Tag: regulation
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Two months after Oregon legalization, pot saturation sends profits up in smoke
Friday, 20 November 2015Along North-east Sandy Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, there’s a stretch known as the “Green Mile”. Here, medical marijuana dispensaries are budding. Almost two years ago, when Matt Walstaller opened ...
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Govt urged to secure share of international ganja market
Sunday, 15 November 2015President of the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association Ras Iyah is urging the Government of Jamaica to "align" with other countries to secure a slice of the international marijuana market. ...
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Majority approve of legalized, regulated, taxed cannabis
Saturday, 07 November 2015In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1256 Canadian voters, the majority, close to 6-in-10, approve of the Liberal government’s promise to legalize, tax and regulate ma ...
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After Ohio’s vote, these states will determine the future of legal marijuana
Monday, 02 November 2015Drug law reformers in at least 16 states have already got ballot measures in the works for next year, according to vote-tracking site Ballotpedia. Two other states, Rhode Island and Vermont, may beco ...
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On ballot, Ohio grapples with specter of marijuana monopoly
Saturday, 31 October 2015Ohio lawyer Don Wirtshafter has fought for decades to make marijuana legal, calling it “my life’s work.” But when Ohio voters go to the polls to consider a constitutional amendment to allow marijuana ...
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Altruistic marijuana grower is guilty but goes unpunished
Friday, 30 October 2015Dutch cannabis grower Doede de Jong has been found guilty of cultivating cannabis by the appeal court but will not be punished because he had done all he could to ensure a safe, legal supply to licen ...
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Government awards third ganja research licence
Monday, 26 October 2015Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity to be granted a ganja research licence by the Gover ...
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Marseille : ce n’est pas le cannabis qui tue, c’est la prohibition
Sunday, 25 October 2015Est-il acceptable de mourir sous les balles, dans une cité en France, quand on a 15 ans ? Non. Il est temps de réfléchir autrement. Ce qui tue, ce n’est pas le cannabis, principal produit en vente dan ...
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As prohibition crumbles, cannabis consumers are less apt to abuse it
Wednesday, 21 October 2015Contrary to what prohibitionists assume, the increase in marijuana-related problems following legalization may not be proportional to the increase in consumption. It’s plausible that people prone to ...
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Was wird aus der Idee, Gras legal zu verkaufen?
Wednesday, 21 October 2015Inspiriert von Berlin haben Hamburg und Münster vor wenigen Monaten beschlossen zu überprüfen, ob man nicht einen ähnlichen Antrag formulieren könne. In Bremen setzt sich der neue Bürgermeister Carst ...
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Legal and social: this is how the first Cannabis Club in the Netherlands would like marijuana
Thursday, 15 October 2015How does a Social Club fit in the Dutch capital, with its about 200 coffee shops? "The concept of The Tree of Life is very different than a coffeeshop," says Rosaria Ricci, president of the club. "Fi ...
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Cannabis legalisation worth millions - government report
Tuesday, 13 October 2015Legalising cannabis could generate hundreds of millions a year in tax and cut costs for the police and prisons, an internal Treasury report found. Regulating the market would "generate notable tax re ...
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Oregon legalizes pot, and nobody cares
Monday, 12 October 2015Oregon is the third American state to legalize recreational marijuana sales, following neighboring Washington, where legal pot debuted in the summer of 2014, and Colorado, where cannabis has been leg ...
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Today's cannabis debate shows how irrational Westminster has become
Monday, 12 October 2015We are witnessing a policy failure of epic proportions, and the debate parliament holds – one it has been forced to hold by public petition – will be conducted with a handful of MPs in a legislative ...
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Liberal Democrats set up expert panel on cannabis legalisation
Monday, 12 October 2015The Liberal Democrats are to set up an expert panel to establish how a legal market for cannabis could work in Britain, paving the way for them to become the first major political party in the UK to ...
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Marijuana legalization urged for open debate
Sunday, 11 October 2015Marijuana has emerged as an issue in the federal election campaign in Canada. The Liberals promise legalization, the NDP pledge at least to decriminalize it, and the Conservatives vow further crackdo ...
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Cannabis coffee shops given red light in Berlin
Monday, 05 October 2015The Federal Institute of Pharmaceuticals (BfArM) has rejected plans for legal cannabis sales in Berlin's Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain district. The borough had submitted plans for four "specialist cannab ...
