• Cannabis: Le Maroc doit-il franchir le pas de la légalisation?

    Le Royaume ne peut rester indifférent à la vague de légalisation au niveau mondial
    Finance News (Morocco)
    Samedi, 27 octobre 2018

    morocco cannabis cultivation 2017La légalisation du cannabis n'est  plus un tabou dans le monde. Plusieurs pays ont légiféré dans ce domaine. Selon certains observateurs, le Maroc ne peut rester en marge de ces changements, eu égard aux enjeux socioéconomiques et politiques relatifs à cette question. Tout d’abord, force est de reconnaître que la filière reste la principale source de revenu pour des milliers d’agriculteurs. En dépit des efforts du gouvernement tendant à éradiquer cette culture, la superficie de la filière Kif culmine à plus de 47.000 ha, concentrée essentiellement dans la région de Kétama et ses environs. L’interdiction ne profite qu’aux trafiquants, et a détérioré la situation des petits exploitants.

  • What the Dutch can teach the world about cannabis

    The Dutch state didn’t legalise cannabis, partly for fear of upsetting foreign allies
    The Financial Times (UK)
    Friday, October 26, 2018

    On October 17, Canada became the first large economy to legalise recreational weed. (Uruguay blazed the trail in 2013.) From November 1, doctors can prescribe medical pot on Britain’s National Health Service. Thirty US states have already legalised medical cannabis, while nine allow recreational use and Donald Trump has signalled that he supports decriminalisation at a federal level. Cannabis could soon become a normal part of daily life across the anglophone world, just like alcohol or coffee, displacing cigarettes, which are becoming socially unacceptable. Judging by nearly 50 years of Dutch decriminalisation, is this a good thing? And can pot treat our pain and ailments?

  • Berne veut des essais pilotes sur le cannabis

    La volonté du gouvernement est d'autoriser des essais pilotes pendant une durée de cinq ans au maximum, en Suisse
    Tribune de Genève (Suisse)
    Jeudi, 25 octobre 2018

    Le Conseil fédéral veut dorénavant autoriser les essais pilotes avec cannabis. Les résultats de la consultation semblent lui être favorables. UDC mis à part, un large consensus réunit les partis et les organisations de prévention des addictions. Ils espèrent que ces essais seront instructifs pour la gestion de cette substance à l'avenir. C'est le refus d'autorisation d'une étude qui a motivé le processus de changement de loi. Plusieurs villes et cantons ont voulu que les effets de la vente de cannabis légal sur les consommateurs soient étudiés scientifiquement. L'Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP) a rejeté la demande, en indiquant que les bases légales faisaient défaut.

  • Pot pioneers who went to jail for the cause now watch legal opportunities pass them by

    New regime sees former police officers and politicians who once punished marijuana advocates landing lucrative gigs with cannabis producers
    The Globe and Mail (Canada)
    October 25, 2018

    At the outset of legalization, people who defied prohibition in high-profile ways appear to be getting shut out of a burgeoning industry just as the former police officers and politicians that they once battled continue to land lucrative gigs working with commercial cannabis producers. Those caught and sentenced for operating large production networks or running illegal dispensary franchises, like Marc and Jodie Emery, have so far been unable to get past the security screening and into the regulated space under the current rules. They also won’t qualify for the amnesty that Ottawa has promised for the tens of thousands of other Canadians saddled with a conviction for the possession of less than 30 grams of cannabis.

