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Campaign for legal kratom use nears goal
Thursday, 24 June 2021After being listed as an illegal narcotic for many decades, Thais will finally be allowed to use and own Mitragyna speciosa, also known as kratom, as traditional medicine by August this year. On May ...
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French court overturns ruling banning legal sale of cannabidiol
Wednesday, 23 June 2021France's highest appeals court overturned a ruling that stores in the country can't legally sell cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotic compound related to cannabis that is being researched for a variety ...
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MDMA gangs are literally polluting Europe
Friday, 18 June 2021Noxious dumps in “drug pits” is one of many new ways drug gangs in the Netherlands and Belgium are disposing of the toxic waste created in one of the world’s largest MDMA and amphetamine producing re ...
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Autistic man set out of home ‘after growing single cannabis plant’
Friday, 18 June 2021The mayor of a town in North Brabant has been accused of acting too harshly after allegedly setting an autistic man out of his home when he was discovered with a cannabis plant. In October 2019, 34-y ...
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Cannabis médical : aubaine ou mirage économique ?
Friday, 11 June 2021C’est la question qui brûle toutes les lèvres depuis l’annonce du projet de loi 13-21 : quelles seront, pour le Maroc, les retombées économiques de la légalisation de l’usage médical, thérapeutique e ...
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Political parties in Portugal propose adult-use cannabis legalisation bills in Parliament
Friday, 11 June 2021Two political parties in Portugal, Left Bloc and Liberal Initiative, each presented proposals for adult-use cannabis legalisation. The outcome of the debate was an agreement that both Bills be sent t ...
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Drug use steady despite lockdowns: EU agency
Wednesday, 09 June 2021The severe restrictions on movement and activities during the coronavirus pandemic had little effect on Europeans' appetite for illegal drugs in 2020, according to the European Monitoring Centre for ...
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Why is growing pot so energy-intensive?
Wednesday, 09 June 2021Rolling Stone dubs weed a “climate villain,” as cannabis sold in any state where it’s legal must be grown in-state. Because not every state boasts the year-round warm climate that cannabis thrives in ...
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Morocco's House of Councilors passes cannabis legalization bill
Tuesday, 08 June 2021After several amendments, Morocco's House of Councilors has approved the hotly-debated bill on the limited legalization of cannabis for medical purposes. Morocco's Parliament put Bill No. 13.21, conc ...
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Cannabis divides opinions in Morocco ahead of general elections
Saturday, 05 June 2021As Morocco's 2021 round of elections approaches, the cannabis question is once again on the table. The Moroccan government approved the bill to legalize medicinal cannabis for export on March 11 of t ...
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Congress only has one chance to legalize marijuana the right way
Tuesday, 01 June 2021Congressional Democratic leaders filed a marijuana legalization bill last week aimed at remedying the injustices of the drug war. But my experience as a regulator overseeing the implementation of Mas ...
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Légalisation thérapeutique du cannabis : la Chambre des représentants dit “oui”
Wednesday, 26 May 2021La Chambre des représentants a adopté le 26 mai au soir le projet de loi relatif à l’usage thérapeutique et industriel du cannabis par une majorité confortable, mais inhabituelle. Les groupes parleme ...
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Morocco’s House of Representatives adopts bill on legal use of cannabis
Wednesday, 26 May 2021Morocco’s House of Representatives adopted today Bill 13.21 on the legal use of cannabis for medical purposes. The bill received a majority of votes (199) against 48 votes, who voted no. The Justice ...
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Experts warn that keeping tourists out of Amsterdam coffee shops won’t be easy
Wednesday, 26 May 2021Suggestions that foreign tourists be banned from Amsterdam’s cannabis cafes, or coffee shops, have been greeted with alarm by experts. ‘The plan is doomed to fail’ criminologist Ton Nabben told a mee ...
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Cannabis cultivation in Greece was legal until 1936
Monday, 24 May 2021The cultivation of cannabis in Greece for pharmaceutical purposes is now legal, as it was legal until 1936, the year it was prohibited. Even though the cannabis plant is used for the manufacturing of ...
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Rendez-vous en juillet pour le cannabis récréatif
Friday, 21 May 2021Le dossier du cannabis récréatif avait été quelque peu mis de côté ces derniers mois, mais le sujet a refait surface à la Chambre. La ministre de la Santé a promis que le débat allait maintenant avan ...
