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Brussels Mayor: ‘Police repression does not work, decriminalise cannabis now’
Monday, 18 July 2022The Mayor of Brussels, Philippe Close (PS) renewed his call for cannabis to be decriminalised and removed from the Belgian penal code. Speaking to Le Soir, Close once again urged a ‘great national de ...
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Luxembourg leads the charge for a new European drug policy
Sunday, 17 July 2022On Friday 15 July, representatives from Germany, the Netherlands, and Malta met at Senningen Castle and agreed that they want to switch to a different drug policy. The failure of the repressive appro ...
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Results of cultivated cannabis experiment won't be ready in 2024: Ministers
Friday, 08 July 2022The government won't be able to draw conclusions from the regulated cannabis experiment in the Netherlands in 2024. The experiment starts later than planned, also delaying the evaluation. The Cabinet ...
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Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could see their drug possession records disappear
Monday, 04 July 2022Canadians with criminal records for drug possession will see them effectively vanish within two years after the government’s criminal justice reform bill becomes law — a move that could affect hundre ...
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Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’
Friday, 01 July 2022Germany is mulling over the consequences of soon becoming the world’s largest potential market for legally sold cannabis, as the country’s left-liberal government presses ahead with plans to allow th ...
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War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds
Wednesday, 29 June 2022The punitive, prohibitionist war on drugs helped prolong Colombia’s disastrous civil war, the country’s truth commission has found, in a landmark report published as part of an effort to heal the raw ...
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Inside the process to legalize recreational cannabis In Germany
Monday, 27 June 2022When the German government announced in late 2021 its plan to legalize recreational cannabis sales in Germany, experts and cannabis enthusiasts put great expectations on the so-called "traffic light" ...
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Banning tourists from cannabis cafes will cut back on crime: Halsema
Saturday, 25 June 2022Amsterdam’s cannabis cafes are often intertwined with serious crime and play a serious role in money laundering, the capital’s mayor Femke Halsema has told councillors, ahead of Wednesday’s debate on ...
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Legalise ecstasy and cannabis to combat drugs crime: think tank
Thursday, 23 June 2022Dutch drugs criminality could be tackled by legalising ecstasy and cannabis and by a taking a much tougher approach to cocaine smuggling, an independent think tank has said in a report. The Dutch nee ...
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Thailand cannabis: From a war on drugs to weed curries
Tuesday, 21 June 2022Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty for drug offences. Cafés and stalls have been openl ...
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Study reveals economic impact of Swiss cannabis legislation
Monday, 20 June 2022Cannabis generates an annual turnover of around CHF1 billion ($1.03 billion) in Switzerland, according to a new study. The figure, published by the University of Geneva, contains production, import a ...
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Luxembourg law lets you smoke a joint - at home
Wednesday, 15 June 2022Luxembourg has taken a first step to legalising cannabis, launching a watered down proposal which allows people to grow the drug at home, but leaves out the government's promise to take the trade out ...
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Germany takes first step towards relaxing cannabis law
Tuesday, 14 June 2022The first of five rounds of expert testimony on the liberalization of cannabis laws was to begin in Berlin, the first step in Germany's plan to legalize recreational use of the plant. Titled "cannabi ...
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What Thailand’s legalization of marijuana means for Southeast Asia's war on drugs
Tuesday, 14 June 2022Southeast Asia, a region of 11 countries and some 680 million people, has long been infamous for having the strictest anti-drug laws in the world. But in a sign that regional leaders are mulling a ne ...
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What about the UN? Coming down off that high
Sunday, 12 June 2022Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to delist the cannabis plant from the government's Category 5 narcotics list, following the publication of a Ministry of Public Health announcement in ...
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Le projet de loi autorisant le cannabis à domicile adopté
Friday, 10 June 2022Le Conseil de gouvernement a approuvé le projet de loi qui doit autoriser la culture par des personnes majeures d'un maximum de quatre plants de cannabis dans la sphère privée. La nouvelle avait déjà ...
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ACT government agrees to decriminalise small amounts of illicit drugs, such as ice, heroin and cocaine
Thursday, 09 June 2022The ACT is set to become the first Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise small amounts of commonly used illicit drugs, such as ice, heroin, cocaine and speed. Under a proposed law that the governm ...
