Items tagged with cannabis
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| The dark-horse policy reform that has both Obama and some GOPers optimistic [09.11.2014] | With Democrats holding the White House and Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress, it's been suggested that the odds are slim of any major ... |
| Marijuana may mean ticket, not arrest, in New York City [08.11.2014] | The New York Police Department, which has been arresting tens of thousands of people a year for low-level marijuana possession, is to stop making suc ... |
| The Marlboro of marijuana [07.11.2014] | Would household names really consider selling cannabis? They already have. In 1969 a Philip Morris executive wrote to the Justice Department, request ... |
| Amsterdam city council calls for licenced marijuana production [07.11.2014] | Ministers should sanction experiments to legally grow marijuana under licence and the city should make preparations to do so, according to a majority ... |
| Is prohibition worth the cost? [06.11.2014] | In Denmark there is little movement on drug policy. We know that we are just months from the next general election, but no political party has a poli ... |
| Support for legal pot down off its high [06.11.2014] | Even as the national experiment legalizing recreational pot spread this week to Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., a new poll suggests the enthusia ... |
| US vote refuels ganja debate [06.11.2014] | The local pro-ganja lobby in Jamaica is welcoming the vote for the legalisation of ganja in the American states of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC. ... |
| Fear of cannabis commerce didn't, won't and shouldn't stop legalization [05.11.2014] | Three marijuana legalization initiatives were on the ballot this week, and all three won. That’s a better outcome than I was expecting. I was surpris ... |
| Marijuana legalization sweeps the 2014 midterm elections [05.11.2014] | On November 4, several states radically altered their approaches to a drug once known for Reefer Madness. In Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, DC, vote ... |
| 6 facts about marijuana [05.11.2014] | Attitudes about marijuana have undergone a rapid shift in public opinion, paralleled by few other trends in the U.S. Our recent data, along with hist ... |
| California next for pot proponents emboldened by election victories [05.11.2014] | Marijuana advocates, fresh off victories for legal recreational pot in Oregon, Alaska and the nation’s capital, are already preparing for their next ... |
| Oregon and Alaska vote to legalise recreational marijuana use [05.11.2014] | Oregon and Alaska have become the latest US states to legalise recreational marijuana in ballots hailed by supporters as evidence that a national cha ... |
| D.C. voters overwhelmingly support legalizing marijuana, joining Colo., Wash. [03.11.2014] | Washington DC followed Colorado and Washington state into a closely watched experiment to legalize marijuana, as voters overwhelmingly backed an init ... |
| Legal marijuana could be $130 million a year business in D.C., study finds [29.10.2014] | If D.C. residents vote to legalize marijuana possession next week, it wouldn’t just mean a sea change in drug policy in the nation’s capital. It coul ... |
| Cannabis: A burning issue for Austria's Neos [28.10.2014] | Neos chairman Matthias Strolz has spoken out in favour of selling cannabis over the counter in pharmacies and allowing people to grow their own plant ... |
| Grow your own marijuana law [25.10.2014] | Retail marijuana sales for adults are now legal (at least at the state level) in Colorado and Washington. Next month, voters in Alaska and Oregon may ... |
| Expert Dialogue on Cannabis Regulation Models [23.10.2014] | The Expert Dialogue took place in San Sebastian and was hosted by the municipal authorities of the city. Dialogue focused on examining some regulatio ... |
| The marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020 [23.10.2014] | A report from Greenwave Advisors, a "comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry," projects that lega ... |
| Race, class, and cannabis in the Caribbean [23.10.2014] | Given the regional discussions of allowing the use of ganja for medicinal purposes—and its eventual decriminalization—two prominent ganja advocates i ... |
| No, marijuana use doesn’t lower your IQ [21.10.2014] | A 2012 Duke University study made international headlines purporting to find a link between heavy marijuana use and IQ decline among teenagers. Other ... |
| Dreifuss unterstützt Cannabis-Vereine [18.10.2014] | In Anwesenheit der ehemaligen Bundesrätin Ruth Dreifuss haben sich Vertreter aus Genf, Zürich, Bern und Basel getroffen, um über ein Projekt zur Cann ... |
| How marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington is making the world a better place [16.10.2014] | No pressure, Colorado and Washington, but the world is scrutinizing your every move. That was the take-home message of an event today at the Brooking ... |
| International Impacts of the U.S. Trend towards Legal Marijuana [16.10.2014] | For decades, the United States has been a champion of the global drug control treaty system, which limits the use of marijuana exclusively to medical ... |
| Dutch court lets off cannabis growers [15.10.2014] | A Dutch court refused to punish two cannabis growers, criticising a government policy that criminalises production while allowing its sale in coffee ... |
| Marijuana legalization is an opportunity to modernize international drug treaties [14.10.2014] | Two U.S. states have legalized recreational marijuana, and more may follow; the Obama administration has conditionally accepted these experiments. Su ... |
