Items tagged with cannabis
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Czechia's plans to legalize cannabis: Buy up to 5 grams per day, but register in a database first [13.04.2023] | Czechia plans to introduce a new, regulated cannabis market allowing people to consume up to 5 grams of cannabis recreationally per day, and legalize ... |
German officials unveil revised plan to legalize marijuana [12.04.2023] | Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and Minister of Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir released the updated legalization plans, scaling back the framework ... |
Legalising cannabis in Australia: how would it work and is there a catch? [10.04.2023] | The Greens are about to introduce legislation into the parliament to legalise cannabis across Australia. Currently out for public consultation, the l ... |
Cannabis greenhouses and ‘chain-store’ clubs permitted under new rules [09.04.2023] | Malta’s laws for the sale of recreational cannabis could likely make room for large players seeking to corner the market, with the prospect of cannab ... |
Thailand's promised cannabis bonanza disappoints as politicians trade blame [06.04.2023] | Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis has delighted its fans, alarmed some health experts and has increasingly disappointed farmers who have been ... |
Czech government approves plan for regulated cannabis market [06.04.2023] | The Czech cabinet approved a plan for fighting addictions until 2025. It includes the introduction of a strictly regulated cannabis market based on r ... |
Environmental justice, up in smoke [06.04.2023] | There is ample evidence that irresponsible outdoor cultivation can also be environmentally destructive, leading some to argue that indoor cultivation ... |
Karl Lauterbach plans cannabis legalisation light [31.03.2023] | The German Minister of Health has given up the plan to have cannabis legalization as a whole approved by the EU. He is now pursuing a dual strategy: ... |
Some Switzerland residents can now legally buy recreational cannabis in pharmacies [30.03.2023] | Decades after pioneering prescription heroin and safe injection sites, Switzerland is now experimenting with decriminalising recreational cannabis. I ... |
Lausanne gets green light for recreational pot smoking trial [28.03.2023] | The Lausanne project for the legal sale of cannabis, known as Cann-L, has received the green light from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FO ... |
Cannabis industry plans for South Africa have stalled: how to get them moving again [24.03.2023] | The opportunity to commercialise the hemp and cannabis industry in South Africa is that it is a new, fast-growing, multi-billion dollar sector with l ... |
Controlled cannabis sale in Zurich greenlighted [22.03.2023] | The Zurich city government and the Zurich University Hospital said that the Federal Office of Public Health approved the conditions for the organic p ... |
Malawi cannabis: Farmers' high hopes fail to materialise [22.03.2023] | Malawian farmer Ethel Chilembwe has paid out hundreds of dollars, cleared six hectares of land and got ready for the training, but after two years of ... |
Major alcohol industry association calls for federal marijuana legalization, recommending regulatory framework [22.03.2023] | A major alcohol industry association is officially backing federal marijuana legalization, sending a letter to congressional leadership that implores ... |
Raphael Mechoulam, ‘Father of Cannabis Research,’ dies at 92 [22.03.2023] | Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli chemist who is credited with opening the field of cannabis science after identifying the structure and functi ... |
France to keep a cautious watch on German cannabis bill [21.03.2023] | Germany is looking into legalising the sale of cannabis for recreational purposes from next year, according to a draft plan Health Minister Karl Laut ... |
Australia spends billions ‘failing to police’ cannabis that earns black market $25bn a year, Greens say [17.03.2023] | Australia’s cannabis industry could be earning the black market $25bn a year and, rather than policing it, we could be gaining revenue from it by leg ... |
Legal cannabis plans breach international law – State Council [16.03.2023] | Luxembourg's plans to allow residents to grow four cannabis plants at their home have been thrown into question after the country's de-facto upper ch ... |
These are the rules cannabis associations will have to follow [15.03.2023] | Cannabis associations that sell to non-members or minors will face fines of up to €10,000, with the associations also required to cough up money for ... |
Willful blindness: INCB can find nothing good to say on cannabis legalisation [14.03.2023] | In its report for 2022, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the “independent, quasi-judicial expert body” that monitors the implementat ... |
Lauterbach wants to present new proposal [14.03.2023] | Germany's Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is sticking to his legalisation plans. In the coming weeks, he will present a proposal for cannabis legalis ... |
Willful Blindness: INCB can find nothing good to say on cannabis legalisation [14.03.2023] | In its Report for 2022, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the “independent, quasi-judicial expert body” that monitors the implementat ... |
À Chefchaouen, les coopératives s’apprêtent à lancer la saison de culture du cannabis légalisé [07.03.2023] | Un atelier de travail s’est tenu, le 6 mars au siège de la province de Chefchaouen, afin d’examiner les modalités concrètes de soutien aux coopérativ ... |
Farmers say making dagga legal has only made them poorer [01.03.2023] | Small-scale cannabis farmers in the rural parts of the Eastern Cape are feeling the pinch of obtaining farming licences. This is particularly difficu ... |
Is legalisation a human rights imperative? [01.03.2023] | Does the cannabis legalisation planned by the German government's traffic lights coalition violate European law and relevant UN agreements? While Bav ... |
