Items tagged with legalization
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| Why marijuana prohibition failed, and how legalization can succeed [24.09.2017] | Why is Canada legalizing marijuana, and why does the move – if done right – make sense? It's all about harm reduction. Smoking marijuana has real hea... |
| Legalization of cannabis proposed [20.09.2017] | Pawel Bartoszek, a member of Parliament for Viðreisn (The Reform Party) has proposed a bill for the legalization of cannabis in Iceland. The proposed... |
| The marijuana war has gone local, and pot advocates are losing — badly [17.09.2017] | The fight over the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts isn’t over. But one side has already gone home. Last November, a well-funded and well-o... |
| Marijuana use in the U.S. has increased since 2005, but not because of legislation, study says [12.09.2017] | American adults are smoking more pot, but increased cannabis use does not appear to be due to wider availability of legal marijuana, a new study show... |
| LCBO subsidiary to manage Ontario marijuana sales [08.09.2017] | The Ontario government is launching a monopoly of cannabis stores as a subsidiary of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, a plan private retailers sa... |
| Teen marijuana use falls to 20-year low, defying legalization opponents’ predictions [07.09.2017] | In 2016, rates of marijuana use among the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades, according federal surv... |
| How legalization caused the price of marijuana to collapse [05.09.2017] | All the diverse effects of legalizing recreational marijuana may not be clear for a number of years, but one consequence has become evident almost im... |
| Washington’s pot law hasn’t meant more use by kids, new study says [01.09.2017] | Youth use of pot and cannabis-abuse treatment admissions have not increased in Washington since marijuana was legalized, according to a new analysis ... |
| Anti-legalization group urges feds to “systematically shut down” cannabis industry [30.08.2017] | This month, governors from Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, the first four states to legalize recreational marijuana, each sent letters to th... |
| How Anti-Mafia laws could bring down legal pot [28.08.2017] | Earlier this summer, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado decided that the "noxious odors" from a pot farm could be lowering nearby pro... |
| Pot was flying off the shelves in Uruguay. Then U.S. banks weighed in [25.08.2017] | The pharmacies selling pot were doing a brisk business. After Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana sales for rec... |
| Is Canada ready for legal marijuana? [24.08.2017] | The Canadian government is expected to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018, in large part to put an end to the extensive and enduring black ... |
| Schützt die Jugend – legalisiert Cannabis! [24.08.2017] | Dass eine grosse Mehrheit des Stimmvolks vor bald zehn Jahren nichts von einer Legalisierung wissen wollte, darf kein Grund sein für eine Arbeitsverw... |
| Uruguay finds no banks for the bongs [22.08.2017] | Understated and simpatico, former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica isn't easily rattled. Just don't mess with his reefer. That was the message from Mo... |
| Legal marijuana sale faces challenges by banks in Uruguay [18.08.2017] | The legal sale of marijuana in Uruguayan pharmacies is facing challenges as banks refuse to deal with companies linked to the drug in order to follow... |
| Les Suisses sont prêts à légaliser le cannabis [16.08.2017] | Allumer un petit joint et frémir à la vue de la police, une situation bientôt révolue? La majorité de la population serait favorable à une levée de l... |
| Dagga laws are ‘racist and irrational’‚ court told [14.08.2017] | The South African law banning the smoking and cultivation of dagga is racist‚ unscientific and not rational or based on good law making. This was the... |
| Should marijuana be legalised? [11.08.2017] | In the Indian context, marijuana is mostly considered as being of recreational use, but it is not just that. Recreational use is probably true for no... |
| Dagga is not a gateway drug [07.08.2017] | The prohibition on dagga is the "gateway to harder drug use‚ not the use of cannabis itself"‚ Imperial College Professor David Nutt told the Pretoria... |
| Huff, puff, pass? AG’s pot fury not echoed by task force [05.08.2017] | The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the ... |
| U.S. Attorney General Sessions criticizes Washington state’s legal marijuana system [04.08.2017] | Is U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about to crack down on legal marijuana? A recent letter he sent to top Washington officials, critiquing the st... |
| Congress is heading for a confrontation with Sessions over marijuana [03.08.2017] | Sessions is seeking to crack down on marijuana use while lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would do the opposite. Measures hav... |
| Why the South African state needs to lose its fight against marijuana policy reform [27.07.2017] | South Africa is among many countries facing challenges to their drug control policies, particularly around marijuana, known locally as dagga. The Med... |
| GEPCA: In Spain, experts are presenting their proposal for regulating cannabis [26.07.2017] | In Spain, a group of drugs experts have established the GEPCA, a body which seeks to set up a comprehensive regulation for cannabis. This model alrea... |
| What actually happened to violent crime after Washington legalized marijuana [26.07.2017] | An upcoming report from a U.S. Department of Justice task force is expected to link marijuana use to violent crime, which some fear might signal the ... |
