Items tagged with regulation
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Minister Opstelten en de burgemeesterlijke ongehoorzaamheid [29.01.2014] | Alle 25 Nederlandse burgemeesters die verzoeken hadden ingediend om te experimenteren met gereguleerde of gedoogde aanvoer van cannabis naar de coffe ... |
Why is Raymond Pryce so high on ganja? [27.01.2014] | Raymond Pryce, the North East St Elizabeth member of parliament, is not only a lobbyist for decriminalisation /legalisation of ganja. He plans to opt ... |
Marijuana on the move [26.01.2014] | Some 20 years ago, a Spanish official in favor of lifting the ban on drugs such as marijuana mentioned at a UN meeting that there "might be a more hu ... |
Courage, common sense and cannabis [10.01.2014] | Despite 40 years of prohibition, Danes smoke cannabis. If prohibition continues another 40 years, Danes will still smoke it. So too will residents in ... |
Marijuana in Colorado has a long history and an uncertain future [31.12.2013] | Federal marijuana prohibition in the United States started with a knock on a Denver man's apartment door. Seventy-six years ago, Samuel Caldwell beca ... |
A Colorado marijuana guide: 64 answers to commonly asked questions [30.12.2013] | On January 1, 2014, Colorado becomes the first place anywhere in the world to allow legal marijuana sales to anybody over 21 for any purpose. You hav ... |
Morocco: Istiqlal party proposes first draft law to legalize cannabis [28.12.2013] | According to La Vie Eco, the Istiqlal Party has recently proposed a draft law to decriminalize and regulate the cultivation of cannabis for medical a ... |
Uruguay’s marijuana growers come out into open [27.12.2013] | Juan Andres Palese was using a fake name in public when he opened Uruguay’s first store dedicated to cultivating marijuana, where he offered growing ... |
Colorado issues first marijuana sales licenses to retailers [26.12.2013] | The first licences in the United States that permit retailers to sell marijuana for recreational use from 1 January were issued in Colorado. Owners o ... |
Marijuana legalization would bring fresh cash to California [26.12.2013] | At least two of three marijuana legalization measures vying for the November, 2014 ballot would be good for California, according to the state Attorn ... |
Uruguay President Mujica signs marijuana law [24.12.2013] | Uruguay's President Mujica has quietly signed into law the government’s plan to create a regulated, legal market for marijuana. He signed the legisla ... |
Uruguay's neighbors now considering legalization of pot [24.12.2013] | Argentina has given the first sign that Uruguay’s groundbreaking cannabis reform just may have started a domino effect across Latin America. Followin ... |
Councils join forces to call for legalised marijuana production [20.12.2013] | The mayors of 25 Dutch local authority areas have increased their pressure on the cabinet to allow experiments with regulated marijuana production. T ... |
Uruguay: Yes we cannabis [20.12.2013] | When Uruguay recently became the first country in the world to legalise and regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana, it was a lon ... |
The Netherlands is ready to regulate cannabis [19.12.2013] | Barely a week after an opinion poll showed that 65% of the Dutch are in favour of regulating cannabis production just as in Uruguay, the minister of ... |
If marijuana legalization sends the wrong message to teenagers, why aren't they listening? [18.12.2013] | Prohibitionists warn that it’s dangerous even to discuss legalizing marijuana because such talk sends “the wrong message” to the youth of America, en ... |
Washington residents smoke way more weed than officials thought [18.12.2013] | Knowing how much marijuana people consume is now a very important statistic for officials in Washington and Colorado.That number can help them make s ... |
INCB vs Uruguay: the art of diplomacy [17.12.2013] | International tensions over Uruguay’s decision to regulate the cannabis market reached new levels when Raymond Yans, president of the International N ... |
The architect of Uruguay's marijuana legalization speaks out [15.12.2013] | The call for drug policy reform has moved from flower-power communes into the halls of power. Starting next year Uruguayans will be able to buy marij ... |
Multinational overview of cannabis production regimes [14.12.2013] | The vast majority of countries are signatories to international treaties that prohibit the production, distribution and possession of cannabis for no ... |
'Stop lying': Uruguay president chides UN official over marijuana law [14.12.2013] | Uruguay’s president has accused the head of the UN’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Raymond Yans, of lying and double standards, after ... |
Uruguay's Prez rips into UN official over marijuana law: 'Stop lying' [12.12.2013] | Uruguay's President Mujica shot back at the president of the International Narcotics Control Board, a U.N. agency, for saying that his administration ... |
Weed all about it [12.12.2013] | “A critical turning point in the failed war against drugs,” is the verdict of Martin Jelsma of the Drugs and Democracy Programme at the Transnational ... |
Heroic Uruguay deserves a Nobel peace prize for legalising cannabis [11.12.2013] | The response of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board to Uruguay's new drug regime has been to incant futile bromides. According to its chie ... |
Finally, a nation legalizes pot [11.12.2013] | In a closely watched vote, Uruguayan lawmakers approved a proposal to make recreational marijuana legal for adults and to regulate its production, di ... |
