Items tagged with cannabis
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Luxembourg to follow Canada's cannabis example [17.05.2019] | Luxembourg is set to largely follow the example of Canada in legalising the recreational use of cannabis, two ministers said after a field trip to th ... |
The Hague says no to regulated marijuana trials, criticises rules [16.05.2019] | The Hague has followed Amsterdam and decided not to take part in the experiment with regulated marijuana cultivation, saying the plan is unworkable. ... |
Canada’s statisticians survey potheads [16.05.2019] | Before the new law came into force in October 2018, Statistics Canada started to estimate prices and the size of the illicit market, and to carry out ... |
Belgian socialist party wants to legalise marijuana [14.05.2019] | Elio Di Rupo, leader of the French speaking socialist party, reiterated his party’s plan to legalise cannabis in Belgium in order to prevent young pe ... |
Cannabis legalization must include cannabis equity [14.05.2019] | Canada’s federal government is currently working to pass a bill that would provide pardons for people convicted of minor cannabis possession. With a ... |
Battle brewing [13.05.2019] | The Ganja Growers Producers Association Jamaica (GGPAJ) says it is strongly opposed to the Government's embrace of hemp cultivation and has made a nu ... |
Thousands register for amnesty [12.05.2019] | Almost 10,000 people have registered with public health agencies to be eligible for the amnesty over marijuana possession, says the Food and Drug Adm ... |
High expectations for ganja in St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua [10.05.2019] | American businessman, Chase Ergen and Greek billionaire, Alki David, have formed a consortium aimed at developing the cannabis business in the Easter ... |
Is it possible the decriminalization of drugs in Mexico? [10.05.2019] | The presentation of the National Development Plan (NDP) by the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has put on the table again the issue ... |
Through all the smoke, the cannabis industry needs to develop a bigger vision [10.05.2019] | The cannabis industry can build a better and regenerative culture, rather than falling into the same old tired and destructive human and corporate pa ... |
Netherlands prepares legal recreational cannabis cultivation experiment [09.05.2019] | The Netherlands is laying the groundwork to become the first country in Europe to allow commercial production of adult-use marijuana – although initi ... |
Berlin park's 'drug dealing zones' spark outrage [09.05.2019] | The manager of Berlin’s notorious Görlitzer Park has come under fire after creating zones for drug dealers to conduct their business. Amid harsh poli ... |
Cannabis can be grown outdoors for pennies on the dollar. So why is hardly anyone doing it? [09.05.2019] | Cannabis companies have spent the early days of the legal recreational cannabis era building massive growing facilities, but the chief executive of 4 ... |
Düsseldorf: Gesundheitsdezernent hält an Cannabis-Pilotprojekt fest [09.05.2019] | Politisch ist es umstritten, doch die Ampel-Kooperation im Düsseldorfer Rat und Gesundheitsdezernent Andreas Meyer-Falcke halten eine lizensierte Abg ... |
First three stores closed in 'war on cannabis' [09.05.2019] | Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said that his drive to close all of Italy's 'cannabis shops' has started with the closure of thre ... |
Legalising cannabis: A grower’s perspective [07.05.2019] | As the New Zealand government announces its plans for a cannabis referendum, a self-described “cannabis master” who grows and sells marijuana, provid ... |
Government releases cannabis referendum details [07.05.2019] | People will vote on a proposal for a legal cannabis market in 2020 with tightly controlled rules including special bars for consumption, special outl ... |
No date yet for legalisation of marijuana, parliamentary secretary says [07.05.2019] | The Malta government has not yet set a date to motion a bill to potentially legalise recreational marijuana, parliamentary secretary for reforms Juli ... |
China cashes in on the cannabis boom [06.05.2019] | China has made your iPhone, your Nikes. Now, it wants to grow your cannabis. Two of China’s 34 regions are quietly leading a boom in cultivating cann ... |
Jamaicans are worried foreigners will take over the ganja market [04.05.2019] | Since 2015, Jamaica has become the site of a ganja gold rush, as foreign investors pump in money and set up shop on the island. Smaller local farmers ... |
Neighbours smell trouble from legal cannabis in Luxembourg [03.05.2019] | Luxembourg is likely to run into trouble with its neighbours if it sticks by its plan to legalise cannabis - a policy that remains unthinkable partic ... |
Paulwell joins lobby to get banking services for cannabis industry [03.05.2019] | The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is again being pressed about its role in charting the way forward to enable the legal cannabis industry to access financial ... |
First-time cannabis use up after legalization, StatsCan reports [02.05.2019] | More Canadians say they've used cannabis recreationally since it was legalized last fall, particularly those aged 45 to 64 and males, according to St ... |
Cannabis co-operatives: Can working together preserve small players? [01.05.2019] | Hezekiah Allen believes in small family farms, though he’s biased — he grew up on one. Born in an off-the-grid community of rural Humboldt County, Al ... |
Cannabis park gives micro-growers running start in competitive sector [01.05.2019] | Small-batch growers of cannabis hoping to get in on the legal and growing recreational market will soon have a home to get a head start in the busine ... |
