Items tagged with cannabis
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EU is skeptical about legalizing cannabis [22.12.2022] | Health Minister Lauterbach's prestige project is one of the few issues on which the traffic light parties in Germany agree. But they are meeting with ... |
Average age of French marijuana users has increased, study shows [20.12.2022] | The latest study on cannabis use among the adult population by the French Observatory of Drugs and Addictive Tendencies (OFDT) is painting a picture ... |
A proposal to regulate cannabis is imminent in the Czech Republic. The People's Party is concerned [19.12.2022] | In mid-January, the Czech National Drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil plans to introduce a bill to free up the cannabis market. The exact form of regu ... |
Legal uncertainty dampens Thailand's thriving weed business [18.12.2022] | Thailand legalized the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks on June 9 and removed cannabis from its list of banned narcotics. ... |
'We must move on from the repressive drug policies of the past', says Minister of Justice [17.12.2022] | Minister of Justice Sam Tanson of Luxembourg defended the government's decision to regulate recreational cannabis consumption, pointing out that this ... |
Colombia’s Congress agrees to final marijuana legalization bill, which key senator expects to be enacted by June [15.12.2022] | Colombia’s Chamber of Representatives and Senate have voted to reconcile their respective versions of marijuana legalization bills that recently adva ... |
Cannabis industry has huge economic value for South Africa, but government dragging its feet [13.12.2022] | The Draft South African Cannabis Masterplan states that there are up to 900,000 traditional dagga growers in South Africa and that they and ‘dagga’ n ... |
Decriminalising cannabis could save Australian taxpayers $850m a year, report finds [08.12.2022] | Australia is not keeping pace with global best practice cannabis policy, a report from the public health research organisation the Penington Institut ... |
Germany: Flirting with Plan B? [07.12.2022] | Two articles published this week, in Der Tagesspiegel and LTO, throw cold water on expectations that the European Commission could give green light t ... |
Study: Most Czechs want easing of laws on cannabis [07.12.2022] | Most Czechs would favour an easing of the current legalisation on possession and cultivation of cannabis, suggests a study by the firm Behavio for th ... |
Regulated cultivated cannabis experiment delayed again; could start in 2024 [03.12.2022] | Health Minister Ernst Kuipers said that the experiment in regulated cultivated cannabis will be postponed again. He expects that "as it stands now" o ... |
Law aiming to clear simple drug convictions expected next year [02.12.2022] | Malta won’t see a bill that introduces a path to clearing simple drug convictions from people’s criminal records until sometime next year. A spokespe ... |
Légalisation du cannabis : des failles à tous les étages [29.11.2022] | «Est-ce que la légalisation envisagée ne posera pas plus de questions pratiques qu’elle n’en résoudra, notamment par rapport aux contrôles du nombre ... |
Basic legislation proposal on legalizing cannabis should be ready by March 2023 [25.11.2022] | A basic legislation proposal for introducing a regulated cannabis market in Czechia should be finished by the end of March, the country’s National Dr ... |
Poland: Cannabis for everyone? [23.11.2022] | The distribution and use of cannabis for medical purposes became legal in Poland in 2017. By 2021, doctors across Poland were writing roughly 3,000 m ... |
High hurdles face Germany's cannabis legalization plans [22.11.2022] | The legalization of cannabis is a prestige project for the current coalition government. Berlin doesn't just intend to decriminalize the substance, b ... |
Activists fear medical cannabis companies want in on recreational market [21.11.2022] | Established medical cannabis companies could be looking to set their foot in Malta’s flegdling recreational cannabis market, according to sources. Re ... |
New York has $750m worth of cannabis stockpiled that growers can’t sell [19.11.2022] | A strong smell of weed hangs over many New York neighbourhoods, the result in part of cannabis decriminalization in 2019 – but cannabis growers in th ... |
Anutin calls for patience as debate over hemp bill drags on [17.11.2022] | A new announcement categorising flowers or buds of the cannabis plant as "controlled herbs" is a temporary measure to curb the proliferation of recre ... |
Study examines if CBD buffers THC’s effects [16.11.2022] | A study published in Neuropsychology attempted to determine if CBD reduces the adverse effects of THC, such as paranoia and memory loss, but found li ... |
A tale of marijuana charlatans, corruption, collusion and exploitation [16.11.2022] | Through manipulating trust and exploiting public ignorance, cannabis charlatans – new and old – are trying to construct corporate empires, some of wh ... |
Cannabis authority chair sacked after 10 months [11.11.2022] | Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech has been sacked from her position as executive chairperson of the new cannabis authority on the responsible use of ca ... |
Weed is now legal in Thailand. How long will the high times last? [10.11.2022] | 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 ... |
Nearly half of Americans to reside in states where marijuana is legal [09.11.2022] | More than 155 million Americans will now live in states with legal weed. Maryland and Missouri passed legalization referendums on Tuesday, meaning th ... |
No timeframe yet for cannabis associations [08.11.2022] | Reforms parliamentary secretary Rebecca Buttigieg has refused to give a detailed timeline on when cannabis associations will start operating. “This i ... |
