Items tagged with regulation
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| Cannabis-Streit schwelt weiter [29.06.2016] | Im Streit über die mögliche Freigabe von Cannabis sucht der hessische Landtag über die Sommerpause nach einer Einigung. Die CDU lehnt eine Legalisier ... |
| Danes want legal cannabis, but govt vows crackdown [27.06.2016] | Amidst a new debate on cannabis, spurred by a massive police action at Christiania, a majority of Danes are in favour of legalization. Berlingske new ... |
| Fumer un joint légalement [22.06.2016] | Fumer un joint en toute légalité? La perspective est à portée de main de centaines de consommateurs d’herbe alors que Genève, Zurich, Bâle et Berne m ... |
| Time to put ‘skunk’ out of business [21.06.2016] | In the scientific literature, 'skunk' has come to mean something more specific: cannabis that contains a high percentage of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC ... |
| Christiania raid spurs new debate on legal cannabis [21.06.2016] | After a massive police raid on the open-air cannabis market Pusher Street, a number of prominent figures in law enforcement have called on Denmark to ... |
| Human rights study no reason to change cannabis regulation policy [15.06.2016] | A recent study by Radboud University Nijmegen that concluded that regulating cannabis cultivation could improve human rights is no reason for the Net ... |
| Smoke clears on cannabis licensing regime [14.06.2016] | Over a year ago Jamaica brought about reform to the legal landscape with regards to ganja through the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act the (DDA). Afte ... |
| NDP demands immediate decriminalization of marijuana [12.06.2016] | The federal New Democrats are putting forward a motion in Parliament to pressure the Liberal government to decriminalize pot before it is legalized. ... |
| Cannabis in the capital: Federal haze [10.06.2016] | Since 2015 it has been legal to own, grow and use cannabis privately in Washington, DC. Generous souls are allowed to give small amounts to whomever ... |
| Moroccan party leader calls for moderate consumption of cannabis [10.06.2016] | Ilyass El Omari, President of the Regional Council of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, proposed to allow cannabis to be sold legally in cafes. The Secreta ... |
| Justin Trudeau may have made the best case for legal pot ever [10.06.2016] | Trudeau's argument for legalization is concerned less with creating benefits, and more with reducing harms. He starts from the same place that many l ... |
| Dutch cities renew call for regulated cannabis cultivation [09.06.2016] | Almost 90 percent of Dutch municipalities supported a call on the government to allow experiments with regulated cannabis cultivation at the associat ... |
| New hire is a signal Ottawa is taking a strict line on recreational marijuana [01.06.2016] | The Liberal government is sending further signals it plans a strict regime for recreational marijuana by hiring former public safety minister Anne Mc ... |
| Legal cannabis cultivation would cut violent crime: report [30.05.2016] | Legalizing cannabis cultivation and trade could reduce violent crime related to illegal cultivation and could therefore protect human rights, accordi ... |
| Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist ... |
| Marijuana use and abuse rates decline among US teens [24.05.2016] | Rates of adolescent marijuana use and abuse have declined across the US, according to a study that casts doubts on one of the central arguments again ... |
| 'Marijuana superstore' wins legal battle over medical pot shops in California [11.05.2016] | The largest licensed medical cannabis dispensary in the US, once dubbed the “marijuana superstore”, has won a four-year legal battle with federal pro ... |
| Tests for driver impairment by marijuana flawed: AAA [09.05.2016] | Six states that allow marijuana use employ legal tests to determine whether someone is driving while impaired by the drug that have no scientific bas ... |
| The failed promise of legal pot [08.05.2016] | The risk is that, by itself, legalizing marijuana possession does not change the black market and that, even as legalization spreads, young black men ... |
| Britons want cannabis to be legalised – change is inevitable, says ex-minister [07.05.2016] | Parliament will be failing in its duty to reflect the will of the people if it continues to resist calls to introduce a regulated cannabis market, a ... |
| Why Canada’s cities aren’t cracking down on marijuana stores [04.05.2016] | Canada’s municipalities are in a tough position when it comes to pot. Faced with a previous federal government that had no interest in legalizing mar ... |
| Uruguay's cannabis law makes big strides, but faces serious challenges [29.04.2016] | Nearly two and half years after becoming law, Uruguay’s pioneering plan to regulate every level of the national market for cannabis is finally on the ... |
| Lack of progress and transparency at the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs [26.04.2016] | The first meeting of UNGASS since 1998 was supposed to be a game changer in prodding the lumbering and often draconian UN drug policy regime into ser ... |
| New agreement brings no end to war on drugs in ASEAN [26.04.2016] | The outcome of the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs in New York resulted in an outcome document that brings little new to the table. Nang ... |
| Holness Government urged to be bold and legalise ganja [25.04.2016] | The director general of the National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison, said that while the decriminalisation of marijua ... |
