Items tagged with regulation
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| Legal loophole in DC creates bizarre pot bazaar [28.09.2017] | A 2014 ballot initiative to legalize recreational use passed overwhelmingly in Washington DC. But unlike the eight states that have legalized recreat ... |
| 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 ... |
| Socialists propose bill to regulate cannabis [19.09.2017] | The Socialist Party (PS) has submitted a bill to the Chamber of Representatives proposing a Belgian model for regulating cannabis. The draft law aims ... |
| End the gang war by setting cannabis free [14.09.2017] | Until the early 2000s, Copenhagen’s cannabis trade was centred in Christiania, an autonomous enclave of the city featuring around two dozen stalls wh ... |
| Few Jamaicans in local ganja industry — Dr Lowe [08.09.2017] | There is a negative buzz surrounding Jamaica's budding legal ganja industry. According to Dr Henry Lowe, owner of Medicanja, “It feels like our objec ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| So will Münster legales Kiffen testen [04.08.2017] | Münster will einen Modellversuch zu kontrolliertem Cannabis-Konsum bei gesunden Erwachsenen durchführen. Das Gesundheitsamt stellte einen entsprechen ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| Where there’s smoke, there’s political fire [16.07.2017] | The rising popularity of marijuana that doesn’t make you high – a product known as “cannabis light” or “CBD cannabis” – is causing a headache for Swi ... |
| 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 ... |
| Bundesrat lehnt Cannabis-Antrag ab [08.07.2017] | Der Bundesrat hat den Antrag Bremens und Thüringens zur Einführung von Cannabis-Modellprojekten mit großer Mehrheit abgelehnt. Somit ist das Vorhaben ... |
| 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 ... |
| Blow for cannabis cafes as numbers continue to decline [04.07.2017] | The number of ‘coffeeshops’ in the Netherlands is continuing to fall but the closure rate has slowed, new official figures show. Last year there were ... |
| 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 ... |
| ‘Swiss marijuana champion’ finds new markets with ‘cannabis light’ [28.06.2017] | There’s decaffeinated coffee, alcohol-free beer, and now marijuana that doesn’t make you high. The product known as “cannabis light” or “CBD cannabis ... |
| Bremen will Cannabis ohne Rezept [26.06.2017] | Die Länder Bremen und Thüringen haben im Bundesrat einen Antrag zu einem liberaleren Umgang mit Cannabis eingereicht. Darin wird die Bundesregierung ... |
| 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 ... |
| What a regulated UK cannabis market might mean for business [02.06.2017] | Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg claimed that legalising cannabis in the UK would improve public health, but warned of the “risks of unfettere ... |
| Ban on cannabis infused edibles retrograde step — ganja association [02.06.2017] | The Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica said the recent ban on the sampling and sale of all cannabis infused edibles at entertainment ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| Israel eases restrictions on medical marijuana use and possession [15.05.2017] | Israel's Health Ministry recently released new directives easing restrictions on the possession and use of medical marijuana by authorized users. The ... |
| 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 ... |
| Change in policy will not get rid of illegal cannabis cultivation: Dutch Ministries [11.05.2017] | Little will change around illegal cannabis cultivation, even if the government changes the current tolerance policy, according to officials from the ... |
| 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 ... |
| Let’s learn from the mistakes of drug reform pioneers [02.05.2017] | Countries around the world are moving towards a legally regulated cannabis market. But what can we learn from them about the implications of cannabis ... |
| 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 ... |
| Drug controls are 'absolutely pathetic,' activist says regulation will save lives [25.04.2017] | A Vancouver based drug policy researcher has been working for decades to get the federal government to regulate illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine ... |
| ‘An awful lot of expertise’ [24.04.2017] | Black market marijuana growers should be included in the legal market as they can provide valuable expertise as it evolves, Anne McLellan, chair of t ... |
| Too much ‘dilly dallying’ around ganja issue, says minister [21.04.2017] | As the debate over the legalisation of ganja for medical use heats up, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Dr Andrew Wheatley has thrown down ... |
| Always look on the bright side of legalization [17.04.2017] | I have to say, I’ve been pretty dismayed with the overall response to Bill C-45. While I wasn’t expecting spontaneous mobs of joyous people cheering ... |
| Legalization plan doesn’t include amnesty for past marijuana-convictions: Liberals [17.04.2017] | The federal plan to legalize recreational marijuana does not include the general amnesty for past pot convictions some would like to see, says Public ... |
| With Spice, politicians are sleepwalking into another “war on drugs” disaster [16.04.2017] | Reefer madness is back. Only this time, it has been rebranded. Now it is Spice Nightmare that is stalking the UK, as a sinister new drug turns poor a ... |
| Marijuana goes industrial in California [15.04.2017] | The vast and fertile Salinas valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now Cal ... |
| Cannabis Licensing Authority begins work on Alternative Development Programme [14.04.2017] | The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has commenced work to implement an Alternative Development Programme (ADP) to include Jamaica’s traditional fa ... |
| Globe editorial: The Liberals begin Canada’s countdown to legal pot [13.04.2017] | The Trudeau government has started off on the right foot down the path to legalization of cannabis. But the next 15 months or so could make or break ... |
| Is this the end of the black market for marijuana? [13.04.2017] | Marijuana was criminalized in Canada in 1923. There was no debate in the House of Commons, just the statement, "There is a new drug in the schedule." ... |
| Canada’s marijuana legalization plan designed to reduce criminal role in market [13.04.2017] | Stating that 94 years of prohibition were an "abject failure," the federal government has tabled long-awaited legislation to legalize marijuana for a ... |
| Liberals table bills to legalize pot, clamp down on impaired driving [13.04.2017] | The Liberal government tabled legislation to end the prohibition on pot, checking off a major promise from the 2015 campaign. The plan comes with two ... |
| Doctors want focus on benefits of ganja instead of profits [12.04.2017] | The Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) has slammed the focus on profits instead of studying the benefits of marijuana since its decriminalisation t ... |
| Liberals set to table marijuana legislation, but key details need to be resolved [10.04.2017] | The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers ... |
| Medical ganja’s slow journey irks foreign investor [09.04.2017] | A foreign investor is expressing concern that Jamaica’s delay in establishing a medical ganja industry is providing other countries with the advantag ... |
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