  • Strong support for legalisation of cannabis, but question over how to do it remains

    The Government is yet to decide whether the referendum will run before the 2020 general election
    News Hub (New Zealand)
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018

    There is strong support for legalising cannabis in New Zealand, although people are split about how exactly it should done. Massey University research revealed 76 percent of people are in favour of legalising the use of cannabis in some way. The survey asked 6300 people their opinions on cannabis use and what kind of regulatory regime they would prefer. Twenty-seven percent were in favour of a "grow your own" system, where people could grow and harvest cannabis, but not sell. Twenty-one percent said it should be commercialised and sold like alcohol. Other less popular options included no regulation or managed by the Government. Nineteen percent favoured continued prohibition. (See also: Synthetic cannabis suppliers could face up to 14 years' jail)

  • Bong arm of the law: South Korea says it will arrest citizens who smoke weed in Canada

    Seoul reminds 23,000 South Korean students in Canada that domestic law applies to them no matter where they are
    The Guardian (UK)
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018

    For South Koreans in Canada, the police in their home country have no problem harshing their mellow. Canada became the second country in the world to legalise recreational marijuana last week, but for South Koreans hoping to try the drug, their hopes have just gone up in smoke. Police in South Korea have repeatedly told their citizens not to partake in this newfound freedom. “Weed smokers will be punished according to the Korean law, even if they did so in countries where smoking marijuana is legal. There won’t be an exception,” said Yoon Se-jin, head of the narcotics crime investigation division at Gyeonggi Nambu provincial police agency, according to the Korea Times.

  • Russia warns Canada cannabis legalization will lead to increased trafficking

    According to Moscow, Canada is violating major drug control treaties
    The New Indian Express (India)
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018

    Russia has denounced Canada's cannabis legalization, calling it "unacceptable" and contrary to international laws, and saying it will lead to increased trafficking abroad. "We are convinced that this legislation goes against international law on drug control," the Russian embassy in Ottawa said in a statement. According to Moscow, Canada is violating major drug control treaties. "By consciously torpedoing the international drug control regime, the Canadian government is creating the world's largest drug market, which, despite all the claims and measures being contemplated to prevent the export of cannabis across national borders, will certainly result in a considerable increase in its trafficking to other states." (Russian Foreign Ministry: Cannabis legalisation in Canada)

  • Mexico may be next to legalise marijuana, says incoming FM

    There are two options: the Canadian model or the Uruguay model
    AFP (France)
    Tuesday, October 23, 2018

    Mexico "absolutely" could follow Canada's lead in legalising marijuana as a way to reduce violence generated by a war on drugs that "doesn't work," its incoming foreign minister said Tuesday. Marcelo Ebrard, who will become foreign minister when Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador takes office December 1, said he discussed Ottawa's experience Monday with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Asked whether Mexico might follow Canada's example, Ebrard told reporters, "Sure, absolutely." "We think it is a very interesting option in the short term for Mexico," he said. "We think there are two options: the Canadian model or the Uruguay model."

  • Report says the UN's global 'war on drugs' has been a failure

    "This report is another nail in the coffin for the war on drugs," said Ann Fordham, the Executive Director of IDPC
    CNN (US)
    Monday, October 22, 2018

    eradicacion cannabis mexicoThe United Nations' drug strategy of the past 10 years has been a failure, according to a major report by the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), which has called for a major rethinking of global drug policy. The report Taking stock: A decade of drug policy claims that UN efforts to eliminate the illegal drug market by 2019 through a "war on drugs" approach has had scant effect on global supply while having negative effects on health, human rights, security and development. Drug-related deaths have increased by 145% over the last decade, with more than 71,000 overdose deaths in the United States in 2017 alone. (See also: UN's 10-year plan to tackle world's drug problem has been ‘spectacular failure’ as production and consumption soar, report says)

  • UK government must look into legalising cannabis, says former Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe

    'If I was home secretary, I would have an urgent commission of experts,' says veteran police officer
    The Independent (UK)
    Sunday, October 21, 2018

    Former Metropolitan Police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe has called for an urgent review of the evidence supporting cannabis legalisation. It marks a significant shift in the attitude of the ex-police commissioner, who backed tough laws against cannabis during his time leading Scotland Yard. Lord Hogan-Howe said the Home Office must now reconsider its position following the recent legalisation of cannabis in Canada and some US states. “If I was home secretary, I would have an urgent commission of experts to look at the evidence about what’s happening about cannabis in North America,” Mr Howe said.

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