Items tagged with legalization
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| Cannabis cafés and self-growing: Czechia presents draft of new marijuana law [11.01.2024] | The Czech government presented a draft of a cannabis regulation bill that, does not include the previously envisioned regulated cannabis market. The ... |
| Legal Cannabis cultivation pilot set to begin on Friday [14.12.2023] | The Netherlands’ long-awaited experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation starts in Tilburg and Breda on Friday. Coffeeshops in these two municipa ... |
| Scholz’s SPD puts cannabis legalisation on hold [06.12.2023] | Germany’s plans to legalise cannabis appear to be in limbo after the Social Democratic Party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition announ ... |
| Germany will likely legalize adult-use cannabis in 2024 [28.11.2023] | The coalition government in Germany is finalizing details for long-awaited cannabis legalization, including dates for cannabis cultivation and the es ... |
| German government to loosen up cannabis legalisation law [27.11.2023] | Recreational use of cannabis is set to become legal in Germany. The government has agreed the final draft of the legislation that will be discussed a ... |
| Cannabis : pourquoi la France bloque quand nos voisins européens assouplissent la législation [19.11.2023] | « Clubs de cannabis, culture à domicile, Weed care… » : l'Allemagne, le Luxembourg, les Pays-Bas, la Belgique et la Suisse - ces pays frontaliers de ... |
| ‘Prohibition is failing’ [15.11.2023] | Former Australian Federal Police boss Mick Palmer has said the prohibition of cannabis use “is not just failing, it is causing real harm” as he descr ... |
| Spain’s confusing cannabis policies spark similar problems faced by US states [12.11.2023] | “For some years, there was the possibility to regulate and keep it in the hands of those who aren’t crime-related,” said Óscar Parés, deputy director ... |
| Weed is now legal in Thailand. How long will the high times last? [10.11.2023] | Thailand’s military government is carrying out an experiment: What happens when a country in Asia, a region where drug laws tend to be harsh, essenti ... |
| New report aims to protect small cannabis from corporate takeover [26.10.2023] | When cannabis is legalized, a lot is at stake for the existing, state-level industry. The entrepreneurs who make up weed’s $33.8 billion market are p ... |
| Funding to residential drug treatment should increase as alternative to custody, says assembly [22.10.2023] | The Government of Ireland should increase funding to residential drug treatment facilities to provide an alternative to custodial sentences for convi ... |
| A tale of two cannabis legalization experiments [17.10.2023] | It’s been five years since the Canadian government legalized and regulated non-medical cannabis cultivation, commerce, and consumption. California is ... |
| 5 years of legal cannabis: fewer charges, many hospitalizations and more than a few questions [10.10.2023] | When Canada legalized the use of cannabis in October 2018 after decades of prohibition, the goals were to improve safety and public health as well as ... |
| Cannabis in Canada: Debunking myths about the real impacts of legalization [09.10.2023] | Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, there was considerable debate about its potential effects. Some predicted it would tri ... |
| Cannabis firms are cut off from the US financial system, but relief is in sight [08.10.2023] | Imagine that you run a perfectly legal business but are unable to open a simple checking account at a national bank. Believe it or not, that’s the ca ... |
| Himachal eyes pot of gold under grass [01.10.2023] | For almost 40 years now, cannabis cultivation has been a crime in India. But that has never stopped farmers in parts of Himachal’s Kullu, Chamba, Sir ... |
| Genève lance son essai de vente légale de cannabis [29.09.2023] | L'essai-pilote de vente régulée de cannabis entre dans sa phase concrète dans le canton de Genève. Courant décembre, une boutique spécialisée devrait ... |
| Cannabis brain effects study struggles to attract black UK users [24.09.2023] | A major study into the effects of cannabis on the human brain is at risk of being partially thwarted because too few black users have agreed to take ... |
| Potential cannabis associations to receive harm reduction training by next November [23.09.2023] | The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) will be organising the first training on harm reduction for those Associations which have re ... |
| Thailand to clamp down on cannabis use in major U-turn on drug policy [22.09.2023] | Thailand’s new prime minister, Srettha Thavisin, has said his government will “rectify” its cannabis policy and limit its use to medical purposes wit ... |
| Expecting cannabis boom, New York lays down the rules [13.09.2023] | Cannabis regulators in New York approved a package of regulations that laid the groundwork for an expansion of the state’s emerging cannabis industry ... |
| Christiania plan could push drug crime into other parts of Copenhagen: MP [07.09.2023] | A government plan to shut down the Christiania ‘Pusher Street’ cannabis market and double drug penalties in the zone risks pushing crime into other p ... |
| Christiania hash sellers could get prison as ‘permanent closure’ announced for Pusher Street market [06.09.2023] | The new law will target a specially designated zone in which fines for possession will be doubled even for a first offence. Any subsequent offence wi ... |
| German government anticipates huge windfall with legalization of cannabis [01.09.2023] | In November 2021, when it was announced the German government would send a law to the Bundestag to legalize the consumption and possession of marijua ... |
| Tackling Belgium’s drug problem: Legalising cannabis is ‘common sense,’ says Economy Minister [31.08.2023] | A solution to the drug and security problem in Belgium's bigger cities, such as Brussels and Antwerp, could be legalising the sale and use of cannabi ... |
