Items tagged with cannabis
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| Tensions flare in Senate over marijuana-legalization bill [08.02.2018] | Independent Senator Tony Dean, who is shepherding the federal bill to legalize cannabis through the Senate, is growing impatient with the slow pace o ... |
| Why states should limit the potency of marijuana [07.02.2018] | Marijuana legalization states have taken no steps to limit the potency of marijuana, which has increased sharply in recent years. A new study suggest ... |
| Lower House passes “ganja bill” [07.02.2018] | A bill to decriminalise up to 15 grammes of cannabis for personal use passed in the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda. The Misuse of Dr ... |
| St Vincent gov't not yet prepared to 'free up the weed' [07.02.2018] | The St Vincent and the Grenadines government will not heed, at this time, calls for the decriminalisation of marijuana for recreational use. Finance ... |
| Marijuana legalization could be delayed beyond July 1, government officials say [06.02.2018] | Federal officials are predicting the legalization of cannabis will only occur two to three months after Bill C-45 is adopted by Parliament, in order ... |
| Trump Treasury Secretary wants marijuana money in banks [06.02.2018] | The Trump administration's top fiscal official appeared to voice support for letting marijuana businesses store their profits in banks. "I assure you ... |
| Want teens to smoke less pot? Legalize it [05.02.2018] | Those favoring strict drug laws believe that, as marijuana becomes more available and less stigmatized, teen drug use will go up. It's a straightforw ... |
| German police association calls for complete legalization of cannabis [05.02.2018] | The Association of German Criminal Officers (BDK) is in favour of ending the ban on cannabis and has called for the decriminalization of all use. "Th ... |
| Big Sur’s legendary weed growers being left behind in legal era [05.02.2018] | For decades, hidden in creases of the wild and rugged Santa Lucia Mountains, farmers have eked out a living growing some of the nation’s most esteeme ... |
| In Mexico, is legalized pot just a pipe dream? [05.02.2018] | At a conference in late January, Mexico's top tourism official told reporters legalizing marijuana would help combat an epidemic of violence that has ... |
| One month after Sessions marijuana memo, where do U.S. attorneys stand on legal weed [05.02.2018] | It’s been a month since U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, Obama-era Department of Justice guidance on enforcement of feder ... |
| Drugs policy in Germany is a mess [01.02.2018] | Nationwide legalisation of medicinal cannabis in Germany came into force in March 2017. But almost a year on, patients struggle to obtain the weed th ... |
| How legalising cannabis can help India ease some of its economic burden [01.02.2018] | Two Indian cities – New Delhi and Mumbai – have emerged among the top 10 in the world with the highest consumption of cannabis/marijuana. According t ... |
| How the U.S. Government is profiting from keeping pot illegal [01.02.2018] | Because of the discrepancy between state and federal law, legal marijuana businesses are stuck paying twice as much as normal businesses – effective ... |
| India’s cannabis hot-spot experiments with alternative livelihoods [31.01.2018] | According to the Institute for Narcotics Studies and Analysis (INSA), a Delhi-based think tank, Malana has 351 families involved in making hashish. T ... |
| Trafficked, beaten, enslaved: the life of a Vietnamese cannabis farmer [31.01.2018] | At 10, ‘Stephen’ was taken from Hanoi to London and then spent four years tending plants for a brutal drug gang. Now awaiting news of an appeal again ... |
| Illegal cannabis plantations becoming more advanced, better hidden [30.01.2018] | Drug criminals are getting better and better at hiding their illegal cannabis plantations, according to grid manager Stedin whose been working with t ... |
| ‘Prison time will not stop my fight for cannabis’ [29.01.2018] | Cannabis campaigner Mike Dobson has vowed to give up growing the drug after a sobering second spell in prison. But the 39-year-old is refusing to aba ... |
| Vente de cannabis: le National prend les devants [26.01.2018] | Des projets pilotes de distribution de cannabis devraient pouvoir être menés. Après le niet de la Confédération, la commission de la santé publique d ... |
| Cannabis : l’étonnant conservatisme des autorités françaises [25.01.2018] | Depuis trente ans, les rapports de parlementaires ou d’experts se sont succédé avec une belle régularité. Tous ont fait le même constat, qui confine ... |
| Cannabis clubs 'could open across country' as founder reveals police 'very supportive' of plan [25.01.2018] | A cannabis club founder wants to expand across the UK after a senior cop visited his the Middlesbrough-based club. Michael Fisher set up Teesside Can ... |
| Caricom commission submits ganja report [25.01.2018] | The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Regional Marijuana Commission established to investigate the issue of marijuana use in the region has submitted a s ... |
| France to issue on-the-spot fines for cannabis use [25.01.2018] | The French government will start handing out smaller, on-the-spot fines as part of a new policy on cannabis use, ruling out a decriminalisation of th ... |
| Danish police arrest 13 in tense Christiania raid [24.01.2018] | Police seized a large amount of narcotics and items in a raid in the alternative enclave of Christiania in Copenhagen.Ten kilograms of hash and vario ... |
| Cannabis legalization can yield NIS 2.3b tax bonanza, report says [24.01.2018] | The legalization of the cannabis industry can lead to a boon of NIS 2.3 billion ($675 million) in tax revenues a year for Israel, according to a new ... |
