Items tagged with legalization
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| Cannabis referendum: Marijuana not so bad for you, won't turn your hair green [08.07.2020] | Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says cannabis won't make your teeth fall out or turn your hair green - and criminalising it is an injustice to thou ... |
| Thousands more pot shops needed to end illicit market: Fire & Flower CEO [06.07.2020] | Canada needs to open as many as 4,000 cannabis stores, more than triple the current number of licensed outlets, if policymakers want to eliminate the ... |
| 5 ways the UK could legalise cannabis [02.07.2020] | With more than half of people in the UK in favour of legalising the recreational use of cannabis, and countries around the world adopting more libera ... |
| Is the Netherlands finally heading for legalisation? [01.07.2020] | Supplying coffeeshops with cannabis is illegal, so this is being done through a complicated ‘back-door’ policy. There might be a change coming with t ... |
| Growing majority of Kiwis support legalising cannabis, new poll finds [29.06.2020] | A growing majority of New Zealanders support legalising cannabis for personal use, according to a new poll just three months from a national referend ... |
| Cannabis legalization bill clears first hurdle [21.06.2020] | A bill to legalize cannabis use in Israel was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, passing its first hurdle on the way to becoming ... |
| Switzerland releases details on recreational marijuana experiment, but full legalization likely years away [17.06.2020] | The lower house of Switzerland’s Federal Assembly approved a bill paving the way for a pilot research program that would permit the temporary product ... |
| Growers association calls ganja industry a failed experiment [15.06.2020] | The Ganja Growers and Producers Association (GGPAJ) says despite the success of several Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) operators, Jamaica's regul ... |
| Saint Lucia cabinet to deliberate on cannabis commission’s proposals [15.06.2020] | Over ten months since the Saint Lucia government announced the formation of a Cannabis Commission, a report has been presented to the cabinet of mini ... |
| Cannabis-Modellprojekt in Bremen kann kommen [11.06.2020] | Bremen wird also nach dem 2017 gescheiterten Vorstoß im Bundesrat (damals gemeinsam mit Thüringen) nun für die Landesebene prüfen, unter welchen Bedi ... |
| Government announces plan to advance cannabis legalization reforms [09.06.2020] | The two biggest parties making up the new government said they would push for increased legalization of cannabis use, a week after the police ministe ... |
| Legalise it? Public invited to have a say [04.06.2020] | Draft legislation for the legalisation of cannabis is to be put out for public consultation in Bermuda, the Attorney-General said. Kathy Lynn Simmons ... |
| Switzerland green lights recreational marijuana trial [03.06.2020] | Switzerland’s National Council has approved a plan to start cannabis trials for recreational use. If it is to be legalised however, the government sa ... |
| Former PM, police investigator, among Kiwis backing cannabis legalisation campaign [01.06.2020] | The New Zealand Drug Foundation's "Our Own Terms" campaign features Tim McKinnel, alongside former Prime Minister Helen Clark, psychiatrist Hinemoa E ... |
| National leader Todd Muller signals cannabis legislation will have his support if New Zealand votes 'yes' [26.05.2020] | National leader Todd Muller says his party will likely support the legalisation of cannabis if New Zealand votes "yes" in the upcoming referendum. Na ... |
| Cannabis crop could contribute $490m a year to government coffers [26.05.2020] | The Government's coffers could be winners if cannabis is legalised. Work by the NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) shows a legal cannabis indu ... |
| Big source of illicit cannabis, Albania mulls legalising medical use [25.05.2020] | On May 9, Albania’s Socialist Party Prime Minister, Edi Rama, announced that his government had been quietly working for the past year on a bill that ... |
| Lavish parties, greedy pols and panic rooms: How the ‘Apple of Pot’ collapsed [24.05.2020] | MedMen looked to become the Apple of pot, the first mainstream, nationwide consumer brand for the product that drove so many Americans to ingest and ... |
| Years after legalizing marijuana, voters see it as a huge success [20.05.2020] | Residents in nine of the 11 states that have legalized the adult use of cannabis have no regrets about ending prohibition. In fact, according to a ne ... |
| Illinois announces $31 million In marijuana revenue-funded grants to repair drug war’s harms [19.05.2020] | Illinois is putting its marijuana money where its mouth is, announcing that $31.5 million in restorative justice grants are now available thanks to t ... |
| It’s time to admit it: Drug dealers should be considered essential workers [19.05.2020] | Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard stories about how the pandemic has disrupted the global narcotics trade. In Mexico, it’s messing up business for ... |
| Legalising the cannabis economy takes a Covid-19 hit [19.05.2020] | Delays in passing new laws governing the possession and use of cannabis, caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, have placed on hold the development of a di ... |
| Minimum legal age for cannabis use should be 19, study suggests [13.05.2020] | The optimal minimum legal age for non-medical cannabis use is 19 years of age, according to a study published in BMC Public Health. Researchers inves ... |
| Albania, once haven of illicit cannabis, set to legalise crop for medical use [12.05.2020] | Albania plans to legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, six years after beginning a crackdown on an illegal trade that turned it, ... |
| Albanian gov't working to legalize cultivation of medical cannabis [10.05.2020] | The Albanian government is close to concluding a draft law which allows for the cultivation of medical cannabis in the country. According to Rama, th ... |