Uruguay becomes first nation to legalise marijuana trade [10.12.2013] | Uruguay has become the first country in the world to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana. After nearly 12 hours of debate, senators gav ... |
Uruguay legalizes pot, recasting drug war [10.12.2013] | The Uruguay Senate approved a bill to legalize marijuana and put its trade into state hands, in what many experts said marks a new model for the war ... |
Infographic: How will Uruguay's regulation of cannabis work? [10.12.2013] | On December 10, 2013, the General Assembly of Uruguay approved a law that made the country the first one in the world to fully regulate the cultivati ... |
Infographic: Why is Uruguay regulating; not criminalising cannabis? [10.12.2013] | "The approval of regulation under state control in Uruguay marks a tipping point in the failed war against drugs. The trend is becoming irreversible: ... |
Uruguay’s pioneering cannabis regulation marks the tipping point in the failed war on drugs [10.12.2013] | Uruguay’s senate voted today (10 December) to approve the world’s first national legal framework regulating the cultivation, trade and consumption of ... |
Uruguay establishes the basis for a new paradigm in drug policy [10.12.2013] | The signatory organisations below wish to congratulate the Uruguayan Deputies and Senators that have voted in favour of the law regulating marijuana, ... |
‘Het Nederlandse systeem heeft gaten’ [09.12.2013] | Interview Sebastián Sabini: "Het gaat ons om een totaalaanpak. Legalisering moet samengaan met preventie, met voorlichting en een sterke naleving van ... |
Le débat sur la légalisation du cannabis refait surface à Genève [05.12.2013] | Cultiver, vendre et autoriser la consommation de cannabis au sein d’associations contrôlées par l’Etat sur une période de trois ans, voilà le projet ... |
Moroccan party holds hearing for legalizing marijuana crops [04.12.2013] | One of Morocco’s main political parties, the Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), established by a close adviser to the king, started the proc ... |
How to Regulate Cannabis [30.11.2013] | This is a guide to regulating legal markets for the non-medical use of cannabis. It is for policy makers, drug policy reform advocates and affected c ... |
D66 Liberals to draft regulated marijuana production proposal [20.11.2013] | The D66 Liberal party, currently the second biggest party in The Netherlands in recent polls, is drawing up draft legislation for the regulated produ ... |
Academics: "Legalise cannabis in Flanders" [18.11.2013] | Three Flemish academics, a criminologist, an economist and a toxicologist, are pressing for the legalisation of cannabis. They believe that making th ... |
Uruguay's likely cannabis law could set tone for war on drugs in Latin America [18.11.2013] | The marijuana regulation bill, which has been passed by the lower house of the Uruguayan parliament, will allow registered users to buy up to 40g a m ... |
Two in three large councils back organised marijuana cultivation [15.11.2013] | In total 26 of the Netherlands’ 38 largest local municipalities support government licensed or organised marijuana production, NOS television says. T ... |
Legally regulated cannabis markets in the US [14.11.2013] | In November 2012, voters in two US states – Washington and Colorado – approved ballot initiatives to establish legally regulated markets for the prod ... |
Colorado regulators want to know: How much does marijuana cost? [13.11.2013] | Colorado regulators have begun surveying marijuana businesses about the price of pot in an effort to implement a new excise tax that voters passed ea ... |
Une majorité de français en faveur de l’autorisation du cannabis sous conditions [13.11.2013] | Le 12 novembre dernier, l'Observatoire Français des Drogues et Toxicomanies (OFDT) publiait les résultats de son étude EROPP 2012 « Perception et opi ... |
Uruguaian law proposal to regulate the cannabis market [13.11.2013] | |
The Transparent Chain [09.11.2013] | It is time that policymakers, law enforcement, professionals and other parties involved combine their efforts to work towards the implementation of a ... |
Colorado voters approve new taxes on recreational marijuana [05.11.2013] | A measure to impose taxes on recreational marijuana passed making pot one of the most heavily taxed consumer products in Colorado. Proposition AA imp ... |
Kofi Annan: Stop 'war on drugs' [05.11.2013] | Each year, hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from preventable drug-related disease and violence. Millions of users are arrested an ... |
The US incapacity to enforce federal drug laws - and the global consequences [31.10.2013] | The US drug policy is changing, pitting states against federal law. This essay explores this inner friction of contradictory drug legislation, and wh ... |
Expert Seminar: Costs and benefits of cannabis regulation models in Europe [30.10.2013] | The Transnational Institute (TNI) organized an expert seminar on Costs and Benefits of Cannabis Regulation Models in Europe in Amsterdam, The Netherl ... |
Summary of report Beckley Foundation [30.10.2013] | The Beckley report, Licensing and Regulation of the Cannabis Market in England and Wales: Towards a Cost-Benefit Analysis, grasps of the economic con ... |
Greener marijuana: can a budding industry grow sustainable agriculture? [29.10.2013] | The growing societal acceptance of cannabis in the U.S. has sparked what some call a "green rush" of people trying to cash in on what is already a mu ... |
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