Items tagged with legalization
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Thailand cannabis: From a war on drugs to weed curries [21.06.2022] | Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty f ... |
Luxembourg law lets you smoke a joint - at home [15.06.2022] | Luxembourg has taken a first step to legalising cannabis, launching a watered down proposal which allows people to grow the drug at home, but leaves ... |
Germany takes first step towards relaxing cannabis law [14.06.2022] | The first of five rounds of expert testimony on the liberalization of cannabis laws was to begin in Berlin on Tuesday, the first step in Germany's pl ... |
What Thailand’s legalization of marijuana means for Southeast Asia's war on drugs [14.06.2022] | Southeast Asia, a region of 11 countries and some 680 million people, has long been infamous for having the strictest anti-drug laws in the world. Bu ... |
What about the UN? Coming down off that high [12.06.2022] | Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to delist the cannabis plant from the government's Category 5 narcotics list, following the publicati ... |
Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use [09.06.2022] | People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nati ... |
Is Austria set to legalise cannabis use? [19.05.2022] | Austria has a very complex system when it comes to its drug laws and regulations, but in short: no, cannabis is not legal in the alpine country. Peop ... |
Germany speeds up the process to legalize recreational cannabis [09.05.2022] | When Germany's new coalition included the legalization of recreational cannabis in its political agenda in late 2021, there were few details on how t ... |
Why cannabis prices are plunging – unlike just about everything else [02.05.2022] | As Canadians deal with the highest inflation in decades and broadening price hikes, one industry remains locked in a lengthy trend of discounting and ... |
In defense of the plug: Buying illicit cannabis may be “better” than legal weed, research shows [30.04.2022] | Excoriated by some policymakers and by the legal cannabis industry as an unfair competitor and as a demonstration that legalization isn’t working, th ... |
Minister denies talks being held with Britain on cannabis law [29.04.2022] | A Cabinet minister has denied that behind the scenes talks with London are the reason for a delay in sending controversial legislation on legalising ... |
A House of Cards [29.04.2022] | In a recently published report, ‘High compliance, a lex lata legalization for the non-medical cannabis industry’, Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli claims to ha ... |
Nepal ganja campaign seeks return of Himalayan high times [29.04.2022] | Nepal's marijuana ban could soon be up in smoke, as lawmakers mull a return to the liberal drug policies that once made the Himalayan republic a popu ... |
Congressional researchers highlight growing federal-state marijuana ‘policy gap’ in new 100-page report [25.04.2022] | The gap between federal and state marijuana policies continues to widen and shows no signs of stopping, congressional researchers said in a new repor ... |
Starting this summer, cannabis will be available for purchase in Basel pharmacies – at prices similar to those on the black market [21.04.2022] | In the evening after work, before closing time, a quick visit to the dispensary to buy one or two joints legally will soon become routine for around ... |
420 day: Berlin pro-cannabis rally demands immediate legalization [20.04.2022] | At least 500 pro-legalization protesters gathered in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday for 420, the annual April 20 celebration marked ... |
4/20 in Belgium: High time to legalise cannabis? [20.04.2022] | For those partial to the psychoactive herb cannabis, 20 April (known in the US as 4/20) is a day of celebration for the drug, with groups sometimes g ... |
Tunisians call for the legalization of cannabis [10.04.2022] | A group of young Tunisians is calling for the establishment of a National Cannabis Bureau, and the end of the nationwide ban on cannabis. The youth g ... |
More than half of Europeans support cannabis legalization - report [07.04.2022] | More than half of the European population support legalization of adult use of cannabis and around 30% of them are interested in purchasing it, accor ... |
Legalized pot was supposed to help build black wealth in Los Angeles. It failed [04.04.2022] | Back in 2017, Los Angeles was among the first places in the United States to legalize weed with social equity in mind. Today, social equity dominates ... |
House approves federal marijuana legalization bill for second time in history [01.04.2022] | The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to federally legalize marijuana for the second time in history, also adopting a pair of amendments ... |
Netherlands' regulated cannabis experiment postponed again [30.03.2022] | The Netherlands' experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation has been delayed again. The trial will only start in the second quarter of 2023, Mini ... |
Cannabis associations should be ‘safe spaces’, NGOs propose [28.03.2022] | Two NGOs have proposed that cannabis associations should be “safe spaces” where members have a “true interest and passion” in the substance, and wher ... |
Cannabis legislation passes 18-6, setting up constitutional face-off [26.03.2022] | It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis in Bermuda – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly gets Royal Assent from the Gover ... |
In Malta, confusion over cannabis law after doctor arrested for drug dealing [24.03.2022] | Malta has been rocked by the arrest of a local doctor, Andrew Agius, for distributing cannabis mere months after the island became the first in Europ ... |
