Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Chile opens debate on marijuana bill [07.04.2015] | Chile's congressional health committee approved a bill that would legalize the cultivation of marijuana for private recreational or medicinal use, se ... |
| Kratom criminalisation successfully shelved in Malaysia [02.04.2015] | The increasingly widespread use of ketum (or kratom) in Malaysia earlier this year prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs to lead a push to schedule i ... |
| Governor General gives assent, 'Ganja law' now in effect [30.03.2015] | Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has given his assent to the Bill amending the Dangerous Drugs Act, making possession of two or less ounces of ganj ... |
| Labour's 'appalling gutter politics' on drugs [30.03.2015] | Campaigners for a more evidence-based drug policy are horrified. "It’s a classic and appalling example of gutter politics,” says Martin Jelsma, Direc ... |
| Cannabis ban is elitist. It should go: Tathagata Satpathy [28.03.2015] | BJD chief whip in Lok Sabha (India's lower house in parliament) Tathagata Satpathy recently admitted on social media that he smoked cannabis in his y ... |
| D.C. hosts nation’s biggest legal marijuana giveaway [26.03.2015] | With D.C. police officers looking on, hundreds of city residents lined up and then walked away from an Adams Morgan restaurant carrying baggies conta ... |
| The cannabis question [23.03.2015] | Given the dynamics of politics in Lebanon, Jumblatt’s call in and of itself is unlikely to provide the gravitas for an effective change in the legisl ... |
| Survey finds strong majority in support of marijuana legalization and decriminalization [17.03.2015] | A new national survey of American voters has found a strong majority in support of marijuana legalization and an even larger majority in support of d ... |
| The judge who allowed ecstasy and ketamine to be legalised explains why he did it [09.03.2015] | Judge Gerard Hogan made an unexpected decision to allow for the possession of some drugs in a ruling on an appeal with the backing of two of his judi ... |
| NRW-Ministerin fordert Cannabis-Freigabe [06.03.2015] | NRW-Gesundheitsministerin Barbara Steffens (Grüne) spricht sich für eine kontrollierte Freigabe der weichen Droge Cannabis aus. Mit einer streng regu ... |
| Justizminister will Cannabisbesitz straffrei stellen [05.03.2015] | Der Besitz von kleineren Mengen Cannabis soll straffrei werden in Österreich. Das Justizministerium von Wolfgang Brandstetter erklärte dass eine dera ... |
| Cannabis lovers greet Green legalization plan [04.03.2015] | German pro-legalization campaigners welcomed a draft law presented by the Green party that would allow adults to consume cannabis under strict condit ... |
| D.C. pot advocates threaten public smoke-in to protest ban on pot clubs [03.03.2015] | After just five days of pot being legal in the nation’s capital, the D.C. Council voted unanimously to approve new limits on marijuana use. The legis ... |
| UK should begin decriminalising drugs, say Richard Branson and Nick Clegg [03.03.2015] | Sir Richard Branson and Nick Clegg are urging the UK to begin decriminalising the use and possession of almost all drugs, following the example of Po ... |
| Belize to decriminalize 10 grams of marijuana [02.03.2015] | Cabinet and Parliament are soon expected to put their stamp of approval on a set of recommendations presented by the committee for the decriminalizat ... |
| Ganja decriminalisation: Three the hard way [02.03.2015] | February 24, 2015 was an especially emotional day for three of the stalwarts who have fought for the decriminalisation of ganja. It was the day the H ... |
| Lowe wants public sector cooperation on ganja [28.02.2015] | Executive Chairman of Medicanja, Dr Henry Lowe, is urging a spirit of cooperation between government ministries and agencies involved in the developm ... |
| Caribbean leaders form marijuana commission [26.02.2015] | Just days after Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to decriminalize small portions of pot, leaders of the Caribbean Community agreed on the co ... |
| D66 devises plan to regulate Dutch marijuana production [26.02.2015] | Liberal democratic party D66 is introducing draft legislation to regulate the production and sale of marijuana in the Netherlands. D66 has called for ... |
| Washington DC legalises marijuana possession and use [26.02.2015] | Washington DC joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the US that allow the use of the drug for recreational purposes. Res ... |
| D.C. vs. Amsterdam: The Dutch strike back! [25.02.2015] | When Mayor Muriel E. Bowser delivered her legalized marijuana guidelines, she tried to ease concerns of naysayers with promises that there are enough ... |
| Despite U.N. treaties, war against drugs a losing battle [25.02.2015] | As the call for the decriminalisation of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study by the London-based charity Health Poverty Action concl ... |
| Ganja law passed but awaits regulations [25.02.2015] | The law effectively clears the way for the decriminalisation of two ounces of marijuana, making possession a ticketable offence. Under the amended la ... |
| St Lucia Cannabis Movement commends Jamaica for passing 'Ganja Bill' [25.02.2015] | Chairman of the Cannabis Movement of St Lucia, Andre De Caires, has welcomed Jamaica's decision to give the green light to the so-called Ganja Bill, ... |
| Marijuana activists push legalization of medical cannabis in Costa Rica [25.02.2015] | Pien Metaal, who follows Latin American drug law reform ... told The Tico Times ... that legalizing medical marijuana in Costa Rica “would clearly se ... |