| Rethinking the global war on drugs [25.04.2016] | The U.S. is in the untenable position of violating the existing treaties — now that four states have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana. Th ... |
| Jamaica dropped the mic on 4/20 and told the UN to get its act together on weed [20.04.2016] | On 4/20, the unofficial holiday celebrated by marijuana enthusiasts around the world, Jamaica called for the UN to review the status of cannabis, que ... |
| Bürgerschaft für liberalere Cannabis-Politik [19.04.2016] | Bremen will mit einer Bundesratsinitiative die Grundlage schaffen für einen Modellversuch zur kontrollierten Cannabis-Abgabe an Erwachsene. Ein entsp ... |
| California’s big chance to set the gold standard for marijuana policy [19.04.2016] | Californians will have the opportunity to support the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), based on key lessons and guidance from Colorado, Washington, ... |
| Weed and the UN: Why international drug laws won't stop legalization [19.04.2016] | Under the outcome document for UNGASS that was drafted by diplomats in Vienna and formally adopted at UN headquarters in New York, weed still remains ... |
| UN backs prohibitionist drug policies despite call for more 'humane solution' [19.04.2016] | The 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) has approved an agreement that leaves in place the prohibitionist policies banning narcotics us ... |
| Trouble in Europe's pot paradise [18.04.2016] | Though the Dutch have struck a compromise with international treaties that shows great results for reducing harm for drug users, the approach has lar ... |
| Swiss health minister open to cannabis distribution trials [16.04.2016] | In an interview with the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, Berset said that his department welcomes trying out "new models and directions" such as controlled ... |
| Hazy legality: how legal is Dutch weed really? [14.04.2016] | Last November, the local authorities’ association VNG, which represents all 393 Dutch municipalities, issued a report stating that ‘the current situa ... |
| Canada on drugs at the UN: Standing up for a long-overdue policy shift [12.04.2016] | The applause persisted until the chair of the session eventually gavelled it to an end. The occasion? Canada’s statement at the UN Commission on Narc ... |
| Call for legalisation reignites cannabis debate in France [12.04.2016] | French politicians slammed a Socialist minister's call to legalise marijuana, re-igniting the debate in a country where cannabis use is common. A day ... |
| Cannabis legalisation: 47% support sale of drug through licensed shops, poll reveals [08.04.2016] | Strong support for legalising the sale of cannabis through licensed shops has emerged in an opinion poll in the UK. Some 47 per cent of people back t ... |
| Drug expert says Australia's presence at UN summit a waste of money [07.04.2016] | The president of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, Dr Alex Wodak, has questioned Australia’s attendance at the special session of the United ... |
| Wenn der Jugendanwalt das Betäubungsmittel liefert [05.04.2016] | Wie gelingt es, den Konsum von Cannabis zu verringern? Darüber zerbrechen sich einige Schweizer Grossstädte schon seit Jahren den Kopf. In einer Arbe ... |
| Une agence de régulation pour le cannabis? [01.04.2016] | Quelle différence entre un joint et une cigarette normale? Rien ou presque, selon les partisans de la régulation du cannabis. Dans le cas du tabac, i ... |
| Support for marijuana legalization has hit an all-time high [24.03.2016] | A survey released by the University of Chicago finds that a record-high percentage of Americans – 61 percent – say they support marijuana legalizatio ... |
| Uruguay's legal marijuana policy en route to next phase of regulation [23.03.2016] | Legal sales of cannabis through pharmacies are expected to begin in the second half of this year. This month the government opened the registry for p ... |
| Will UNGASS 2016 be the beginning of the end for the ‘war on drugs’? [16.03.2016] | In April 2016, the UN will dedicate, for the third time in its history, a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to discuss global ... |
| Canadian official causes stir with ‘progressive’ speech at UN narcotics conference [15.03.2016] | The Liberal government used its first foray into the global anti-narcotics arena this week to signal a clear shift away from the war-on-drugs philoso ... |
| Bern pharmacies gear up for pot pilot project [13.03.2016] | Bern's city government announced it had commissioned the university’s Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) to research the effects of s ... |
| Bremen plant Modellprojekt zur Legalisierung von Cannabis [13.03.2016] | Die Fraktionen von SPD und Grünen in Bremen wollen den Konsum von Cannabis legalisieren. Dazu soll der rot-grüne Senat ein wissenschaftlich begleitet ... |
| Voters are doing what politicians won’t on marijuana reform [08.03.2016] | Massachusetts' top politicians just came out swinging against legal marijuana. Voters there are on track to decide whether to legalize marijuana at t ... |
| This is how the Lib Dems would legalise cannabis [08.03.2016] | The Liberal Democrats have backed a study that argues cannabis can't be eliminated by a "total ban" and that it should, instead, be regulated. The re ... |
| Health Canada flagged nine key considerations in legalizing marijuana [04.03.2016] | As the Liberal government began moving on its commitment to legalize marijuana, Health Canada flagged nine key considerations – from health risks and ... |
| UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy [29.02.2016] | This paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special ... |
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