to put an end to the extensive and enduring black ... |
| Schützt die Jugend – legalisiert Cannabis! [24.08.2017] | Dass eine grosse Mehrheit des Stimmvolks vor bald zehn Jahren nichts von einer Legalisierung wissen wollte, darf kein Grund sein für eine Arbeitsverw ... |
| Uruguay finds no banks for the bongs [22.08.2017] | Understated and simpatico, former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica isn't easily rattled. Just don't mess with his reefer. That was the message from Mo ... |
| Belize introduces legislation to decriminalize marijuana [18.08.2017] | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs, Wilfred "Sedi" Elrington, introduced an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act, chapter 103 of the Laws o ... |
| Legal marijuana sale faces challenges by banks in Uruguay [18.08.2017] | The legal sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies linked to the drug in order to follow ... |
| Les Suisses sont prêts à légaliser le cannabis [16.08.2017] | Allumer un petit joint et frémir à la vue de la police, une situation bientôt révolue? La majorité de la population serait favorable à une levée de l ... |
| Dagga laws are ‘racist and irrational’‚ court told [14.08.2017] | The South African law banning the smoking and cultivation of dagga is racist‚ unscientific and not rational or based on good law making. This was the ... |
| Should marijuana be legalised? [11.08.2017] | In the Indian context, marijuana is mostly considered as being of recreational use, but it is not just that. Recreational use is probably true for no ... |
| Dagga is not a gateway drug [07.08.2017] | The prohibition on dagga is the "gateway to harder drug use‚ not the use of cannabis itself"‚ Imperial College Professor David Nutt told the Pretoria ... |
| Marijuana on high ground [07.08.2017] | The demand for medical marijuana has been gaining ground in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, home to the world's best-quality "weed". Though illega ... |
| Huff, puff, pass? AG’s pot fury not echoed by task force [05.08.2017] | The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the ... |
| So will Münster legales Kiffen testen [04.08.2017] | Münster will einen Modellversuch zu kontrolliertem Cannabis-Konsum bei gesunden Erwachsenen durchführen. Das Gesundheitsamt stellte einen entsprechen ... |
| U.S. Attorney General Sessions criticizes Washington state’s legal marijuana system [04.08.2017] | Is U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about to crack down on legal marijuana? A recent letter he sent to top Washington officials, critiquing the st ... |
| Congress is heading for a confrontation with Sessions over marijuana [03.08.2017] | Sessions is seeking to crack down on marijuana use while lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would do the opposite. Measures hav ... |
| Why the South African state needs to lose its fight against marijuana policy reform [27.07.2017] | South Africa is among many countries facing challenges to their drug control policies, particularly around marijuana, known locally as dagga. The Med ... |
| GEPCA: In Spain, experts are presenting their proposal for regulating cannabis [26.07.2017] | In Spain, a group of drugs experts have established the GEPCA, a body which seeks to set up a comprehensive regulation for cannabis. This model alrea ... |
| What actually happened to violent crime after Washington legalized marijuana [26.07.2017] | An upcoming report from a U.S. Department of Justice task force is expected to link marijuana use to violent crime, which some fear might signal the ... |
| The EU adopts its most progressive drug action plan ever [25.07.2017] | Although it was without much fanfare that the European Commission, in July 2017, published the new Action Plan on Drugs (2017-2020), the drug policy ... |
| Roosendaal and Limburg have most drugs-related problems: CBS [24.07.2017] | People living in the south of the Netherlands experience most problems with drugs and dealers, according to new research by national statistics offic ... |
| Albania cracks down on cannabis trade ahead of hoped-for EU talks [21.07.2017] | Thousands of small producers have made Albania, Europe’s second-poorest country, its biggest open-air producer of cannabis, exported mainly to wester ... |
| Uruguay’s marijuana law turns pharmacists into dealers [19.07.2017] | The rules are a bit of a buzzkill. Drug users must register with the government. Machines will scan buyers’ fingerprints at every purchase, and there ... |
| Canada’s premiers discuss delaying the legalization of marijuana [18.07.2017] | It’s time to take a deep breath and put pot in Canada on the back burner for an extra year, says Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister. He’s trying to per ... |
| Marijuana dispensaries decrease crime, not increase it, study finds [18.07.2017] | Conventional wisdom says marijuana dispensaries make neighborhoods less safe, but a new study from UC Irvine suggests the conventional wisdom is wron ... |
| California considering creating a state-run bank for cannabis businesses [16.07.2017] | California government, financial and marijuana business leaders met last week in a far-from-resolved debate over whether a state-run bank could be th ... |
| Where there’s smoke, there’s political fire [16.07.2017] | The rising popularity of marijuana that doesn’t make you high – a product known as “cannabis light” or “CBD cannabis” – is causing a headache for Swi ... |
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