| Ganja law gets green light [24.02.2015] | The much anticipated amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act, often referred to as the ganja law, has been passed in the House of Representatives of Jam ... |
| 'Misperception is very dangerous' [16.02.2015] | Executive director of the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), Michael Tucker, has warned that the misinformation circulating among Jamaicans about ... |
| The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs in 2016 [16.02.2015] | In April 2016, representatives of the world’s nations will gather to evaluate drug policy in a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGAS ... |
| Drug policy in India [14.02.2015] | India’s response to drugs flows along an extraordinary spectrum – of tradition and modernity; of widespread availability and stringent enforcement; o ... |
| Justice minister calls for light drug legalisation, PM pulls rug [08.02.2015] | The Portuguese justice minister, Paula Teixeira da Cruz, said she agreed with decriminalizing the use of soft drugs, in an interview to TSF radio, so ... |
| Senate passes ganja law [06.02.2015] | The Senate debated for nearly five hours about the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2015, which was later passed with five amendments. The legislatio ... |
| The science of decriminalizing drugs [02.02.2015] | The legal landscape for marijuana has never looked this relaxed. Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. voted during the recent election season to lega ... |
| Ganja interests wary of internal business rivalry [31.01.2015] | Despite strong ministerial and legislative signals, segments of the marijuana lobby are unsure that sufficient protections will be afforded to the pe ... |
| Drugs in the UK: Why we need to talk about regulation and decriminalisation [30.01.2015] | Fighting the war on drugs in the UK costs an estimated £13 billion annually. It has cost lives recently, too; four people died after taking ecstasy p ... |
| US official cautions Jamaica on ganja legalisation [29.01.2015] | The U.S. Government has signalled discomfort with Jamaica's move to decriminalise marijuana for specific uses. According to assistant secretary, Will ... |
| Pro-ganja lobby endorses changes on eve of Senate debate [28.01.2015] | Professor Archibald McDonald called on the Jamaican Government to continue with the reforms and disregard apparent threats from US Government officia ... |
| Jamaica poised to relax cannabis laws [22.01.2015] | The cabinet has approved a bill that would decriminalise possession of small amounts of cannabis and pave the way for a legal medical marijuana indus ... |
| Null Gramm Toleranz im Görlitzer Park [13.01.2015] | Kiffer in Berlin dürfen weiterhin bis zu 15 Gramm Cannabis für den Eigenbedarf dabei haben, ohne strafrechtlich verfolgt zu werden – jedoch nicht meh ... |
| Reform der Cannabispolitik in Europa [27.12.2014] | Während die Reform der Cannabispolitik in Amerika Fahrt aufnimmt, scheint Europa hinterherzuhinken. Genauer gesagt, die europäischen Staaten auf nati ... |
| The year in drug policy: Movement at a crossroads [26.12.2014] | The 43-year-old war on drugs had never seen such a barrage of opposition as it did in 2014, with successful marijuana legalization initiatives in sev ... |
| Law Committee suggests drug control needs radical rethink [22.12.2014] | The Criminal Law Committee of the NSW Bar Association decided to look at the available research on illicit drugs and the current government drug stra ... |
| Pourquoi Terra Nova veut légaliser le cannabis [18.12.2014] | Le groupe de réflexion Terra Nova, proche du PS, a publié un rapport, révélé par Le Monde, intitulé «Cannabis : réguler le marché pour sortir de l’im ... |
| Too harsh to work [16.12.2014] | There is no appetite in India for a serious conversation on drugs. The prime minister’s recent radio talk on the subject confirms that. Yet, drugs an ... |
| 'You will not be arrested for using drugs' [02.12.2014] | Authorities in the Netherlands are warning Amsterdam tourists about heroin masquerading as cocaine, which has already killed several people and sent ... |
| «Das Cannabis-Verbot bringt nichts» [01.12.2014] | In Deutschland hat der Schildowerkreis, eine Vereinigung von mehr als 100 Strafrechtsprofessorinnen und Strafrechtsprofessoren, vor zwei Wochen das V ... |
| Cannabis umnebelt die Koalition [25.11.2014] | In der Großen Koalition in Berlin ist eine Debatte um die zulässige Menge für Eigenkonsum von Cannabis entbrannt. Die CDU will das Limit auf sechs Gr ... |
| Will Guatemala really explore marijuana legalization in 2015? [20.11.2014] | Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina in a recent interview mooted the idea of his country legalizing marijuana next year. Can we really expect bold ... |
| Un peu moins de fumée autour des politiques antidrogues [19.11.2014] | Il faut changer la loi de 1970 pénalisant l’usage de cannabis : c’est ce que préconisent deux députés, auteurs d’un rapport sur les drogues illicites ... |
| Pot luck [18.11.2014] | Smoking, growing, buying, selling or merely possessing cannabis is a criminal offence, according to America's federal government. Ask the states, how ... |
| Positives Echo auf Cannabis-Modellversuch [17.11.2014] | Die CDU will den von der Gesundheitsdezernentin Rosemarie Heilig angestrebten Modellversuch zur Entkriminalisierung von Cannabis erst einmal in Ruhe ... |
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