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Oregon marijuana legalization challenges US drug policy
Friday, 02 October 2015Oregon joined Colorado and Washington in implementing a commercial cannabis market. Alaska, which also legalized marijuana through a ballot initiative, is expected to begin retail sales sometime next ...
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Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales
Thursday, 01 October 2015Marijuana sales for recreational use began in Oregon on October 1 as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the sale of a drug that remains illegal under U.S. federal law. Oregon residen ...
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Cannabis legalisation bill tabled in House
Wednesday, 30 September 2015A bill calling for the legalisation of cannabis for personal use in Italy has for the first time been tabled in the Lower House. The bill, calling for the legal possession of a small amount of the su ...
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Cannabis regulation in Colorado
Wednesday, 30 September 2015The core argument made by opponents of legal regulation is that any regulated market for cannabis would inevitably fuel a significant rise in use and associated harms – particularly among young peopl ...
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Cannabis Social Club jetzt auch in Hamburg
Monday, 21 September 2015Eine Hanfpflanze ist ihr Vereinslogo, der Kampf für die Legalisierung von Cannabis ihr größtes Ziel: Der erste Cannabis Social Club (CSC) hat in Hamburg Wurzeln geschlagen. Doch ganz so reibungslos f ...
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Colorado's marijuana tax revenues nearly double last year's figures
Sunday, 20 September 2015Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections of legal sales that bring revenue back to the sta ...
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Idealistic marijuana growers get suspended jail terms
Wednesday, 09 September 2015A couple who grew marijuana ‘by the book’ and informed the tax office about their income have been found guilty of running an illegal plantation and given three month suspended jail sentences on appe ...
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Young hands in Mexico feed growing U.S. demand for heroin
Saturday, 29 August 2015As heroin addiction soars in the United States, a boom is underway south of the border, reflecting the two nations’ troubled symbiosis. Officials from both countries say that Mexican opium production ...
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Pioneer pot states have collected more than $200 million in marijuana taxes
Tuesday, 25 August 2015The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana have collectively raked in at least $200 million in marijuana tax revenue, according to the latest tax data -- and they're putting those dollar ...
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Exploring the Cannabis Clubs of southern Spain, Europe's new weed destination
Monday, 24 August 2015Over the last five years, Spain has come to rival the Netherlands as Europe's cannabis hub. The country's legal framework around weed, which allows its use and sale within private members clubs, has ...
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Ganja growers warned: GET 'LEGIT' TO GET IN IT!
Saturday, 22 August 2015Local ganja growers, particularly small farmers, in Jamaica are being urged to enter the formal market to benefit from the decriminalising of the product rather than seeking to operate in the undergr ...
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Düsseldorf moots cannabis legalization
Friday, 21 August 2015City councillors in Düsseldorf, capital of Germany's most populous state, are following Berlin in planning a pilot project in which cannabis could be sold legally to adults. The move is the result of ...
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Düsseldorf will Verkauf von Cannabis legalisieren
Thursday, 20 August 2015Im Rathaus Düsseldorf gibt es eine große Mehrheit für die Legalisierung von Cannabis: Nach einer hitzigen Debatte beschloss die Ampelkoalition aus SPD, FDP und Grünen im Ausschuss für Gesundheit und ...
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Chile considers cannabis decriminalization
Monday, 17 August 2015With its proposed changes to Ley 20.000 (Law 20,000), Chile joins a growing list of Latin American countries decriminalizing marijuana. The initiative, which would grant Chileans the right to possess ...
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Ohio prepares to vote on marijuana legalization: which states will be next?
Sunday, 16 August 2015Thus far, Ohio is the only state where voters will consider pot legalization in the 2015 election. But that’s not because many states aren’t already eyeing their own marijuana campaigns. In fact, a n ...
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Ohio's legal weed proposal could create the world’s first 'pot grower oligarchy'
Saturday, 15 August 2015Ohio voters will have the opportunity to legalize the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis this November, including for medical marijuana patients and recreational consumers. Critics say the p ...
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The tragedy of the ganja policy
Saturday, 08 August 2015The amendment of the Dangerous Drugs Act 2015 in February has laid the foundation for the development of the policy framework governing a ganja industry in Jamaica. Key Ministries have to develop pol ...