| Could Sessions’ marijuana policy shift benefit the cannabis industry in 2018? [24.01.2018] | Uncertainty interjected into the cannabis industry earlier this month by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions could create new opportunities for the s ... |
| Vermont becomes first state to legalize marijuana through legislature [23.01.2018] | Vermont, the "Green Mountain State," has become the first state to legalize marijuana by passing a law in the legislature rather than by use of a bal ... |
| Canada’s weed stocks are out of control [22.01.2018] | Stocks in Canada’s biggest cannabis companies skyrocketed the past year – with the three largest rising more than 200 percent each. Analysts are warn ... |
| Youngsters try to weed out taboo [22.01.2018] | Should marijuana be legalised? Medical experts may be divided in their opinion on the subject, but many youngsters are citing examples from abroad to ... |
| Cannabis. Le maire de Grenoble appelle à sortir des « vieilles recettes » [22.01.2018] | Éric Piolle, maire (EELV) de Grenoble et partisan de la légalisation du cannabis, a appelé le président Macron et son gouvernement à abandonner les « ... |
| France looks to soften laws against cannabis use [22.01.2018] | In France, the most recent figures available show that 17 million people have tried cannabis, 1.4 million people use it regularly - 700 000 on a dail ... |
| Why marijuana retailers can’t use banks [22.01.2018] | Nearly two-thirds of America’s states have legalised pot sales for certain uses, but the federal government still classifies marijuana as a Schedule ... |
| The facts about ganja in Jamaica [21.01.2018] | When the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 came into effect on April 15, 2015, new provisions were put in place regarding the possession and smoki ... |
| Caricom: The people say 'legalise it' [21.01.2018] | Across the Caribbean the strongest view expressed about cannabis is that it ought to be decriminalised or legalised, says head of Caricom's Regional ... |
| New York to look at legalizing recreational marijuana [18.01.2018] | New York will study whether it's plausible to legalize marijuana for recreational use as neighboring states move ahead with it, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ann ... |
| The public really, really, really opposes current federal marijuana law [18.01.2018] | The overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed to current federal marijuana law. That’s the big takeaway from a new poll conducted by Mason-Dixon ... |
| Marijuana addiction is real, and teenage users are most at risk [15.01.2018] | Cases of substance-use disorders are exactly what the federal government is hoping to avoid in its push to legalize recreational marijuana, and they ... |
| Legal marijuana cuts violence says US study, as medical-use laws see crime fall [14.01.2018] | The introduction of medical marijuana laws has led to a sharp reduction in violent crime in US states that border Mexico, according to new research. ... |
| Bahamas contemplates decriminalising marijuana [12.01.2018] | A movement is building in the Bahamas to decriminalise marijuana. This follows a town hall meeting held here by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reg ... |
| U.S. city mayors stand up for cannabis against Trump crackdown [12.01.2018] | City mayors in the two U.S. states with the oldest legal cannabis industries are leading the pushback against the Trump administration’s announcement ... |
| Colorado’s Senators tell U.S. Treasury: Don’t touch marijuana banking [11.01.2018] | U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner of Colorado have asked the U.S. Treasury to keep in place Obama-era rules that allow banks to serve mariju ... |
| Elio Di Rupo en faveur des cultures communales de cannabis [11.01.2018] | Produire du cannabis et le distribuer aux consommateurs sous contrôle des communes. La mesure a été adoptée aux Pays-Bas suite à l’accord du gouverne ... |
| If the U.S. legalizes marijuana, what happens to its international drug treaties? [10.01.2018] | When Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a Barack Obama-era federal policy that allowed recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington, he di ... |
| Investors are delusional when it comes to Canadian marijuana companies [10.01.2018] | As the July deadline for the provinces to legalize marijuana approaches, the stock prices of Canadian publicly-traded weed producers have been on a t ... |
| Study: legal marijuana could generate more than 132 billion in federal tax revenue and 1 million jobs [10.01.2018] | Legalizing marijuana nationwide would create at least $132 billion in tax revenue and more than a million new jobs across the United States in the ne ... |
| Vermont senate passes bill to legalize marijuana use [10.01.2018] | Vermont’s senate passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana use, which would make the state the first in the nation to do so through the legisl ... |
| New Hampshire lawmakers approve marijuana legalization [09.01.2018] | The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to legalize marijuana, five days after the Trump administration moved to rescind federal guidelines ... |
| How legalization is already hurting California's small pot farmers [08.01.2018] | Legality is more nuanced than it may seem in a state that legalized weed. And California's mom-and-pop growers are up against a confluence of factors ... |
| New Pew poll: Support for marijuana legalization inches up among Americans [08.01.2018] | Marijuana legalization continues to be viewed more favorably by Americans, buoyed by substantial support from younger adults, according to the latest ... |
| Cannabis chaos — Sessions has no exit strategy for his war on drugs [07.01.2018] | One of the great social and political experiments of this decade, marijuana legalization, faces its greatest existential threat: Jeff Sessions. Twent ... |
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