Treat Breda as part of Germany so regulated weed can go ahead: mayor [07.11.2022] | The mayor of Breda has asked if his region can be treated as a part of Germany, in order to go ahead with a trial of regulated cannabis growing. Spea ... |
A decade after legalizing cannabis in Colorado, here's what we've learned [07.11.2022] | Ten years ago this week, Colorado voters approved Amendment 64, making the state among the first two in the nation (along with Washington) to legaliz ... |
Czech Republic on the way to legalizing cannabis [02.11.2022] | Tourists in Prague may get the impression that the Czech capital is also the cannabis capital of Europe. From stickers to posters, the iconic leaf of ... |
German cannabis regulation on thin ice [28.10.2022] | The German government has released its ‘Eckpunktepapier’, a concept note laying out the key points to shape the regulation of the recreational cannab ... |
'Dare to legislate': Brussels mayor repeats call to legalise cannabis [27.10.2022] | Following the reported agreement by the German Government on the legalisation of cannabis, Brussels mayor Philippe Close reiterated his plea to decri ... |
Dutch marijuana growing experiment runs into more delays [27.10.2022] | Marijuana growers who have been selected to take part in the government’s controlled cultivation trials said that they will not be ready to start ear ... |
Germany: Lauterbach outlines cannabis legalization plan [26.10.2022] | German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented his plans on the legalization of cannabis. He said that Germany's drug policy had to be renewed beca ... |
Cannabis and Climate [20.10.2022] | Environmental impacts are rarely taken into account in the cannabis regulation debate. The assumption is that legal regulation would automatically re ... |
Details on cannabis legalisation: Lauterbach plans with these key points [19.10.2022] | In Germany, the purchase and possession of 20 grams of cannabis from the age of 18 should in principle be exempt from punishment. This emerges from t ... |
Vobořil: The state could raise up to CZK 15 billion annually by taxing addictive substances [17.10.2022] | Czechia could gain up to CZK 15 billion (EUR 600 million) a year thanks to new taxation of addictive substances and more efficient collection. The pr ... |
What is HHC? [12.10.2022] | Among the wave of hemp-derived cannabinoids sweeping the country—delta 8 THC, delta-O THC, and delta-10 THC among them—few have eluded public underst ... |
Victorian Greens push for cannabis to be legalised, taxed similarly to alcohol [09.10.2022] | Cannabis would be legal and regulated in Victoria (Australia) by 2024 under a Greens proposal, being announced ahead of November’s state election, th ... |
Albanian government presents second law draft for cannabis legalisation [07.10.2022] | The second draft of a law on cultivating and processing cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes has been put forward by the Albanian governmen ... |
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana possession under federal law [06.10.2022] | President Biden pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law and said his administration would review whether mar ... |
Morocco grants first authorizations for legal cannabis industry [05.10.2022] | The Cannabis Activities Regulatory Agency (ANRAC), a brand new organization to regulate the legal cultivation of cannabis, issued ten permits for pro ... |
Au Maroc, les cultivateurs de chanvre placent leurs espoirs dans le cannabis thérapeutique [05.10.2022] | Au pied du mont Tidghine, plus haut sommet du massif du Rif, dans le nord du Maroc, le village d’Azila est couvert de plantations de cannabis, prêt à ... |
Zurich puts off recreational pot smoking trial [05.10.2022] | The Zurich city council and the university of Zurich announced that the sale of cannabis products from pharmacies and social clubs under controlled c ... |
California’s illicit marijuana market thrives as much of the state continues to restrict sales [04.10.2022] | In 2016, Californians voted to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana. Proponents of Proposition 64, including then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, argued ... |
Amsterdam council to vote against banning tourists from coffeeshops [30.09.2022] | Amsterdam council will vote against a proposal to enforce a national ban against tourists in coffeeshops, where cannabis is smoked. Mayor Femke Halse ... |
Legal marijuana, but Uruguayans still prefer black market [30.09.2022] | In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana -- which came into effect four years later -- permitting it ... |
German SPD representatives confident a solution to international legal hurdles will be found [29.09.2022] | Earlier this month news broke of recent analysis conducted by the Bundestag’s scientific service suggested the creation of a legal recreational canna ... |
Recreational marijuana use in Australia could be legalised by federal parliament, Greens say [26.09.2022] | Federal parliament could override state laws to legalise recreational marijuana use in Australia, according to new constitutional advice obtained by ... |
Government needs to speed up cannabis law reform, say protesters [19.09.2022] | Various groups protested on the lawns of the Union Buildings over the slow pace and haphazard approach to cannabis law reform and regulation in South ... |
Could Germany’s impending cannabis legalization prop up Canada’s flagging producers? [18.09.2022] | First-mover advantage: It’s a phrase long used by Canadian cannabis companies that have spent billions of dollars to accelerate their international s ... |
Golding promises special treatment for small farmers, Rastas, Maroons in ganja industry [18.09.2022] | Small farmers, the Maroons and Rastafarians are to be given special treatment in the ganja industry whenever the People’s National Party (PNP) next f ... |
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