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Legalisation of cannabis: Government parties in favour, CSV remains sceptical
Friday, 21 May 2021The majority parties in Luxembourg as well as the Left Party (Déi Lénk) and the Pirate Party all agreed that the strategy of criminalisation over the past decades has failed and that it is time for a ...
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Cannabis reform consultation ends with 350 submissions
Tuesday, 18 May 2021The cannabis reform White Paper attracted more than 350 submissions from organisations and individuals. Government is proposing full decriminalisation for adults in possession of 7g or less of cannab ...
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Free heroin could help Scotland shake off unwanted drugs death title
Sunday, 16 May 2021The professor behind Dutch addicts getting taxpayer-funded heroin has called on the Scottish Government to do the same in its fight against drugs. Researchers headed up by world-renowned addiction ex ...
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Tough local drug law enforcement ‘making innocent people homeless’
Friday, 14 May 2021Tough anti-drug enforcement is making innocent citizens and children homeless, according to ombudsmen in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. Each year ‘dozens’ of family members find themselves on th ...
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So, what's the deal with Mexico's cannabis legalization delay?
Thursday, 13 May 2021A month ago, Mexican marijuana legalization seemed like a done deal. The bill was approved by the Senate last November, but greatly modified by the Chamber of Deputies, causing senators to have to gi ...
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Eyeing lucrative profits, Morocco is seeking to legalise cannabis. The main obstacle? Islamist opposition
Thursday, 13 May 2021The stakes for legalising cannabis in Morocco are rising. On 11 March, the Moroccan government approved Cannabis Legalization Framework, Bill 13-21, to regulate medical cannabis and industrial hemp. ...
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Cannabis goes corporate: Lobbyists, unions seek to shape marijuana industry
Saturday, 08 May 2021The rally at the state capitol on April 20, the unofficial holiday for pot aficionados, brought out green-wigged supporters ringed in wisps of smoke. These days, they are far from the only people adv ...
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Morocco : Cannabis revenues may exceed those of agricultural products
Wednesday, 05 May 2021Before the Committee of Interior, Local Authorities, Housing and City Policy, a summary of feasibility studies related to the legalization of cannabis found that the area planted has declined conside ...
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France should legalise cannabis, says MPs report
Wednesday, 05 May 2021France should legalise cannabis so as to regain control of sales and better protect minors, a group of cross-party MPs said in a report, a finding at odds with the government's tough anti-drugs stanc ...
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Medical cannabis: Morocco to target European market
Wednesday, 05 May 2021Morocco’s Ministry of Interior developed a study, showing the country’s interest to prioritize the European market in terms of the supply of medical cannabis. The ministry presented a feasibility stu ...
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After Aphria deal, the new Tilray eyes transformation into a global cannabis brands giant
Monday, 03 May 2021Tilray Inc. shareholders approved the merger with Aphria Inc., creating a cannabis powerhouse that’s both the largest medical marijuana company in Europe and a major player in Canada’s recreational m ...
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Mexican lawmakers fail to legalize marijuana ahead of Supreme Court deadline
Monday, 03 May 2021Mexican lawmakers have failed to meet a Supreme Court deadline to end marijuana prohibition after spending months going back and forth on a legalization bill that passed both chambers of Congress in ...
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The forgotten history of European drug-dealer activism
Friday, 30 April 2021Today, the contributions of drug suppliers towards harm reduction efforts remain mostly neglected by history, although some within the grassroots end of the movement still emphasise their critical ro ...
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Un premier pas vers une régulation du marché du cannabis
Friday, 30 April 2021La Suisse devrait réguler le marché du cannabis plutôt que l’interdire. La commission de la santé publique du Conseil national a donné suite par 13 voix contre 11 et une abstention à une initiative p ...
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Cannabis legalization : The reservations of Moroccan growers
Thursday, 29 April 2021To accompany Bill 13-21, a coordination of cannabis growers and the descendants of farmers met with the parties represented in the Lower House to present a memorandum. It calls for authorizing the re ...
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Maroc : Plaidoyer pour une amnistie des cultivateurs et l’usage récréatif du cannabis
Wednesday, 28 April 2021A la vielle de la promulgation de la loi sur les usages légaux, la Coordination des zones d'origine du cannabis, qui se compose d'agriculteurs et de descendants de cultivateurs de cannabis dans les r ...
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Should the EU help legalize cannabis farms in Morocco?
