Items tagged with regulation
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Ex-colleague will lobby MP Bill Blair to restrict field of pot growers [10.01.2016] | A former high-ranking colleague and friend of MP Bill Blair, the Liberal government's point man on marijuana legalization, will lobby the ex-Toronto ... |
Vermont governor wants legislation to legalize marijuana [08.01.2016] | Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin said he would seek to legalize marijuana through the legislative process, instead of through the ballot box, for the f ... |
Istiqlal party and PAM advocate the legalization of marijuana [30.12.2015] | Ilyas El Omari, President of the Regional Council of Tangier-Tetouan and Al Hoceima, revealed that a group of researchers are working on a study abou ... |
Harsh sentences against the Pannagh cannabis club [30.12.2015] | The Spanish Supreme Court has convicted the president, an administrator and two members of the Association of Cannabis Users "Pannagh" in Bilbao, for ... |
Mexican marijuana farmers see profits tumble as U.S. loosens laws [30.12.2015] | The loosening of marijuana laws across much of the United States has increased competition from growers north of the border, apparently enough to dri ... |
"Wir müssen den Handel kontrollieren" [26.12.2015] | Das Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM) hat den Kreuzberger Antrag auf Coffeeshops abgewiesen. Dagegen hat der Bezirk Widersp ... |
The right (and wrong) way to legalize cannabis [22.12.2015] | The Trudeau government’s proposal to legalize cannabis will no doubt generate heated debate. The question of how to legalize is likely to receive les ... |
Colombian president signs decree to legalise medical marijuana [21.12.2015] | Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree legalizing the growing and sale of marijuana for medical purposes, a dramatic shift in a ... |
Justin Trudeau and the cannabis factory [18.12.2015] | Many consumers obtain their marijuana through storefront "dispensaries", which have sprung up across Canada, encouraged by liberalisation in the Unit ... |
Moroccan opposition party, PAM, wants public agency to sell cannabis [16.12.2015] | Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) called for the establishment of a public agency for the sale of cannabis, introducing a bill to crea ... |
Cannabis regulation is coming to Canada — here are five things to know [15.12.2015] | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to regulate recreational cannabis use in Canada. From the inclusion of cannabis policy reform in the speech fr ... |
Ayahuasca: From the Amazon to the Global Village [14.12.2015] | Indigenous peoples in the Amazon have used ayahuasca for centuries as a remedy for physical and psychological health, and to ensure the life and well ... |
'Grandma's magic remedy:' Mexico's medical marijuana secret [13.12.2015] | When her legs ache, this Mexican grandmother rubs them with marijuana-infused alcohol. She is well aware the homemade remedy defies the country's can ... |
Cannabis industry, advocates trying to find right balance on marijuana legalization [08.12.2015] | Business and advocates both play a key role in furthering marijuana legalization, but finding the ideal balance is proving difficult. That was partic ... |
California’s leading legalization initiative gathers momentum [07.12.2015] | California’s leading legalization initiative is gathering momentum, and has announced amendments that add input from hundreds of stakeholders. Propon ... |
Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot [05.12.2015] | The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country t ... |
Three types of marijuana to hit Uruguayan pharmacies in 2016 [05.12.2015] | Uruguayans will be able to choose from three varieties of state-sanctioned cannabis when marijuana starts being sold in pharmacies next year, the Nat ... |
Big Marijuana is coming — and even legalization supporters are worried [02.12.2015] | Ohioans rejected a very unusual marijuana legalization proposal. Beyond legalizing pot, the ballot initiative would have given campaign donors direct ... |
Mexico's president condemns legal marijuana push amid national debate [01.12.2015] | Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has come out strongly against legalizing marijuana on the same day his government announced a national public de ... |
Dutch cannabis grower revels in court victory [01.12.2015] | Once in his greenhouse in a remote Dutch village, Doede de Jong nurtured a thriving cannabis crop to sell to local users. Now only five plants remain ... |
Ruth Dreifuss: «L’Etat doit se substituer aux dealers» [30.11.2015] | "Je préfère mettre l’accent sur le fait que l’on place ces substances sous le contrôle de l’Etat, en fonction de leur dangerosité. Il existe un spect ... |
Local councils call for regulated marijuana growing to keep out criminal gangs [30.11.2015] | The Dutch local authorities' platform VNG called on the government to allow regulated cannabis production by introducing licences for growers to take ... |
Two months after Oregon legalization, pot saturation sends profits up in smoke [20.11.2015] | Along North-east Sandy Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, there’s a stretch known as the “Green Mile”. Here, medical marijuana dispensaries are budding. ... |
Govt urged to secure share of international ganja market [15.11.2015] | President of the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association Ras Iyah is urging the Government of Jamaica to "align" with other countries to secu ... |
Majority approve of legalized, regulated, taxed cannabis [07.11.2015] | In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1256 Canadian voters, the majority, close to 6-in-10, approve of the Liberal gov ... |
