Items tagged with legalization
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Support for legal pot down off its high [06.11.2014] | Even as the national experiment legalizing recreational pot spread this week to Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., a new poll suggests the enthusia ... |
Fear of cannabis commerce didn't, won't and shouldn't stop legalization [05.11.2014] | Three marijuana legalization initiatives were on the ballot this week, and all three won. That’s a better outcome than I was expecting. I was surpris ... |
Marijuana legalization sweeps the 2014 midterm elections [05.11.2014] | On November 4, several states radically altered their approaches to a drug once known for Reefer Madness. In Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, DC, vote ... |
6 facts about marijuana [05.11.2014] | Attitudes about marijuana have undergone a rapid shift in public opinion, paralleled by few other trends in the U.S. Our recent data, along with hist ... |
California next for pot proponents emboldened by election victories [05.11.2014] | Marijuana advocates, fresh off victories for legal recreational pot in Oregon, Alaska and the nation’s capital, are already preparing for their next ... |
D.C. voters overwhelmingly support legalizing marijuana, joining Colo., Wash. [03.11.2014] | Washington DC followed Colorado and Washington state into a closely watched experiment to legalize marijuana, as voters overwhelmingly backed an init ... |
Legal marijuana could be $130 million a year business in D.C., study finds [29.10.2014] | If D.C. residents vote to legalize marijuana possession next week, it wouldn’t just mean a sea change in drug policy in the nation’s capital. It coul ... |
The marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020 [23.10.2014] | A report from Greenwave Advisors, a "comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry," projects that lega ... |
How marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington is making the world a better place [16.10.2014] | No pressure, Colorado and Washington, but the world is scrutinizing your every move. That was the take-home message of an event today at the Brooking ... |
Marijuana legalization is an opportunity to modernize international drug treaties [14.10.2014] | Two U.S. states have legalized recreational marijuana, and more may follow; the Obama administration has conditionally accepted these experiments. Su ... |
Breaking taboo, Morocco may okay pot in nod to struggling farmers [06.10.2014] | Morocco’s marijuana farmers live in a strange limbo in which the brilliant green fields are left alone, while the growers themselves face constant po ... |
Yes to marijuana ballot measures [05.10.2014] | The decision by California voters in 1996 to legalize medical marijuana produced a wave of similar initiatives around the country. Less than two deca ... |
Cannabis – a conflict of generations [25.09.2014] | The legalisation of cannabis in Luxembourg is turning into a conflict of generations, as the youth branches of several parties opposed to such a move ... |
Major pot legalization group turns sights on California for 2016 [23.09.2014] | Marijuana legalization proponents are turning their attention to California and gearing up for a legalization campaign in 2016. The Marijuana Policy ... |
New York could legalize recreational marijuana in 2015 [15.09.2014] | The state of New York could legalize marijuana for recreational use as early as 2015. State Sen. Liz Krueger (D) will reintroduce the Marijuana Regul ... |
5 interesting things we learned from the man in charge of Uruguay’s weed [11.09.2014] | Julio Calzada is the top drug official in the little nation of Uruguay, which has gained notoriety over the last year for becoming the first country ... |
Uruguay marijuana law under fire [11.09.2014] | When Uruguay's historic marijuana regulation law passed the Senate in December, it was a major victory for drug policy reform in Uruguay and around t ... |
Washington judge upholds small city’s pot shop ban [28.08.2014] | A state judge said that a small city can continue to ban state-licensed marijuana businesses, in a case with big implications for Washington’s experi ... |
Catalonia set to legalize medical marijuana [27.08.2014] | Catalonia is drawing up rules to allow the use of marijuana for the treatment of patients suffering from conditions with symptoms such as pain and lo ... |
This is your federalism on drugs [27.08.2014] | Conservative Republicans often talk about the need to constrain the power of the federal government. On everything from environmental regulation to e ... |
Leading anti-marijuana academics are paid by painkiller drug companies [26.08.2014] | As Americans continue to embrace pot—as medicine and for recreational use—opponents are turning to a set of academic researchers to claim that policy ... |
Drug legalisation in the UK is a question of time [14.08.2014] | Twelve years ago, a promising young politician rose to speak in the British parliament. “I ask the Government not to return to retribution and war on ... |
Täglich zehn Gramm von der Stadt [13.08.2014] | Schweizer Städte wollen mit der Cannabisabgabe experimentieren. Doch auf eidgenössischer Ebene scheint eine rechtliche Änderung unwahrscheinlich. «Di ... |
Marijuana crime: Are police turning 'a blind eye' to pot charges? [12.08.2014] | In Canada there appears to be "just a lack of enthusiasm on the part of police" to enforce possession laws. "There's a huge amount of discretion. It' ... |