Swiss health commission calls for legalisation of cannabis [30.04.2019] | The Federal Commission for Addiction Issues said that cannabis use in Switzerland had not changed significantly in the past ten years. Despite its po ... |
Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for Belgium [29.04.2019] | Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for the Belgian State, reports Le Soir, citing a study by the Groupe du Vendredi. The thin ... |
Cannabis being decriminalised by back door, MPs warn [27.04.2019] | Police have been accused of decriminalising cannabis by stealth as forces recorded a drop in possession offences of up to 75 per cent in a decade. Mo ... |
BBC documentary exposes hashish farmers’ vulnerability and officials' alleged involvement [26.04.2019] | A BBC Arabic documentary tried to answer a daring question on hash cultivation in Morocco. Entitled Who is Getting Rich from Moroccan Hash?, the proj ... |
CBD in cannabis could reduce psychosis risk from high strength skunk, study shows [24.04.2019] | Cannabidiol (CBD), a chemical derived from the cannabis plant, can counteract the effects of high strength "skunk" strains and may help to reduce the ... |
People's Cooperative could solve ganja banking woes — Silvera [23.04.2019] | The Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica (GGPAJ) is proposing the National Peoples' Cooperative Bank as a solution to the banking servi ... |
4/21 organizers want to reclaim cannabis from corporations [18.04.2019] | On 4/20, cannabis consumers across the United States will light one up in celebration of cannabis culture. In 10 states and counting, that celebratio ... |
Calls for drug law reform in Sweden as drug deaths continue unabated [18.04.2019] | The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce drug deaths. Swede ... |
The cannabis ‘gold rush’ is underway and shows no sign of stopping, says pot CEO [18.04.2019] | With 33 states now offering some form of legal medical or recreational marijuana, and pot companies expanding their footprints across the country, th ... |
These are the countries most likely to legalize weed next [17.04.2019] | In October 2018, Canada became the second country after Uruguay—and the first G7 nation—to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Led by Prime Mi ... |
Canada's legal weed struggles to light up as smokers stick to black market [17.04.2019] | When Melissa, a resident of Halifax, Nova Scotia, went to one of Canada’s first government cannabis stores, she wasn’t impressed. “You can’t look at ... |
Jamaica’s cannabis gamble [17.04.2019] | Jamaica is starting to think of cannabis as an opportunity. Uruguay, Canada and ten American states have legalised it for recreational use. Ganja, as ... |
Boheco: This cannabis startup is weeding out the high notes for a hemp economy [16.04.2019] | Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO), is a first mover in the industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis’ space in India. Boheco slowly started making inroads in ... |
Lebanon’s green gold: The debate to legalize cannabis [15.04.2019] | Lebanon is about to take a historic step for the Arab World with a proposed bill to legalize the cultivation of cannabis for medical use. But in the ... |
Where the war on weed still rages [15.04.2019] | Marijuana possession led to nearly 6 percent of all arrests in the United States in 2017, FBI data shows, underscoring the level of policing dedicate ... |
Germany: Drivers on cannabis will no longer automatically lose license [12.04.2019] | First time offenders of driving under the influence of cannabis will no longer have their driver's license revoked, a federal court in Leipzig ruled. ... |
Dutch ministers unveil marijuana plans [11.04.2019] | The Dutch government is to press ahead with experiments in regulated marijuana production involving 10 licenced growers, according to the detailed pl ... |
Alex Berenson and the last anti-cannabis crusade [10.04.2019] | The encroaching specter of mass legalization of cannabis has triggered a strange reprisal of the alarmist themes of Anslinger’s assault on the plant ... |
Cannabis banking prospects improve; scepticism and stigma remain [10.04.2019] | The nascent medical cannabis business in Jamaica is challenged by limited access to banking facilities. Many of the major banks have asked clients en ... |
How cannabis is firing up the U.S. supply chain [04.04.2019] | With the recreational use of cannabis now legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia and medical marijuana legal in 23 states, marijuana is on i ... |
Street cannabis 'contains dangerous amount of faecal matter' [04.04.2019] | Cannabis resin sold on the streets of Madrid is contaminated with dangerous levels of faecal matter, a study says. Traces of E.coli bacteria and the ... |
Can marijuana create a path to justice? [02.04.2019] | The fight to legalize marijuana has never been easy, as evidenced by the recent collapse of months-long efforts in New Jersey and New York. A key iss ... |
Cannabis regulation and local authorities in Europe [31.03.2019] | Local and regional authorities across Europe are confronted with the negative consequences of a persisting illicit cannabis market. Increasingly, loc ... |
Genève fait cavalier seul sur la distribution de cannabis [31.03.2019] | Le Canton de Genève sera-t-il le premier de Suisse à accueillir un projet pilote de régulation du cannabis? Le défi est lancé. Selon nos informations ... |
Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night [31.03.2019] | Marijuana possession will be partially decriminalized at midnight Sunday night when a plan two years in the making goes into effect, replacing crimin ... |
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