| Morocco likely to join countries that legalized cultivation of cannabis [09.10.2014] | After the Istiqlal party, one of the old conservative parties of Morocco, proposed last year a draft law to decriminalize and regulate the cultivatio ... |
| Cannabis valley in Kazakhstan to be destroyed with herbicides [09.10.2014] | The “legendary” Chui Valley may be destroyed with herbicides. Legendary in quotes – because the Valley is known primarily for cannabis that grow ther ... |
| No, marijuana is not actually “as addictive as heroin” [08.10.2014] | You may have read this week that a new "20-year research study" on marijuana use "finally demolishes claims that smoking marijuana is harmless," and ... |
| Summary of Drugs & Democracy Activities, July - September 2014 [07.10.2014] | In this issue we proudly want to highlight the fabulous reception our Spanish version of report on cannabis, Auge y caída de la prohibición del canna ... |
| Breaking taboo, Morocco may okay pot in nod to struggling farmers [06.10.2014] | Morocco’s marijuana farmers live in a strange limbo in which the brilliant green fields are left alone, while the growers themselves face constant po ... |
| Yes to marijuana ballot measures [05.10.2014] | The decision by California voters in 1996 to legalize medical marijuana produced a wave of similar initiatives around the country. Less than two deca ... |
| Cabinet approves changes to ganja law [30.09.2014] | Accepting that aspects of the Dangerous Drugs Act prohibit Jamaica from enjoying the economic benefits of medical marijuana and industrial hemp, the ... |
| Cannabis – a conflict of generations [25.09.2014] | The legalisation of cannabis in Luxembourg is turning into a conflict of generations, as the youth branches of several parties opposed to such a move ... |
| Cannabis-Klubs als Lösung? [24.09.2014] | Derzeit werden im Kanton Genf konkrete Projekte für Cannabis-Klubs erörtert. Es stellt sich die Frage, wie solche Konzepte unter dem geltenden Betäub ... |
| Drug policy reform getting closer in Chile [23.09.2014] | Latin American countries continue to demonstrate courage and vision regarding drug policy. The latest improvements are taking place at the National H ... |
| Major pot legalization group turns sights on California for 2016 [23.09.2014] | Marijuana legalization proponents are turning their attention to California and gearing up for a legalization campaign in 2016. The Marijuana Policy ... |
| State-licensed marijuana market expected to bring in about $636 million in taxes [18.09.2014] | The Washington state’s legal recreational marijuana market is expected to bring in about $636 million in taxes to state coffers through the middle of ... |
| A crucial election season for legalizing marijuana and ending the drug war [17.09.2014] | It may be an off-year election, but it's a big one for drug policy reform... voters across the country will have a chance to accelerate the unprecede ... |
| Tony Abbott backs legalisation of medical cannabis [16.09.2014] | Prime Minister Tony Abbott has thrown his support behind the legalisation of cannabis for medical purposes. Mr Abbott went even further than NSW Prem ... |
| New York could legalize recreational marijuana in 2015 [15.09.2014] | The state of New York could legalize marijuana for recreational use as early as 2015. State Sen. Liz Krueger (D) will reintroduce the Marijuana Regul ... |
| In Jamaica, Rastas ready for pot decriminalization [12.09.2014] | Jamaica is known internationally for its marijuana, where its use is culturally entrenched despite being legally banned for 100 years. Previous moves ... |
| Marijuana farmers in the Bekaa struggling to survive as profits decline [12.09.2014] | Farmers in the Bekaa Valley are not ashamed of growing marijuana. It is neither a disgrace nor a mistake, “We grow it to survive” they say candidly. ... |
| 5 interesting things we learned from the man in charge of Uruguay’s weed [11.09.2014] | Julio Calzada is the top drug official in the little nation of Uruguay, which has gained notoriety over the last year for becoming the first country ... |
| Uruguay marijuana law under fire [11.09.2014] | When Uruguay's historic marijuana regulation law passed the Senate in December, it was a major victory for drug policy reform in Uruguay and around t ... |
| Teenagers who use cannabis every day 60% less likely to finish school [10.09.2014] | Teenagers who use cannabis daily before the age of 17 are more than 60% less likely to complete high school or university, research published in Lanc ... |
| Bundesrat zweifelt an rechtlicher Grundlage [04.09.2014] | In Genf wird derzeit darüber nachgedacht, ob Lokale für eine kontrollierte Cannabis-Abgabe für den Eigenkonsum eingerichtet werden sollen. Auch ander ... |
| Washington judge upholds small city’s pot shop ban [28.08.2014] | A state judge said that a small city can continue to ban state-licensed marijuana businesses, in a case with big implications for Washington’s experi ... |
| This is your federalism on drugs [27.08.2014] | Conservative Republicans often talk about the need to constrain the power of the federal government. On everything from environmental regulation to e ... |
| Leading anti-marijuana academics are paid by painkiller drug companies [26.08.2014] | As Americans continue to embrace pot—as medicine and for recreational use—opponents are turning to a set of academic researchers to claim that policy ... |
| Marijuana: Yes to more steps toward decriminalization [19.08.2014] | Peter MacKay, the Minister of Justice, is broaching the prospect of a marijuana bill that would verge on decriminalization. Well, better late than ne ... |
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