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Items tagged with cannabis

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Possession of cannabis for personal use [01-01-20] The legal status of cannabis for personal use is one of the most controversial policy issues in the European Union. Although cannabis is a classifie...
How to Legalize Pot [19-05-13] The first time I talked to Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at UCLA, was in 2002, and he explained why legalization of marijuana was a bad idea. “At...
Fate of LA pot shops left to voters [19-05-13] Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighbo...
Breaking the taboo about drugs [18-05-13] After more than four decades of a failed war on drugs, calls for a change in strategy are growing louder by the day. In Latin America, the debate is p...
OAS study eyes marijuana decriminalization [17-05-13] An Organization of American States study in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the war on drugs advocates serious discuss...
Pot rules taking shape; public gets a taste of what’s ahead [16-05-13] Washington Liquor Control Board officials released draft rules for a legal seed-to-store marijuana system. Washington residents and out-of-staters cou...
Wash. set to release draft rules for pot industry [16-05-13] They've spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, studying the science of getting high and earning nicknames like "the queen...
Indoor pot production leaves giant carbon footprint [11-05-13] The carbon footprint of producing 2.2 pounds of marijuana indoors is equivalent to driving across country seven times, according to a peer-reviewed st...
Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south [11-05-13] The decision to ban foreigners not resident in the Netherlands from the country’s cannabis cafes has led to an ‘explosion’ in drugs-related crime in t...
Colorado Senate gives final approval to historic marijuana bills [08-05-13] The Colorado Senate gave final approval to two new bills to implement marijuana legalization, inching the state legislature closer to becoming the fir...
Colombia’s capital banks on marijuana cure for hard drug addicts [07-05-13] Marijuana has long been accused of being a gateway to deadlier vices. But could cannabis be a swinging door that might also lead people away from hard...
Police raid Maastricht coffeeshops after owners let tourists back in [07-05-13] Police have raided several coffeeshops in Maastricht after their owners indicated they would revert to selling soft drugs to foreign visitors. Coffe...
Will legalised marijuana lead to an economic boom? [07-05-13] Many Washington residents are looking to cash in on the newly legal and potentially lucrative marijuana market, which they hope will give them a new s...
Copenhageners cautiously support legal cannabis, but provinces unconvinced [06-05-13] Copenhagen's mayor, Frank Jensen, has asked for a three-year trial of legal marijuana in Copenhagen and he has a majority of City Hall on his sid...
Colorado pot collectives test limits of Amendment 64 [05-05-13] An untold number of recreational pot collectives have formed in Colorado since Amendment 64's passage in November, hoping to meet consumer demand...
Legalize marijuana and other ways U.S.-Mexico can win drug war [03-05-13] There was a lot of drug-war hand-wringing in the U.S. leading up to President Obama’s visit to Mexico. That’s because Mexican President Peña Nieto is ...
Maine panel hears case for marijuana legalization [03-05-13] With other states already starting to allow the legal use of marijuana, Maine needs to get ahead of the issue and legalize, regulate and tax the sale ...
NDP, Green party okay with research trial of marijuana use [03-05-13] B.C.’s New Democratic and Green parties say they would not oppose a research trial to evaluate the regulation of adult marijuana use, which would be...
A rising marijuana reform tide at the Statehouses [01-05-13] In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls ...
DEA: Warning letters to 11 pot dispensaries don’t signal war on state law [01-05-13] The Drug Enforcement Administration sent cease-and-desist letters to 11 medical-marijuana dispensaries because they are within 1,000 feet of schools o...
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