| Cannabis: Germany legalises, France punishes [30.08.2023] | With Marseille, one of France’s main drug trafficking hubs, having recorded around 32 deaths since the start of the year related mainly to cannabis t ... |
| Cannabis is illegal in Nigeria but provides a living for families - study calls for rethink of drug laws [28.08.2023] | Cannabis is a heavily criminalised plant in Nigeria. It can get its growers, traders and users long prison sentences. The National Drug Law Enforceme ... |
| German goverment adopts watered-down cannabis legalisation bill [16.08.2023] | The German government adopted a watered-down plan to legalise cannabis, moving one step closer to the substance’s controlled distribution, though cri ... |
| A beachside city became California’s legal cannabis capital. Not everyone is stoked [03.08.2023] | Thanks to the most lenient policies in California for recreational marijuana, Santa Barbara county is now the state’s undisputed capital of legal can ... |
| Cannabis policy expert slams Malta police's attitude to CBD [29.07.2023] | A leading drugs policy expert believes members of Malta’s planned cannabis associations should be allowed to consume cannabis on site rather than bei ... |
| ‘Outlaws’: Morocco’s Rif provides refuge for cannabis farmers [28.07.2023] | For centuries, the mountains of the Rif have been a centre of cannabis farming. Morocco is to this day the biggest producer of cannabis resin in the ... |
| German cannabis legalisation could infringe EU law despite tweaks [26.07.2023] | Germany’s plans to legalise cannabis are partially incompatible with EU law, despite significant changes Berlin made to avoid legal problems, accordi ... |
| Swiss cities test controlled cannabis distribution [23.07.2023] | Swiss drug policy is shifting. Some pharmacies and social clubs in major cities are making cannabis available for recreational purposes under scienti ... |
| New cannabis law to come into force on Friday [18.07.2023] | The Ministry of Justice published a statement (FR) on Tuesday announcing that the legalisation of private cannabis cultivation and consumption was of ... |
| Canadian marijuana entrepreneurs shift focus to ‘micro’ licenses [17.07.2023] | Cannabis entrepreneurs in Canada are increasingly turning to smaller micro-cultivation facilities to manage costs and produce higher-quality marijuan ... |
| Germany unveils draft bill to legalize cannabis [10.07.2023] | Germany's government is taking steps toward the legalization of cannabis by publishing the draft bill for the first pillar of a two-pillar model desi ... |
| Cannabis policy needs to be monitored for health impact - EU drugs agency [01.07.2023] | European countries that are widening their cannabis policies should invest in monitoring and evaluation to understand the impact on public health and ... |
| Luxembourg legalises cultivation and consumption of cannabis at home [29.06.2023] | It's official: Luxembourg deputies greenlit a bill that allows for limited cannabis cultivation and consumption at home. 38 deputies voted in favour ... |
| Legalise Cannabis makes united push for personal marijuana use in three Australian states [19.06.2023] | Legalise Cannabis MPs in Australia are launching a coordinated push to make marijuana legal for personal use in three states and overhaul what the pa ... |
| Parliament to vote on legalisation of home-grown cannabis this month [15.06.2023] | Luxembourg residents hoping to legally grow cannabis at home might not have to wait till after the elections, after Parliament announced it will vote ... |
| Legal but locked out [14.06.2023] | As Jamaica continues to promote medicinal cannabis to attract investors and spur the industry's development, entrepreneurs face significant hurdles d ... |
| Thailand’s cannabis lovers face comedown amid legalisation U-turn [09.06.2023] | One year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis, Thailand’s Ganja TV, a Facebook page with 90,000-odd followers, are looking on as rival politicians ... |
| Canada’s unsold cannabis inventory balloons to 1.5 billion grams [06.06.2023] | Business failures and consolidation failed to stop Canada’s stockpile of unsold cannabis from reaching a new high in the final quarter of 2022, the l ... |
| New report describes growing complexity and change in cannabis laws in Europe [05.06.2023] | What forms of cannabis regulation are under consideration in Europe? What types of cannabis are controlled? Are cosmetic and wellness products contai ... |
| Proposals for regulated cannabis market may end up in European Court, says official [30.05.2023] | The introduction of a legal, regulated cannabis market in the Czech Republic may end up in the European Court of Justice, said drug policy coordinato ... |
| Industry up in smoke? [28.05.2023] | The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by eight prospective parties on forming a coalition government in Thailand could be bad news for advocat ... |
| ‘It will create a police state’: Dagga Party calls cannabis bill ‘fascist’ [23.05.2023] | The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, which aims to cater for those who use marijuana for medical and recreational purposes, has been met with fier ... |
| You can’t legalise cannabis for private use and criminalise selling it, says farming group [20.05.2023] | Four years ago, when the Constitutional Court decriminalised the use and cultivation of dagga in a private space, the court also provided Parliament ... |
| European cannabis legalisation moves into the slow-dopey lane [11.05.2023] | Germany’s plans to move to full legalisation of consumption and sales of cannabis came to an abrupt halt last month. Until recently, Germany’s health ... |
| Thailand’s cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch [08.05.2023] | Nearly a year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis amid promises of an economic bonanza, Thai growers and sellers say they are being undercut by il ... |
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