After Ohio’s vote, these states will determine the future of legal marijuana [02.11.2015] | Drug law reformers in at least 16 states have already got ballot measures in the works for next year, according to vote-tracking site Ballotpedia. Tw ... |
On ballot, Ohio grapples with specter of marijuana monopoly [31.10.2015] | Ohio lawyer Don Wirtshafter has fought for decades to make marijuana legal, calling it “my life’s work.” But when Ohio voters go to the polls to cons ... |
Altruistic marijuana grower is guilty but goes unpunished [30.10.2015] | Dutch cannabis grower Doede de Jong has been found guilty of cultivating cannabis by the appeal court but will not be punished because he had done al ... |
Government awards third ganja research licence [26.10.2015] | Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), which has operations in Jamaica, is the first private entity t ... |
Marseille : ce n’est pas le cannabis qui tue, c’est la prohibition [25.10.2015] | Est-il acceptable de mourir sous les balles, dans une cité en France, quand on a 15 ans ? Non. Il est temps de réfléchir autrement. Ce qui tue, ce n’e ... |
As prohibition crumbles, cannabis consumers are less apt to abuse it [21.10.2015] | Contrary to what prohibitionists assume, the increase in marijuana-related problems following legalization may not be proportional to the increase in ... |
Was wird aus der Idee, Gras legal zu verkaufen? [21.10.2015] | Inspiriert von Berlin haben Hamburg und Münster vor wenigen Monaten beschlossen zu überprüfen, ob man nicht einen ähnlichen Antrag formulieren könne. ... |
Legal and social: this is how the first Cannabis Club in the Netherlands would like marijuana [15.10.2015] | How does a Social Club fit in the Dutch capital, with its about 200 coffee shops? "The concept of The Tree of Life is very different than a coffeesho ... |
Cannabis legalisation worth millions - government report [13.10.2015] | Legalising cannabis could generate hundreds of millions a year in tax and cut costs for the police and prisons, an internal Treasury report found. Re ... |
Oregon legalizes pot, and nobody cares [12.10.2015] | Oregon is the third American state to legalize recreational marijuana sales, following neighboring Washington, where legal pot debuted in the summer ... |
Today's cannabis debate shows how irrational Westminster has become [12.10.2015] | We are witnessing a policy failure of epic proportions, and the debate parliament holds – one it has been forced to hold by public petition – will be ... |
Liberal Democrats set up expert panel on cannabis legalisation [12.10.2015] | The Liberal Democrats are to set up an expert panel to establish how a legal market for cannabis could work in Britain, paving the way for them to be ... |
Marijuana legalization urged for open debate [11.10.2015] | Marijuana has emerged as an issue in the federal election campaign in Canada. The Liberals promise legalization, the NDP pledge at least to decrimina ... |
Cannabis coffee shops given red light in Berlin [05.10.2015] | The Federal Institute of Pharmaceuticals (BfArM) has rejected plans for legal cannabis sales in Berlin's Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain district. The borou ... |
Oregon marijuana legalization challenges US drug policy [02.10.2015] | Oregon joined Colorado and Washington in implementing a commercial cannabis market. Alaska, which also legalized marijuana through a ballot initiativ ... |
Oregon becomes third U.S. state to allow recreational marijuana sales [01.10.2015] | Marijuana sales for recreational use began in Oregon on October 1 as it joined Washington state and Colorado in allowing the sale of a drug that rema ... |
Cannabis legalisation bill tabled in House [30.09.2015] | A bill calling for the legalisation of cannabis for personal use in Italy has for the first time been tabled in the Lower House. The bill, calling fo ... |
Cannabis regulation in Colorado [30.09.2015] | The core argument made by opponents of legal regulation is that any regulated market for cannabis would inevitably fuel a significant rise in use and ... |
Cannabis Social Club jetzt auch in Hamburg [21.09.2015] | Eine Hanfpflanze ist ihr Vereinslogo, der Kampf für die Legalisierung von Cannabis ihr größtes Ziel: Der erste Cannabis Social Club (CSC) hat in Hamb ... |
Colorado's marijuana tax revenues nearly double last year's figures [20.09.2015] | Legal marijuana tax revenues have been breaking records in Colorado, nearly doubling monthly numbers from last year and on pace to exceed projections ... |
Idealistic marijuana growers get suspended jail terms [09.09.2015] | A couple who grew marijuana ‘by the book’ and informed the tax office about their income have been found guilty of running an illegal plantation and ... |
Young hands in Mexico feed growing U.S. demand for heroin [29.08.2015] | As heroin addiction soars in the United States, a boom is underway south of the border, reflecting the two nations’ troubled symbiosis. Officials fro ... |
Pioneer pot states have collected more than $200 million in marijuana taxes [25.08.2015] | The first two states to legalize recreational marijuana have collectively raked in at least $200 million in marijuana tax revenue, according to the l ... |
Exploring the Cannabis Clubs of southern Spain, Europe's new weed destination [24.08.2015] | Over the last five years, Spain has come to rival the Netherlands as Europe's cannabis hub. The country's legal framework around weed, which allows i ... |
Ganja growers warned: GET 'LEGIT' TO GET IN IT! [22.08.2015] | Local ganja growers, particularly small farmers, in Jamaica are being urged to enter the formal market to benefit from the decriminalising of the pro ... |
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