Items tagged with cannabis
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Brussels’ weed wave hits new high [26.03.2019] | For cannabis entrepreneurs in Brussels, business is blooming. Fom Ly runs the Cannabis Social Club Brussels, distributing flowers and oils around the ... |
Should Canberra allow dope-growing clubs to be set up? [26.03.2019] | Dope-smoking Canberrans should be able to join clubs where gardeners can cultivate their cannabis crops for them, a Legislative Assembly inquiry has ... |
Fair(er) Trade Options for the Cannabis Market [21.03.2019] | Policy changes over the past five years or so have dramatically reshaped the global cannabis market. Not only has there been an unprecedented boom in ... |
Don't be greedy! Why cannabis companies should support home cultivation [20.03.2019] | One of the great things about the cannabis industry is that it has dramatically sped up the process of ending cannabis prohibition and achieving advo ... |
High-strength cannabis increases risk of mental health problems [19.03.2019] | Frequent cannabis use and high-strength varieties are likely to increase the chance of mental health problems, according to researchers in Lancet Psy ... |
Tunisian activists call for regulating cannabis production, distribution [17.03.2019] | The Coalition for Legalizing Cannabis, a civil coalition of young activists, announced Feb. 23 at a press conference in Tunis that it is working on a ... |
CLA tasked with fast tracking cannabis licensing process [16.03.2019] | Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green has directed the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) t ... |
The great green gold rush [16.03.2019] | In South Africa’s richest suburb, against the backdrop of dazzling tower blocks belonging to law firms and insurance companies, a brand-new industry ... |
Illegal cannabis cultivation costs Dutch society €200 mil. per year [15.03.2019] | Illegal cannabis cultivation costs Dutch society around 200 million euros per year, through stolen electricity and missed taxes, according to the sec ... |
The WHO’s First-Ever Critical Review of Cannabis [15.03.2019] | The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD or Expert Committee) released in January 2019 the outcomes of the fir ... |
In Moroccan cannabis fields, illumination of Jewish role in country’s hash trade [12.03.2019] | “The Jews in general did not grow cannabis,” explains Dr. Doron Danino, an expert on Moroccan Jewry. “But they received a monopoly from the king for ... |
Ce que gagnerait le Maroc à légaliser le cannabis [11.03.2019] | Mohamed Ben Amar, professeur de pharmacologie à l’Université de Montréal, connaît bien ces questions et milite pour une légalisation du cannabis, not ... |
ReLeaf urge government to present tangible proposals to legalise cannabis for personal use [11.03.2019] | Cannabis campaigners want government to present tangible proposals for the legalisation of marijuana for personal use as they contest fears that regu ... |
Colorado lawmakers taking second crack at bill that would allow publicly traded marijuana companies [04.03.2019] | A bill that opens the door for out-of-state investors and private equity firms to wade into Colorado’s regulated marijuana business waters passed its ... |
Sweet smell of success? Big business bets on a marijuana boom [02.03.2019] | To listen to some of the predictions about the future of the cannabis industry, you would think financial analysts had been partaking heavily of the ... |
Cannabis in the City [01.03.2019] | Lately, there have been clear signs of a shift in governments’ approaches to recreational cannabis. Uruguay in 2013 and Canada in 2018 – as well as a ... |
Cannabis: Le commerce international s’organise… sauf au Maroc [01.03.2019] | Depuis 2013, pas moins de dix Etats américains et la capitale fédérale, ainsi que le Canada et l’Uruguay, ont autorisé l’usage légal du cannabis pour ... |
Legalisation: the chance to right wrongs [01.03.2019] | If New Zealand votes to legalise cannabis in 2020’s binding referendum, we will have a unique opportunity on our hands. Creating a licit market from ... |
Swiss may let 5,000 people use marijuana legally for studies [28.02.2019] | Switzerland may let up to 5,000 people smoke marijuana legally in pilot studies to help shape new rules for recreational use. The cabinet proposed li ... |
Belgium legislates in favour of medicinal cannabis [27.02.2019] | For some time now patients in Belgium have been able to use cannabis on medical grounds. So far the problem has been that suitable cannabis has been ... |
Scientists brew cannabis using hacked beer yeast [27.02.2019] | The yeast that has been used for millennia to brew alcoholic drinks has now been engineered to produce cannabinoids — chemicals with medicinal and mi ... |
Portugal rejects recreational cannabis, as medical becomes legal [26.02.2019] | The Portuguese parliament has rejected two proposals to legalise the cultivation and sale of cannabis for recreational purposes. The first proposal, ... |
Is marijuana really legal in Mexico? [26.02.2019] | Mexico’s federal judges will be required to grant amparo appeals for the recreational use of marijuana. However, this does not imply that marijuana h ... |
San Francisco to expunge thousands of marijuana convictions [26.02.2019] | San Francisco officials plan to expunge more than 9,000 marijuana convictions dating back to 1975, the city's highest law enforcement official said. ... |
St Kitts-Nevis joins 'ganja train' Gov't accepts recommendations on use of marijuana in federation [22.02.2019] | The St Kitts-Nevis Government says it will consider and consult further on creating the framework for the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes aft ... |
Legalize pot? Amid opioid crisis, some New Hampshire leaders say no way [20.02.2019] | The push to legalize recreational marijuana is sweeping the Northeast: Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine have done it, and the governors of Rhode Isla ... |