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Cannabis in Berlin: Illegal...or not?
Friday, 07 August 2015In Germany the possession of cannabis is illegal. Even small amounts are prosecuted, but charges are usually dropped. The definition of this "small amount" varies depending on the federal state. Most ...
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State of the Evidence: Cannabis Use and Regulation
Friday, 31 July 2015As more and more jurisdictions reconsider their cannabis policies, the public discourse is filled with conflicting evidence about the impacts of cannabis use and regulation. Cannabis causes schizophr ...
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Is Italy about to legalize cannabis?
Monday, 27 July 2015Under a new law proposal in Italy, people over the age of 18 could cultivate up to five plants at home and growers could set up social clubs involving a maximum of 50 people and 250 plants. The scope ...
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SPD und Grüne für entspanntes Kiffen
Tuesday, 21 July 2015Cannabis-Konsum milder bestrafen oder gleich ganz legalisieren: In den Bundesländern mehren sich die Rufe nach einem liberaleren Umgang. Baden-Württembergs Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann (Grü ...
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Kiffer sollen wie Falschparker bestraft werden
Tuesday, 21 July 2015Hamburgs Justizsenator Till Steffen (Grüne) will das Kiffen zu einer Ordnungswidrigkeit herabstufen. "Es wäre wie beim Falschparken. Da kann abgewogen werden: Schreibe ich ein Knöllchen oder nicht", ...
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Italy takes step toward legalizing pot
Wednesday, 15 July 2015Italy took a first step toward legalization of pot, leading Europe in what would be a groundbreaking change. The Intergrupo Parlamentare Cannabis Legale, a cross-party committee, agreed on a provisio ...
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Habeas Coca
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
With significant pressure and earmarked funding from the United States and other demand-side countries, the Andean countries of Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru have struggled for decades with the questio ...
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Cities renew effort to cultivate marijuana; parliament still opposed
Monday, 13 July 2015The city of Utrecht, as well as the cities of Rotterdam, Nijmegen, Eindhoven, Heerlen and Tilburg, are still investigating whether cannabis cultivation can be regulated. The Tweede Kamer, lower house ...
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Les partis politiques demandent la dépénalisation du cannabis
Monday, 13 July 2015«Je trouve l’attitude de l’Union européenne (UE) d’un cynisme sans pareil», selon Nourdin Moudiane, président du Parti de l’Istiqlal (PI). «D’une part, elle cultive du cannabis, en France, aux Pays-B ...
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Uruguay cannabis market still struggles for legitimacy a year after historic ruling
Sunday, 12 July 2015In May 2014, then-president Mujica signed far-reaching regulations for Uruguay’s marijuana market, making the nation the first country in the world to legalize sales of cannabis. The measures – passe ...
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Call to make ecstasy legal and sell it at pharmacies
Saturday, 04 July 2015Australians should be able to buy a pure form of ecstasy from their local pharmacy to curtail the harm caused by contaminated blackmarket pills. Melbourne pharmacist Joshua Donelly and leading doctor ...
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None but ourselves can 'free' the weed
Saturday, 04 July 2015Traditional small ganja farmers in Jamaica, accustomed to clandestinely working their fields, will now have to adhere to strict regulations in order to supply research institutions that have been gra ...
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Vancouver’s pot bylaw ignores major concerns
Sunday, 28 June 2015Vancouver City Council and the police department have clouded the national debate on cannabis with their approach to pot and are pumping money into the pockets of organized crime. Every intelligent p ...
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So you want to legalize weed?
Saturday, 27 June 2015Up and down the Western Hemisphere, marijuana policy is a growing topic of discussion, and laws are starting to change. In 2014, retail marijuana stores opened in the states of Colorado and Washingto ...
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Kreuzberg will kontrollierten Cannabishandel erlauben
Thursday, 25 June 2015Der Berliner Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg will Cannabis legal verkaufen lassen und hat dafür einen Antrag gestellt. Es ist der erste dieser Art einer Kommune. Bezirksbürgermeisterin Monika Herrman ...
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Vancouver to weed out illegal marijuana dispensaries
Wednesday, 24 June 2015Vancouver changed the landscape of Canada’s cannabis culture, becoming the first city in Canada to regulate illegal marijuana dispensaries. The action, which will see a two-tiered licensing system ai ...
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