| Ontario’s legal pot stores celebrate one year in business — but most cannabis users are still buying illegally [06.05.2020] | Canada’s black market of pot is still riding rampant over licensed retailers, a year into what many say continues to be a slow rollout of brick-and-m ... |
| Government reveals cannabis referendum legalisation details [01.05.2020] | Proposed cannabis legalisation will ban items designed to appeal to young people, set a four-year prison term for selling to under 20-year-olds and a ... |
| Lebanon has legalised cannabis growing, but its political class are muscling in on small farmers [27.04.2020] | Lebanon is set to become the first Arab country to legalise the growing and export of medical cannabis in hopes of rescuing the economy - at least th ... |
| Lebanon passes legislation legalizing medical marijuana cultivation as economy struggles amid coronavirus fallout [21.04.2020] | The Lebanese parliament passed legislation to legalize cannabis cultivation for medical and industrial purposes, a move that was recommended by econo ... |
| Stoners cheered when Canada legalised cannabis. How did it go so wrong? [05.04.2020] | Two years on, the Canadian cannabis legalisation experiment hasn’t quite turned out as we reformers had hoped. The black market is still vibrant whil ... |
| Amid the crisis, marijuana legalization in New York will have to wait again [03.04.2020] | During New York’s worst health crisis in a lifetime, a deadline came up to put forth a provision to legalize adult-use marijuana. With other concerns ... |
| Defaulted Lebanon hopes to pay off debts with cannabis [30.03.2020] | The Lebanese government is looking to cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes to improve the country's economic situation. Lebanon ... |
| Why the 'legalization' of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think it is [21.03.2020] | Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which enhanced the powers of the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to over ... |
| Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes [21.03.2020] | Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health b ... |
| 'The legal stuff is garbage': why Canada's cannabis black market keeps thriving [18.03.2020] | Cannabis may be legal in Vancouver but visitors looking to score are likely to run into a seemingly counterintuitive suggestion: try the black market ... |
| Lebanon set to legalise medical, industrial cannabis cultivation [12.03.2020] | Lebanon's parliament is set to vote on a law that would legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medical and industrial use in an effort to boost its ... |
| ‘Legalise cannabis’: Tripura BJP leader writes to PM Modi [11.03.2020] | As the Tripura government continues its crackdown on cannabis, a state BJP leader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking legalisation o ... |
| Fears of drug abuse aside, Indonesia should give medical marijuana more thought [08.03.2020] | The cannabis plant is not new to Indonesia. According to Inang Winarso, executive director of the Sativa Nusantara Foundation, an organisation active ... |
| Mexico’s Senate approves marijuana regulation [04.03.2020] | The commissions of Justice, Health, and Legislative Studies of Mexico’s Senate broadly approved the ruling that seeks to regulate cannabis. During ov ... |
| Enquête L’Economiste-Sunergia: Cachez-moi ce fumeur de cannabis que je ne saurais voir! [04.03.2020] | Voici une enquête qui va briser un tabou dans la consommation du cannabis. A la question, «existe-t-il dans votre entourage proche ou connaissez-vou ... |
| Rien de définitif sur le cannabis récréatif [02.03.2020] | La ministre de la Santé confirme qu'un document de travail provisoire circule entre ses services et les autorités judiciaires. Mais aucun texte défin ... |
| Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth [28.02.2020] | Malawi has passed a bill decriminalising cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes, almost five years after a motion to legalise industrial hemp ... |
| Details revealed of Luxembourg joint-a-day weed plan [24.02.2020] | Luxembourg plans to allow people to buy 30 grammes of cannabis per month – enough for anywhere between one to three joints a day – according to detai ... |
| New Zealanders back legal weed once they know the facts - poll [21.02.2020] | Kiwis will vote to legalise cannabis if they actually know what they're voting on, pro-legalisation campaigners have claimed. A referendum later this ... |
| Legalising cannabis: Supporters, opponents take swipes at each other as polls show knife-edge decision [21.02.2020] | Recent polls on legalising recreational cannabis in New Zealand show support falling for the 'yes' vote, but also a significant number of undecideds ... |
| Teen use of cannabis has dropped in New Zealand, but legalisation could make access easier [20.02.2020] | As New Zealand prepares for a referendum on legalising recreational cannabis, surveys show opposite trends for cannabis use by adults and adolescents ... |
| Everyone scared of legal weed was freaking out over nothing: report [19.02.2020] | Despite concerns that legalizing weed would lead to all hell breaking loose, most things have remained the same—and teens are reporting consuming les ... |
| Los Angeles to dismiss 66,000 marijuana convictions [14.02.2020] | Los Angeles moved this week to dismiss nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions, years after the state voted to legalize the drug. The county is working w ... |
| No legal sales in new cannabis Bill [14.02.2020] | South Africans will be allowed to possess up to 600g of dried cannabis in the privacy of their homes for personal use, but can forget about selling t ... |
| Nepal lawmakers seek to legalize growing, using marijuana [10.02.2020] | Ruling party lawmakers have proposed legalizing marijuana in Nepal, where it has been used for generations and was famed during the counterculture '6 ... |
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