Drug policy in India: Key developments since the UNGASS 2016 [20.02.2019] | This paper outlines the key drug policy developments in India since the UNGASS Outcome Document was adopted in 2016, which highlights health and huma ... |
Two former weed farmers tell us why Aceh's marijuana industry isn't going anywhere [19.02.2019] | Marijuana has a long history in Aceh, so much so that it's still totally common for locals to offer some to visitors. But the province's associations ... |
Tough cannabis policies do not deter young people – study [18.02.2019] | There is no evidence that tough policies deter young people from using cannabis, a study has found. Analysing data about cannabis use among more than ... |
The trend towards exotic ganja flavours [18.02.2019] | Cultivators have been experimenting with unique flavours through selective breeding and phenotyping – adjusting the plant’s grow environment to see w ... |
Popular book on marijuana's apparent dangers is pure alarmism, experts say [17.02.2019] | A group of 75 scholars and medical professionals have criticised a controversial book about the purported dangers of marijuana, calling it an example ... |
Legalisation of cannabis in the UK would help protect its users from harm [15.02.2019] | New research highlights associations between teenage cannabis use and a range of mental health problems. The results suggested that use of the drug w ... |
Amnesty underway for users, possessors of cannabis [15.02.2019] | The Drug Committee in Thailand approved three draft legislations for amnesty. If these drafts become law, even possessors of cannabis, who are not pa ... |
Cannabis smoking in teenage years linked to adulthood depression [13.02.2019] | Scientists believe they have identified about 60,000 cases of depression in adults under 35 in the UK, and more than 400,000 in the US, that could be ... |
The cannabis black market will control 71 per cent of sales in Canada this year, Scotiabank says [13.02.2019] | A new research note from Scotiabank analysts estimate that the black market will control 71 percent of cannabis sales in Canada in 2019. The logistic ... |
Slowing the legal weed freight train [12.02.2019] | Sabet's strategy for sabotaging legalization is to offer legislators what he calls "a true decriminalization and justice" bill, which would do away w ... |
What is required for Jamaica to export its hi-grade ganja [11.02.2019] | Jamaica’s decriminalisation of ganja in 2015 brought with it many expectations, one being the ability to export its hi-grade herb. With a relatively ... |
Cannabis co-ops seek to bring small producers, processors into legal market [10.02.2019] | British Columbia may be famous for its bud but some say Canada's new marijuana legalization framework is excluding the small producers with establish ... |
WHO recommends rescheduling cannabis in international law for first time in history [08.02.2019] | The World Health Organization has suggested that cannabis should be removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 UN Single Convention given the mounting evid ... |
Why so many Americans now support legalizing marijuana, in 4 charts [05.02.2019] | American views on marijuana have shifted incredibly rapidly. Thirty years ago, marijuana legalization seemed like a lost cause. In 1988, only 24 perc ... |
A California conundrum: How to crack down on illicit sales without echoing the war on drugs? [04.02.2019] | In October 2018, the California Department of Consumer Affairs’ newly-established Cannabis Enforcement Unit teamed up with the Los Angeles Police Dep ... |
'Legalize marijuana without corporatized marijuana,' says New York mayor Bill de Blasio [03.02.2019] | New York Mayor Bill de Blasio supports Governor Andrew Cuomo's pledge to legalize recreational marijuana, but he doesn't want the the market to be ov ... |
World Health Organization recommends rescheduling marijuana under international treaties [01.02.2019] | Health experts at the United Nations are recommending that marijuana and its key components be formally rescheduled under international drug treaties ... |
Why legal cannabis growers can’t compete with the black market — yet [01.02.2019] | Despite the persistent media buzz, there are no cannabis supply shortages in Canada, pot industry expert Michael Armstrong explains. “There’s all kin ... |
Canada’s cannabis shortage could be over quicker than we thought, researcher says [01.02.2019] | If Canada’s licensed cannabis producers continue ramping up production at their current exponential pace, there will be more than enough pot to meet ... |
People take drugs for pleasure and fun – so why do we drown that out by obsessing over the harm? [31.01.2019] | Are you one of the 10 million people who have used drugs like cannabis or cocaine? Make no mistake, drugs are fun. They must be, given the scale of d ... |
Illicit drugs should be regulated and distributed by pharmacies, leading doctor suggests [30.01.2019] | A leading drug reform advocate and esteemed doctor is calling for a shake up to the illicit drug market, suggesting substances like MDMA, marijuana a ... |
Le cannabis légal permet de panacher sa conso [28.01.2019] | De nouvelles variétés de cannabis contenant très peu de THC et beaucoup de CBD ont été développées en Amérique du Nord. Elles ont été adoptées par de ... |
Tightly regulated framework likely for 2020 vote on cannabis [26.01.2019] | The 2020 referendum to legalise cannabis looks likely to propose a tightly regulated framework, including strict rules on supply and possession, an a ... |
Government register contradicts stated policy, cannabis smokers lobby says [25.01.2019] | Obliging Maltese cannabis smokers to register for them to have access to cannabis will achieve the opposite of the government’s stated aim of adoptin ... |
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