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Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use
Thursday, 09 June 2022People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nation is the first to advance such a move in South-Ea ...
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Government tight-lipped over UK cannabis law talks
Monday, 06 June 2022Ministers are refusing to say if there were any breakthroughs on the stand-off with London over the Government’s flagship cannabis legislation during top level talks with a senior British official. M ...
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Politicians in Copenhagen voted yes to the cannabis pilot project
Saturday, 04 June 2022A majority in the Citizens' Representation in Copenhagen voted yes to a proposal for a cannabis pilot project. The politicians voted for the municipality's administration to put together a proposal, ...
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Morocco’s cannabis regulation agency Is “open for business”
Friday, 03 June 2022Following its first meeting yesterday, Morocco’s cannabis watchdog agency is now officially operational. The agency is set to oversee the cultivation and use of cannabis for medical and commercial pu ...
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Decriminalization a good step, but safe supply key: chief coroner
Thursday, 02 June 2022To stop toxic-drug deaths, governments must provide a safe supply of drugs with the same urgency that they provided people with COVID vaccines, says B.C.’s chief coroner. “We have lost far more peopl ...
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Rural dagga farmers – the same ones highlighted by Ramaphosa – say they'll be 'criminalised' by new laws
Thursday, 02 June 2022Traditional cannabis growers in the rural Eastern Cape, the same ones assured of inclusion by President Cyril Ramaphosa, are objecting to proposed laws aimed at regulating the use and possession of t ...
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NSW Attorney-General proposes $400 fines instead of court for drug possession
Thursday, 02 June 2022NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman has proposed a diversion scheme that would see people caught with drugs hit with a $400 fine instead of being taken to court. The proposal would implement one of th ...
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Small-scale possession of illicit drugs will be decriminalized in B.C. starting next year: Ottawa
Tuesday, 31 May 2022Adults in British Columbia will be allowed to possess small amounts of some illicit drugs starting next year, the federal government announced — a move that marks a dramatic shift in Canada's drug po ...
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Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers
Monday, 30 May 2022Many African states that persecuted citizens for cannabis related offences for years are now promoting legal cannabis production. Over the past five years 10 countries have passed laws to legalise pr ...
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How the punishment for drugs possession in Norway is changing
Monday, 23 May 2022The Attorney General announced updated guidelines for how the police should work with drug possession charges. The Attorney General has said that drug addicts should not be prosecuted for having drug ...
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Is Austria set to legalise cannabis use?
Thursday, 19 May 2022Austria has a very complex system when it comes to its drug laws and regulations, but in short: no, cannabis is not legal in the alpine country. People are not allowed to consume, buy, sell, or grow ...
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Governor reserves assent on cannabis legalisation Bill
Friday, 13 May 2022A decision by Rena Lalgie, the Governor, to reserve assent on the Government’s controversial flagship cannabis legislation plunged Bermuda into uncharted constitutional waters. But the Governor urged ...
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UK’s first regular drug checking service set to launch this month in Bristol
Thursday, 12 May 2022The UK's first regular drug checking service is launching in Bristol this month, delivered by non-profit harm reduction specialists The Loop in a new partnership with the local authority. Funded by B ...
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Sadiq Khan appoints drugs tsar to explore legalising cannabis
Thursday, 12 May 2022Sadiq Khan has appointed a drugs tsar to explore the potential benefits of legalising cannabis. The mayor has asked Lord Falconer, formerly Lord Chancellor in Tony Blair’s government and a current me ...
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Germany speeds up the process to legalize recreational cannabis
Monday, 09 May 2022When Germany's new coalition included the legalization of recreational cannabis in its political agenda in late 2021, there were few details on how to regulate the industry. However, Health Minister ...
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DULF keeps distributing checked drugs as Health Canada flags denial
Thursday, 05 May 2022On May 4 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) distributed 3.5 grams each of fentanyl-free heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine to members of the Western Aboriginal H ...
