Items tagged with cannabis
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| The story of the UK’s Cannabis Social Clubs [22.06.2016] | Just over half a decade ago a handful of cannabis clubs started to campaign openly for the regulation and legal sale of cannabis in the UK. Today, th ... |
| Time to put ‘skunk’ out of business [21.06.2016] | In the scientific literature, 'skunk' has come to mean something more specific: cannabis that contains a high percentage of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC ... |
| Christiania raid spurs new debate on legal cannabis [21.06.2016] | After a massive police raid on the open-air cannabis market Pusher Street, a number of prominent figures in law enforcement have called on Denmark to ... |
| Caricom decriminalisation of marijuana report expected next month [20.06.2016] | St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Hon Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes another year of consultations is possible before a regional decision is ... |
| California’s largest political party just endorsed legalizing marijuana [19.06.2016] | Six years ago, the California Democratic Party joined most of its elected leaders in declining to endorse the marijuana legalization initiative on th ... |
| Holy herb or illegal drug? [19.06.2016] | The Regional Commission on Marijuana, chaired by Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, the dean of the Faculty of Law at the St Augustine campus of the ... |
| Teen marijuana use in Colorado found lower than national average [19.06.2016] | Marijuana consumption by Colorado high school students has dipped slightly since the state first permitted recreational cannabis use by adults, a new ... |
| Copenhagen police tear down Christiania cannabis market [17.06.2016] | Copenhagen Police on Friday carried out a large-scale operation in Christiania, clearing the alternative enclave's open-air cannabis market. Using sa ... |
| Drugs in Europe: Not mind-stretching enough [17.06.2016] | European countries’ reforms have lost momentum, or even slipped backwards. Most drug-policy experts consider this a shame. The reformist countries’ e ... |
| Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties [16.06.2016] | As jurisdictions enact reforms creating legal access to cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific,” tensions surrounding t ... |
| New Report Offers Strategies for Regulating Cannabis in Ways that Uphold and Modernize International Law [16.06.2016] | As an increasing number of jurisdictions consider whether and how to legalize and regulate access to cannabis, tensions are growing between these ini ... |
| Time to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act [16.06.2016] | A recent memorandum by representatives of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to several U.S. senators indicates that the agency is prepar ... |
| The first big company to say it’s serving the legal marijuana trade? Microsoft. [15.06.2016] | As state after state has legalized marijuana in one way or another, big names in corporate America have stayed away entirely. Marijuana, after all, i ... |
| Thousands of Jamaicans see ganja records wiped clean [15.06.2016] | Almost 4,000 Jamaicans who had criminal records for minor ganja offenses have so far been issued with clean Police certificates under the Rehabilitat ... |
| Human rights study no reason to change cannabis regulation policy [15.06.2016] | A recent study by Radboud University Nijmegen that concluded that regulating cannabis cultivation could improve human rights is no reason for the Net ... |
| Smoke clears on cannabis licensing regime [14.06.2016] | Over a year ago Jamaica brought about reform to the legal landscape with regards to ganja through the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act the (DDA). Afte ... |
| NDP demands immediate decriminalization of marijuana [12.06.2016] | The federal New Democrats are putting forward a motion in Parliament to pressure the Liberal government to decriminalize pot before it is legalized. ... |
| Cannabis in the capital: Federal haze [10.06.2016] | Since 2015 it has been legal to own, grow and use cannabis privately in Washington, DC. Generous souls are allowed to give small amounts to whomever ... |
| Moroccan party leader calls for moderate consumption of cannabis [10.06.2016] | Ilyass El Omari, President of the Regional Council of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, proposed to allow cannabis to be sold legally in cafes. The Secreta ... |
| Justin Trudeau may have made the best case for legal pot ever [10.06.2016] | Trudeau's argument for legalization is concerned less with creating benefits, and more with reducing harms. He starts from the same place that many l ... |
| Dutch cities renew call for regulated cannabis cultivation [09.06.2016] | Almost 90 percent of Dutch municipalities supported a call on the government to allow experiments with regulated cannabis cultivation at the associat ... |
| The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen [08.06.2016] | In California, where voters are expected to legalize recreational marijuana in November, there’s a small, but growing movement to eliminate barriers ... |
| Long-term marijuana use is not associated with a raft of physical health problems, says study [05.06.2016] | Long-term marijuana use is not associated with a raft of physical health problems, according to a new study. Researchers tracked the marijuana habits ... |
| Court tears up cannabis cafe conviction; says supplies essential to do business [03.06.2016] | Appeal court judges in The Hague have torn up a community service sentence handed down to a cannabis cafe owner, saying officials should have been aw ... |