Banks are slowly welcoming legal marijuana dealers [12.08.2014] | A top federal official said that 105 banks and credit unions are doing business with legal marijuana sellers, suggesting that federal rules giving fi ... |
It’s time to talk about MDMA [10.08.2014] | Another summer festival season, another slate of tragic overdoses and a few overwrought reactions about the need to ban electronic music parties. “Pa ... |
Should Germany legalize cannabis? [28.07.2014] | In Germany an estimated three million people use marijuana on a regular basis. A recent court ruling allowing "seriously ill" patients to grow their ... |
Repeal Prohibition, Again [27.07.2014] | It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citiz ... |
Let states decide on marijuana [25.07.2014] | Repealing the Controlled Substances Act would allow the states to decide whether to permit marijuana use and under what conditions. Nearly three-four ... |
Guatemalan president still mulling whether to legalize marijuana [24.07.2014] | Will Guatemala ever legalize marijuana? Maybe. The country's president, Otto Perez Molina, didn't rule out the possibility of legalizing the drug dur ... |
Liberal party looks to legalize medical marijuana in Colombia [22.07.2014] | Colombia’s Liberal Party will support a new bill to legalize medical marijuana in the country. The move was announced by Senator Juan Manuel Galan, w ... |
Recreational marijuana qualifies for Oregon ballot [22.07.2014] | Oregon voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use after state elections officials said the measure qualified for the Novem ... |
Most Canadians want pot laws relaxed, poll shows [17.07.2014] | A strong majority of Canadians think the federal government should either legalize marijuana or decriminalize the possession of small amounts, accord ... |
DEA may be losing the war on marijuana politics [11.07.2014] | The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has found itself under attack in Congress as it holds its ground against marijuana legalization while the r ... |
The great pot experiment [11.07.2014] | On July 8th Washington became the second state after Colorado to offer recreational pot-smokers a chance to buy weed legally at a local store. Mariju ... |
Washington state retail marijuana shops to open Tuesday [08.07.2014] | Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday, a day ahead of the start of legal sales. And 21 hours before the only store licen ... |
'Denmark will definitely legalize weed' [06.07.2014] | Copenhagen city officials have tried three times to legalize cannabis within the city. All three times, the answer from the national government has b ... |
Canada's 'Prince of Pot' to be released from U.S. prison [06.07.2014] | When the poster child for marijuana legalization is released from a U.S. prison later this week, he'll be re-entering a world where many of his ideas ... |
La majorité se greffe au débat sur le cannabis [03.07.2014] | Le PJD est été pris de court par ces deux partis qui avaient fait de la défense de la légalisation de la culture de cannabis, et de l’appel à une amn ... |
Infographic: Legal weed's consequences [30.06.2014] | When recreational marijuana stores first opened their doors in the US state of Colorado on January 1, opponents predicted dire consequences: an influ ... |
The real reason pot is still illegal [30.06.2014] | The Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA), one of the largest anti-legalization organizations in the US has a curious sponsor: Purdue Phar ... |
Colorado recreational marijuana industry begins major transformation [29.06.2014] | Only six months old, Colorado's recreational marijuana industry starts a transformation that could add hundreds of new pot businesses to the state an ... |
Shortages, high prices expected for state’s first pot stores [28.06.2014] | The Liquor Control Board has been warning of shortages when the first stores open in Washington state. The board plans to issue the first 15 to 20 re ... |
A half-smoked joint [27.06.2014] | Decriminalisation is only half the answer. As long as supplying drugs remains illegal, the business will remain a criminal monopoly. Jamaica’s gangst ... |
Débat sur le kif: le coup de gueule des cultivateurs [26.06.2014] | Avec les élections municipales qui approchent (2015), le débat sur le kif s'en trouve plus "sexy" que jamais. Un collectif de familles de cultivateur ... |
Légalisation du cannabis: un projet de loi et des critiques [26.06.2014] | Si le Collectif marocain pour l'usage médical et industriel du kif (CMUMIK) voit d'un bon oeil la proposition de loi du parti de l'Istiqlal sur la lé ... |
The war on drugs is lost – legalise the heroin trade [25.06.2014] | When Tony Blair deployed British troops in Afghanistan, ending the illicit production and supply of opium was cited as a key objective. In 2001 the p ... |
Pourquoi la légalisation du cannabis bloque [25.06.2014] | Deux projets de loi légalisant la culture du cannabis ont été déposés par le PAM et l’Istiqlal. Depuis, ces deux partis se sont montrés étrangement s ... |
Légalisation du kif : Des associations rifaines mènent la fronde contre les projets du PAM et l’Istiqlal [17.06.2014] | Il n’y a pas que les islamistes du PJD qui s’opposent aux propositions de loi du PAM et de l’Istiqlal visant la légalisation de la culture du kif. Le ... |
The difference between legalisation and decriminalisation [17.06.2014] | The war on cannabis seems to be slowly burning out. On June 12th Jamaica announced that it plans to decriminalise possession of small amounts of the ... |
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