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Switzerland to launch adult-use cannabis sale trial program this summer
Thursday, 05 May 2022Switzerland will start adult-use cannabis sales this summer amid a trial program that will involve 400 people. Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) authorized on April 19 the first pilot on t ...
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Why cannabis prices are plunging – unlike just about everything else
Monday, 02 May 2022As Canadians deal with the highest inflation in decades and broadening price hikes, one industry remains locked in a lengthy trend of discounting and bargain rates: cannabis. Laden with inventory, pr ...
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In defense of the plug: Buying illicit cannabis may be “better” than legal weed, research shows
Saturday, 30 April 2022Excoriated by some policymakers and by the legal cannabis industry as an unfair competitor and as a demonstration that legalization isn’t working, the illicit market remains popular with consumers fo ...
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Minister denies talks being held with Britain on cannabis law
Friday, 29 April 2022A Cabinet minister has denied that behind the scenes talks with London are the reason for a delay in sending controversial legislation on legalising cannabis in Bermuda to the Governor for considerat ...
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A House of Cards
Friday, 29 April 2022In a recently published report, ‘High compliance, a lex lata legalization for the non-medical cannabis industry’, Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli claims to have discovered a new legal justification for regula ...
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Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times
Friday, 29 April 2022Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popular pit stop on the overland "hippie trail". Now, ...
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Congressional researchers highlight growing federal-state marijuana ‘policy gap’ in new 100-page report
Monday, 25 April 2022The gap between federal and state marijuana policies continues to widen and shows no signs of stopping, congressional researchers said in a new report that also lays out options for how lawmakers cou ...
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Street dealers dealt with in Amsterdam anti-drug campaign
Saturday, 23 April 2022As tourists return in full force to the Amsterdam red light district, Amsterdam city council has met them with police action and a campaign warning visitors against street dealers. Over the Easter we ...
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Starting this summer, cannabis will be available for purchase in Basel pharmacies – at prices similar to those on the black market
Thursday, 21 April 2022In the evening after work, before closing time, a quick visit to the dispensary to buy one or two joints legally will soon become routine for around 400 cannabis lovers in Basel. For the first time i ...
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420 day: Berlin pro-cannabis rally demands immediate legalization
Wednesday, 20 April 2022At least 500 pro-legalization protesters gathered in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday for 420, the annual April 20 celebration marked by cannabis consumers around the world, to urge th ...
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4/20 in Belgium: High time to legalise cannabis?
Wednesday, 20 April 2022For those partial to the psychoactive herb cannabis, 20 April (known in the US as 4/20) is a day of celebration for the drug, with groups sometimes gathering to “light up” at the given hour on the gi ...
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Health office approves first Swiss project to sell cannabis for recreational use
Tuesday, 19 April 2022The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health said it had approved a request for a pilot on the regulated sale of cannabis through local pharmacies. It will be restricted to just under 400 participants o ...
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Cannabis entrepreneurs in Amsterdam feel "ignored" by Mayor Halsema
Tuesday, 12 April 2022Several entrepreneurs in the Amsterdam cannabis industry said they feel ignored by Mayor Femke Halsema. They said they were surprised by Halsema’s announcement saying that she, along with the local l ...
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Amsterdam to ban coffeeshops selling weed to tourists
Tuesday, 12 April 2022Mayor Femke Halsema plans to go through with a ban on coffeeshops selling weed to tourists in Amsterdam, she said in a letter to the city council. According to her, the enforcement of the residents-o ...
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Tunisians call for the legalization of cannabis
Sunday, 10 April 2022A group of young Tunisians is calling for the establishment of a National Cannabis Bureau, and the end of the nationwide ban on cannabis. The youth group, “Badal,” claims that the law criminalizing t ...
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New program sells regulated fentanyl to help prevent overdoses from illicit supply in Vancouver
Thursday, 07 April 2022A Vancouver social services organization has launched a program to sell pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl to drug users who would otherwise purchase toxic, illicit substances from street dealers, a first ...
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More than half of Europeans support cannabis legalization - report
Thursday, 07 April 2022More than half of the European population support legalization of adult use of cannabis and around 30% of them are interested in purchasing it, according to polling data by industry consultants. Euro ...
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