| Decriminalise dagga, says Central Drug Authority in 'bold step' [01.06.2016] | The Central Drug Authority has taken a definitive position on the use of dagga, and has called for it to be decriminalised. CDA Head researcher Profe ... |
| New hire is a signal Ottawa is taking a strict line on recreational marijuana [01.06.2016] | The Liberal government is sending further signals it plans a strict regime for recreational marijuana by hiring former public safety minister Anne Mc ... |
| Israel mulls decriminalizing cannabis [31.05.2016] | The Justice Ministry is exploring the possibility of Israel decriminalizing the use of soft drugs such as cannabis, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked sa ... |
| Legal cannabis cultivation would cut violent crime: report [30.05.2016] | Legalizing cannabis cultivation and trade could reduce violent crime related to illegal cultivation and could therefore protect human rights, accordi ... |
| Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist ... |
| Weed sellers worry - Ganja vendors not sure how to interpret new rules [28.05.2016] | For years, one of the most open secrets was that the section of the Coronation Market ‘Grass Yard’ was the place to get ‘high-grade’ ganja in whateve ... |
| Marijuana use and abuse rates decline among US teens [24.05.2016] | Rates of adolescent marijuana use and abuse have declined across the US, according to a study that casts doubts on one of the central arguments again ... |
| Canada's marijuana legalization plan flouts 3 UN drug conventions [16.05.2016] | The federal government's plan to legalize marijuana contravenes Canada's adherence to the UN drug control conventions, according to a commentary in t ... |
| Will Canada become America's cannabis capital? [13.05.2016] | Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to legalise recreational marijuana consumption on a federal level, opening the door to investment, l ... |
| Tests for driver impairment by marijuana flawed: AAA [09.05.2016] | Six states that allow marijuana use employ legal tests to determine whether someone is driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific bas ... |
| Weed shall overcome: Can California help wind down the War on Drugs? [09.05.2016] | By the end of this year, California could be the world’s biggest legal marijuana market. Backers of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), which woul ... |
| The failed promise of legal pot [08.05.2016] | The risk is that, by itself, legalizing marijuana possession does not change the black market and that, even as legalization spreads, young black men ... |
| Britons want cannabis to be legalised – change is inevitable, says ex-minister [07.05.2016] | Parliament will be failing in its duty to reflect the will of the people if it continues to resist calls to introduce a regulated cannabis market, a ... |
| Why Canada’s cities aren’t cracking down on marijuana stores [04.05.2016] | Canada’s municipalities are in a tough position when it comes to pot. Faced with a previous federal government that had no interest in legalizing mar ... |
| T&T mulling decriminalising ganja [02.05.2016] | The Trinidad and Tobago government is examining the possibility of decriminalising marijuana and is reviewing existing legislation as well as plannin ... |
| Uruguay's cannabis law makes big strides, but faces serious challenges [29.04.2016] | Nearly two and half years after becoming law, Uruguay’s pioneering plan to regulate every level of the national market for cannabis is finally on the ... |
| Violent Christiania police action caught on video [28.04.2016] | Two videos posted online by the Christiania-based documentary group Cadok show large-scale police action targeting the Copenhagen district’s cannabis ... |
| Lack of progress and transparency at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs [26.04.2016] | The first meeting of UNGASS since 1998 was supposed to be a game changer in prodding the lumbering and often draconian UN drug policy regime into ser ... |
| Holness Government urged to be bold and legalise ganja [25.04.2016] | The director general of the National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison, said that while the decriminalisation of marijua ... |
| Rethinking the global war on drugs [25.04.2016] | The U.S. is in the untenable position of violating the existing treaties — now that four states have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. Th ... |
| Portland startup maps cannabis genome to protect weed from Monsanto patenting [23.04.2016] | A Portland biotechnology company has launched a 3-D map that charts the genetic evolution of cannabis genomes, protecting strains like OG Kush from f ... |
| Mexico's president proposes legalising medical marijuana [21.04.2016] | Following his statement at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) in which he called for more prevention, partial decriminaliza ... |
| The movement to legalize pot gains speed in the Americas [21.04.2016] | In the shift toward legalization of marijuana, the Americas have emerged as a leader. This is a remarkable shift for a region that includes some of t ... |
| Jamaica dropped the mic on 4/20 and told the UN to get its act together on weed [20.04.2016] | On 4/20, the unofficial holiday celebrated by marijuana enthusiasts around the world, Jamaica called for the UN to review the status of cannabis, que ... |
| TNI at UNGASS 2016: reports from New York [20.04.2016] | The Transnational Institute (TNI) attended the 30th session of the UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem in New York from the ... |
| What a looming patent war could mean for the future of the marijuana industry [20.04.2016] | On August 4, 2015, US officials quietly made history by approving the first-ever patent, No. 9095554, for a plant containing significant amounts of T ... |
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