Cannabis law still reflects discriminatory practices: Andrew Bonello [17.03.2022] | The reform enacted by the Maltese government in 2021 Act No. LXVI to establish the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis and to amend various ... |
The green wave hits Europe: Recent cannabis regulation initiatives in Europe [15.03.2022] | |
Politicians across parties propose 5-year cannabis pilot in Denmark [15.03.2022] | Danish officials across five political parties have proposed a plan for an adult-use cannabis pilot similar to a program proposed in its capital city ... |
Morocco ratifies decree to start legal cannabis industry [04.03.2022] | Morocco has ratified the legislative changes required to start the country’s promising domestic legal cannabis industry for medical and export purpos ... |
Inside California's cannabis crisis [21.02.2022] | California’s marijuana market, which reached an estimated $4.4 billion in sales in 2020, has seemingly reached peak cannabis capitalism. But the over ... |
In blow for cannabis advocates, Italy's high court blocks referendum [16.02.2022] | A referendum on making growing cannabis legal in Italy has been blocked by the country's constitutional court. In a ruling judges said the law would ... |
Schumer asks for input as Democrats finalize cannabis bill [10.02.2022] | Top Senate Democrats are asking their colleagues for input as they work to finalize cannabis reform legislation, with the aim of introducing a bill t ... |
Europe should follow Malta's example on cannabis reform, says minister [09.02.2022] | Malta’s new cannabis rules should serve as a model for other European states of how to end the unnecessary prosecution of low-level drug users and st ... |
Narcotics Control Board approves delisting of cannabis [25.01.2022] | The Narcotics Control Board meeting has endorsed the Public Health Ministry's latest draft list of narcotic substances, in which all components of ca ... |
Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace is on a mission to legalize cannabis [25.01.2022] | The representative from South Carolina introduced a bill to end federal pot prohibition and says legalization is an issue that unites America—“just l ... |
'Malta will not become another Amsterdam': cannabis authority chair [24.01.2022] | Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech has been appointed the first executive chair of the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis. She tells how she p ... |
Drogenbeauftragter über geplante Cannabis-Freigabe: "Ein Ritt auf der Rasierklinge" [20.01.2022] | Mit der kontrollierten und regulierten Abgabe von Cannabis in Deutschland werden wir europäische Geschichte schreiben. Denn als größtes EU-Land sind ... |
French political left light up an enormous parliamentary doobie [16.01.2022] | French MPs discussed a bill this week to legalise the consumption of cannabis. Proposed by the hard-left France Unbowed party (LFI), it is not expect ... |
Cannabis companies facing 'crossroads' selling off stores, farms and warehouses [13.01.2022] | Cannabis companies are selling off growing facilities, stores and warehouses as they try to better align their offerings with demand. Industry observ ... |
No complete ban on cannabis, medical use allowed: Centre to Delhi High Court [10.01.2022] | The use of cannabis is not completely banned in India as its medical and scientific use is allowed under the law, the Centre has told the Delhi High ... |
How likely is it that Sweden would ever legalise cannabis? [06.01.2022] | One of the overarching goals of the Swedish drug strategy is a totally drug-free society. Since 1988 it’s been a criminal offence not only to possess ... |
Germany legalizes – how does Sweden act? [23.12.2021] | "Does the Swedish government see a need of acting within the EU and vis-à-vis Germany in response to the country’s plans to legalize cannabis to ensu ... |
It's official: recreational cannabis reform is now law [18.12.2021] | A bill to allow recreational cannabis use has been signed by President George Vella and is now part of Maltese law. Legal Notice 478 notes that the A ... |
Up in Smoke: Is the legal-cannabis industry on the verge of collapsing? [15.12.2021] | When legalization proponents sold voters on Prop. 64 in 2016, one of their chief arguments in favor of the measure was that legal weed would yield a ... |
Cannabis bill approved in parliament, in first for Europe [14.12.2021] | Parliament approved a cannabis law that will allow users to carry, buy and grow amounts of the drug, making Malta the first European country to intro ... |
In first for Europe, Malta to legalize recreational marijuana, with several other countries on the cusp [13.12.2021] | “The transatlantic winds of change that have been blowing in the Americas for a while have now reached the shores in Europe,” Tom Blickman of the Ams ... |
Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation [11.12.2021] | The Ministry of Public Health will next year push for legalisation of all cannabis parts, lifting the last remaining hurdle preventing full use and c ... |
Opposition delays cannabis reform until December 14 [07.12.2021] | A controversial new law on cannabis use will have to wait another week to be approved in parliament, after the opposition requested that MPs be calle ... |
After Malta, Germany set to make pot mainstream [02.12.2021] | The European Union is currently a hotchpotch of different approaches to cannabis use, ranging from complete prohibition to different levels of decrim ... |
Cannabis reform is one vote away from becoming law [30.11.2021] | The cannabis reform bill in Malta is one step away from being passed in parliament after it cleared committee stage. In a four-hour-long sitting MPs ... |
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