| Uruguay’s marijuana law turns pharmacists into dealers [19.07.2017] | The rules are a bit of a buzzkill. Drug users must register with the government. Machines will scan buyers’ fingerprints at every purchase, and there... |
| After blowing July 1 deadline, Canada seems likely to legalize pot while ignoring UN treaties [19.07.2017] | Since a July 1 deadline to start withdrawing from international narcotics treaties has passed, the federal government is left with fewer, and much mo... |
| Canada’s premiers discuss delaying the legalization of marijuana [18.07.2017] | It’s time to take a deep breath and put pot in Canada on the back burner for an extra year, says Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister. He’s trying to per... |
| Marijuana dispensaries decrease crime, not increase it, study finds [18.07.2017] | Conventional wisdom says marijuana dispensaries make neighborhoods less safe, but a new study from UC Irvine suggests the conventional wisdom is wron... |
| California considering creating a state-run bank for cannabis businesses [16.07.2017] | California government, financial and marijuana business leaders met last week in a far-from-resolved debate over whether a state-run bank could be th... |
| Court set to revisit old dagga legislation [14.07.2017] | A highly anticipated court case later this month will revisit a 1928 South African law against cannabis – with the aim of legalising the plant for va... |
| Cannabis cash conundrum: Some businesses bury money, others truck it to a federal vault [12.07.2017] | With recreational use set to become legal next year under Proposition 64, cannabis sales in the state are expected to top $7.5 billion in 2020, up fr... |
| In Uruguay’s marijuana experiment, the government is your pot dealer [07.07.2017] | In coming weeks, cannabis-seeking citizens in Uruguay will be able to walk into a pharmacy and buy government-approved marijuana for the state-mandat... |
| Leafing Las Vegas: recreational marijuana goes on sale in Nevada [01.07.2017] | Nevada has become the fifth state in the US selling marijuana for recreational purposes, opening a market that is expected to outpace any other in th... |
| Recreational marijuana sales start July 1 in Nevada [12.06.2017] | As the Silver State enacts the will of its voters — Nevadans approved recreational marijuana with 54 percent of the vote on Question 2 last November ... |
| Pot legislation does not fail Canada’s youth. A criminal record does [10.06.2017] | The Canadian Medical Association Journal released an editorial criticizing the government’s approach to the protection of youth in the proposed Canna... |
| Uruguay sets path for Canada on marijuana legalization within international treaties [06.06.2017] | Uruguay‘s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international tre... |
| Toronto's public health chief wants pot possession decriminalized now [05.06.2017] | Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health wants Ottawa to immediately decriminalize possession of recreational pot until legislation to legalize and regula... |
| Ottawa urged to withdraw from UN drug treaties ahead of pot legalization [02.06.2017] | Opposition parties and international legal experts are calling on Ottawa to say what it plans to do about three UN drug treaties that pose a conundru... |
| Recreational drugs market should be managed by 'governments not gangsters', says expert [01.06.2017] | Over the 50-odd years the global war on drugs has been fought, it’s been a catalogue of failure on pretty much every level you’d care to examine – ba... |
| Uruguay, the first country where you can smoke marijuana wherever you like [27.05.2017] | Not everyone is pleased with how legal marijuana is being implemented in Uruguay. “I’m happy because now you can plant without going to prison,” says... |
| Police time and money go to pot [19.05.2017] | In 2015-2016, 259 165 people were arrested for drug-related crimes, according to the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) crime statistics. The poli... |
| Federal bills from Colorado legislators seek to shield state marijuana laws, open banking [18.05.2017] | Colorado federal lawmakers amplified efforts to protect state-enacted marijuana laws and cannabis businesses. Reps. Diana DeGette and Mike Coffman in... |
| California takes right steps in crafting state’s marijuana regulations [17.05.2017] | When Proposition 64 passed last November by the largest margin of any marijuana legalization ballot measure in history, it represented a resounding m... |
| Legal marijuana could earn millions for Swiss state [16.05.2017] | Some 130 firms have registered with the Swiss federal authorities to sell legal pot that could generate CHF30 million ($30.2 million) in annual reven... |
| Provinces diverge on approach to guidelines on legal marijuana [14.05.2017] | Provinces have been protesting the large volume of work and heavy costs they say the Trudeau government has piled on them in its rush to legalize rec... |
| Malta Government and opposition parties call for debate, with a view to legalising and regulating cannabis [06.05.2017] | A Labour government would initiate discussions on the use of cannabis for recreational use in Malta, eventually leading to its regularisation and tak... |
| Uruguayan pharmacies will start selling cannabis [04.05.2017] | On the outskirts of Libertad, a small town an hour’s drive from Montevideo, barbed wire and guard towers surround a ten-hectare plot of state-owned l... |
| Uruguay is creating the world’s first nationwide regulated cannabis market [01.05.2017] | Beginning on May 2, Uruguayan adults interested in legally purchasing cannabis for non-medical uses can register to do so at post offices around the ... |
| Early marijuana sales ‘unbelievably high’ after legalization: U.S. consultant [30.04.2017] | A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada’s eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect “unbeli... |
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