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  • Cannabis policy changes in Africa are welcome. But small producers are the losers

    Monday, 30 May 2022

    Many 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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    malawi | corporate capture | eswatini | africa | social justice | lesotho | south africa | ghana | cannabis industry | morocco | medical cannabis | cannabis
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  • A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers

    Friday, 16 April 2021
    A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers

    Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustainable and equitable direction based on principles of ...

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    malawi | corporate capture | environment | eswatini | africa | fair trade | st vincent and grenadines | indonesia | south africa | ghana | lebanon | cannabis industry | jamaica | thailand | cannabinoids | morocco | medical cannabis | CND | UNODC | traditional growers | alternative development | legalization | regulation | cannabis | INCB | UN drug control | mexico | colombia
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  • Police uncovers 'wee' enclave in Volta Region

    Thursday, 11 June 2020

    The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service has recently uncovered hundreds of acres of farmland dedicated to the cultivation of plants suspecte ...

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    ghana | law enforcement | eradication | cannabis
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  • Parliament of Ghana passes historic new drug law, paving the way for a West African approach

    Sunday, 05 April 2020

    On Friday, 20th March, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Narcotics Control Commission Bill into law. This brought great excitement to many who have been following the legislative process since 2015, ...

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    africa | ghana | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • Why the 'legalization' of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think it is

    Saturday, 21 March 2020

    Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which enhanced the powers of the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to oversee the industrial use of some narcotic substances ...

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    africa | hemp | ghana | medical cannabis | legalization | cannabis
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  • Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes

    Saturday, 21 March 2020

    Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’ ...

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    africa | hemp | ghana | medical cannabis | legalization
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  • Decriminalization of personal use is a responsible pathway to controlling drugs

    Wednesday, 06 November 2019

    Similar to other countries in the region, Ghana is experiencing growing drug availability, trafficking and consumption. This phenomenon, more and more visible and problematic for a decade now, is rel ...

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    ghana | law enforcement | decriminalization
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  • Former Nigerian leader Obasanjo urges West African govts to decriminalise drugs

    Tuesday, 11 September 2018

    West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalise personal use and prioritise treatment as a response to rising substance abuse in the region, former Nigerian president Oluseg ...

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  • NACOB calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use

    Tuesday, 31 July 2018

    The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) of Ghana, Mr Michael Addo, has called for the decriminalisation of narcotic drug use. According to him, suppliers and producers o ...

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  • There’s an opioid abuse problem unfolding in African cities and it’s not getting the attention it needs

    Friday, 16 March 2018

    Africa remains one of the regions least served with effective pain relief medicine and although Tramadol is not the strongest of analgesics, it is a darling on prescription lists. That’s because unli ...

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    tramadol | opioids | egypt | ghana | essential medicines | WHO
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  • Ghana’s bold step away from the ‘war on drugs’

    Friday, 13 October 2017

    Ghana is poised to become the first African country, and the first country outside of Europe and the Americas, to decriminalise the personal possession and use of all illegal drugs. Ghana’s Narcotics ...

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    south africa | ghana | decriminalization
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  • The green gold rush: Could Africa be on the verge of a weed race?

    Monday, 09 October 2017

    Several African governments are considering tapping a lucrative natural resource. More than 10,000 tons of cannabis are produced on the continent each year, according to a UN survey, which advocates ...

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    lesotho | south africa | ghana | morocco | medical cannabis | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • Marijuana users must be rehabilitated not jailed – NACOB boss

    Saturday, 06 August 2016

    The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Yaw Akrasi Sarpong believes a lenient paradigm shift is needed in the approach of law enforcement to crimes involving marijuana. Mr. Sa ...

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    ghana | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • The journey to decriminalization

    Friday, 24 June 2016

    There is a significant academic debate about decriminalization of marijuana in Ghana, and this has received some degree of political and public support. Some have argued that decriminalization will o ...

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    ghana | cannabis | proportionality | decriminalization
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  • Ghana to decriminalize narcotics?

    Thursday, 10 March 2016

    The United Nations is due to hold a special session on drug policy in April and one of Ghana's most famous sons, Kofi Annan, has already weighed into a heated debate. Annan, who served as UN Secretar ...

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  • West Africa: Forging a West African consensus on UNGASS

    Sunday, 31 January 2016

    A news story cited Ghana's Deputy Superintendent of Police, David Selom Hukportie, as bemoaning the formidable challenges he faces trying to destroy marijuana farms across the country. Mr. Hukportie, ...

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    ghana | 2016 UNGASS | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • Decriminalise cannabis; consider its commercial benefits - Akrasi-Sarpong

    Tuesday, 28 July 2015

    Yaw Akrasi-Sarpong, Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, called for an open debate with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), to join in on-going global debates on the drug issue. He adv ...

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    ghana | conventions | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • European Cannabis Policies Under Attack

    Monday, 01 April 2002

    A strong attack against the European practice of 'leniency' regarding cannabis use and possession took place at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) session (11-15 March, 2002) in Vi ...

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    egypt | indonesia | ghana | india | conventions | CND | cannabis | INCB | UN drug control
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Drugs in the News

  • Cannabis cafés and self-growing: Czechia presents draft of new marijuana law
    11.01.2024
  • Minister signs bill banning recreational use of weed
    08.01.2024
  • As the mayor of Amsterdam, I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state
    05.01.2024
  • Barcelona city council threatens to shut down cannabis social clubs
    04.01.2024
  • Swiss capital Bern considers legal cocaine project
    20.12.2023
  • High time: after five years, Dutch start legal cannabis trial
    15.12.2023
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    Willful blindness: INCB can find nothing good to say on cannabis legalisation
    14.03.2023
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Balancing Treaty Stability and Change

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Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation


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Human rights, illicit cultivation and alternative development


Morocco and Cannabis

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Reduction, containment or acceptance


The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition

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The History of Cannabis in the UN Drug Control System and Options For Reform


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