Wednesday, 28 April 2021Should draft legislation clear the final hurdles in the next few weeks, Morocco could become the second Arab country to legalize cannabis. Lebanon was the first in 2020. Cannabis legalization has bee ...
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Grow landrace cannabis strains with ‘fair trade’ seeds from the source
Monday, 26 April 2021Throughout India and Southeast Asia, indigenous farmers grow cannabis and make hashish using methods passed down for untold generations. Despite a global push to end prohibition, these traditional ca ...
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Cannabis: les cultivateurs s’organisent dans un cadre légal
Monday, 26 April 2021Dans les provinces d’Al Hoceima et de Chaouen, les cultivateurs de la plante de cannabis ont décidé de lancer une initiative légale pour accompagner la mise en œuvre de la nouvelle législation relati ...
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The Future of Cannabis in the Caribbean
Friday, 23 April 2021Two years after the presentation of the 2018 CARICOM report “Waiting to Exhale - Safeguarding our future through responsible socio-legal policy on Marijuana” at the CND, this years’ side event the or ...
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Alcohol giant Diageo, Tobacco giant Reynolds, and Morgan Stanley among companies newly lobbying on cannabis
Wednesday, 21 April 2021The US House of Representatives passed a bill to expand cannabis industry access to banking. While a version of that bill stalled in the last Senate, Democrats now have a majority. Major companies ar ...
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Lesotho firm first in Africa to be granted EU licence for medical cannabis
Wednesday, 21 April 2021A company in Lesotho has become the first in Africa to receive a licence to sell medical cannabis to the EU. The country’s top medical cannabis producer, MG Health, announced it had met the EU’s good ...
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Senate Democrats split over legalizing weed
Tuesday, 20 April 2021Two Democrats told Politico that they oppose removing federal penalties on marijuana. Schumer can't afford to lose a single vote on his side of the aisle in his legalization push, and that's before a ...
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Lebanon's crisis-hit farmers turn to growing hashish
Tuesday, 20 April 2021For three decades Abu Ali planted potatoes to provide for his family, but Lebanon's economic crisis has driven up production costs and forced him to swap the crop for cannabis. "It's not for the love ...
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Germany: Greens campaign for legal cannabis on 4/20
Tuesday, 20 April 2021April 19 will go down in German political history as the day Annalena Baerbock was elected the Green Party's first-ever chancellor candidate. Assuming the party is ready to govern, the very next day ...
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After ‘Green Rush,’ Canada’s legal pot suppliers are stumbling
Sunday, 18 April 2021When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government’s legalized marijuana in 2018, a primary goal was to create a more equitable justice system — not a major new business sector. Investors, however, thou ...
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Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal for recreational or medical use
Friday, 16 April 2021As more states, including Virginia and New York, continue to legalize marijuana, an overwhelming share of U.S. adults (91%) say either that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use ...
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Norway opposition torpedoes plan to decriminalise drug use
Friday, 16 April 2021Norway's main opposition Labour Party rejected a government plan to decriminalise the personal use of drugs in small quantities, saying the measure could incite young people to experiment with narcot ...
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A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers
Friday, 16 April 2021Learn 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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Statement on the UN Common Position and Task Team
Thursday, 15 April 2021Between 12 - 16 April 2021, the 64th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took place in Vienna. Here you can find the statement by the Institute for Policy Studies / Transnational Ins ...
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Magic mushrooms show promise in treatment for depression, study says
Wednesday, 14 April 2021Magic mushrooms have a long and rich history. Now scientists say they could play an important role in the future, with their active ingredient a promising treatment for depression. The results from a ...
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Overdose deaths have surged during the pandemic, C.D.C. data shows
Wednesday, 14 April 2021More than 87,000 Americans died of drug overdoses over the 12-month period that ended in September, according to preliminary federal data, eclipsing the toll from any year since the opioid epidemic b ...
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Marijuana becomes legal in a third of US states as New Mexico signs off on drug
Tuesday, 13 April 2021Just over one-third of US states have now officially legalised recreational marijuana following the passing of new legislation in New Mexico. On Monday, the state’s governor Michelle Lujan Grisham si ...
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This cannabis giant has European targets in its sights ahead of U.S. legalization frenzy, CEO says
Monday, 12 April 2021Cannabis deals in Europe will help pot giant Aphria build up a war chest ahead of an expected frenzy of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. High-margin medical cannabis agreements in Europe represen ...
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