Jamaican ganja farmers outraged after licence granted to import Canadian herb [26.02.2023] | Some local ganja farmers are fuming over reports that a licence has been granted to a company to import Canadian cannabis into Jamaica. Speaking insi ... |
Talks with bank to offer services to cannabis associations [22.02.2023] | The authorities are having talks with a leading bank with a view that it could offer services to non-profit organisations running cannabis associatio ... |
Tilburg and Breda to kick off regulated marijuana experiment [22.02.2023] | Coffee shops in Tilburg and Breda may be able to take part in the experiment with regulated marijuana as early as October, ministers have agreed. The ... |
Is legal cannabis available in Cape Town? [19.02.2023] | While cannabis is being legalised in many countries around the world, South Africa still finds itself in a state of legislative limbo, with more and ... |
Cannabis associations will need to have salaries approved by regulator [18.02.2023] | Salaries paid out by cannabis associations will have to be approved by the regulator to ensure they are in line with market rates, ARUC boss Leonid M ... |
Oxford study to trial cannabis-based medicine as treatment for psychosis [16.02.2023] | Oxford scientists are to launch a major global trial to investigate whether cannabis-based medicine can treat people with psychosis or psychotic symp ... |
Canadian wholesale cannabis prices are off more than 40% in 2022 [15.02.2023] | Canadian cannabis wholesale prices tumbled more than 40% last year as companies continued to work through stubborn supply gluts and struggling cultiv ... |
Why is Lesotho’s cannabis boom failing to deliver the prosperity it promised? [15.02.2023] | Even though legislation in 2008 made it possible to grow cannabis for medical or scientific purposes in Lesotho, doing so without a licence from the ... |
Amsterdam to outlaw cannabis-smoking in red-light district streets [10.02.2023] | Smoking cannabis on the street in Amsterdam’s red light district will soon be illegal, the city council has announced, as part of a range of bylaws d ... |
Cannabis producer Canopy cutting 800 jobs, closing flagship Canadian facility [09.02.2023] | Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth said it is closing its flagship cultivation facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario, and cutting more than a third ... |
Legalising cannabis: Germany first, Europe next? [09.02.2023] | The German 'traffic light' coalition of the SPD, Greens, and Liberals promised in their 2021 post-election governing manifesto to not just decriminal ... |
Editorial: No grass without the roots [06.02.2023] | The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis recently held a conference where it outlined the rules for social clubs and the sale of home-grown ... |
Inside New York’s struggling weed real estate experiment [05.02.2023] | Roland Conner never imagined that getting arrested for marijuana in the ‘90s would lead to where he is now: the owner of a new cannabis dispensary in ... |
In the weeds: Germany's plan to legalise cannabis in 2024 likely delayed [27.01.2023] | Germany's plans to legalise cannabis consumption in 2024 are looking increasingly unlikely as it has yet to submit its proposals to the European Comm ... |
Cannabis 'Harm Reduction' clubs can apply to sell home-grown drug from February [27.01.2023] | Cannabis clubs - dubbed Cannabis Harm Reduction Associations - can apply to sell home-grown marijuana from next month but must abide by a list of reg ... |
New Yorker jailed during ‘war on drugs’ becomes cannabis pioneer [26.01.2023] | As a New York City teenager, 50-year old Roland Conner found himself harshly punished for minor offenses related to marijuana. A 1991 arrest resulted ... |
Marijuana legalization not associated with increased rates of psychosis, American Medical Association study of 63 million people finds [26.01.2023] | There is “no statistically significant increase” in psychosis-related diagnoses in states that have legalized marijuana compared to those that contin ... |
Illegal weed delivery start-up Dispenseroo sees meteoric growth in the UK [05.01.2023] | An illegal cannabis delivery start-up in the UK is generating millions of pounds in revenue less than a year after it was created, according to its f ... |
‘This is another revolution’: could legalisation of cannabis transform Mexico’s economy? [05.01.2023] | The pungent aroma of cannabis and the sound of dub music fill the air at a hacienda as about 150 smokers, users, growers, activists and business peop ... |
Pass cannabis controls now [04.01.2023] | Since December, MPs in Thailand have been working on getting the long-awaited cannabis and hemp control bill to pass its second reading. This push is ... |
French court overturns ban on sale of CBD-enriched cannabis [30.12.2022] | France's highest administrative judicial body has annulled a Government decree that banned the sale of hemp flower and leaf enriched with CBD, the no ... |
Now you can legally buy recreational cannabis in New York [29.12.2022] | Kenneth Woodin, a stay-at-home dad, was first in line at the cannabis dispensary in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. He said he wanted to be a part of ... |
Joint decision: How Brussels could rain on Germany’s cannabis parade [29.12.2022] | It's cannabis crunch time in Brussels. In October 2022, Germany laid out a bold plan to fully legalize recreational cannabis for people aged 18 and o ... |
Is legal weed doomed to be run by big business? [28.12.2022] | If the federal government legalizes cannabis, lawmakers should beware of monopolization by national corporations, says Shaleen Title, chief executive ... |
Marijuana law reached peak absurdity in 2022 [24.12.2022] | Banning a plant with hundreds of industrial and medical uses was never going to work out well, but 2022 saw marijuana prohibition reach peak absurdit ... |
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