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Flanagan backs sale of cannabis
A politician has called for cannabis coffee shops and social clubs to be allowed under his radical attempt to decriminalise the drug
The Irish Independent (Ireland)
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Irish independent MP Luke Flanagan, who has published a Bill to regulate cannabis and allow its sale for medicinal and recreational use, claimed it could save the economy 300 million euro a year. He claimed the drug is much less harmful than tobacco and alcohol, and that allowing its use would help force criminals out of the drugs market. (See also: 6 things we learned from Flanagan’s Cannabis Regulation Bill and Cannabis legalisation: Where do the parties stand?) -
The global epidemiology and contribution of cannabis use and dependence to the global burden of disease
Results from the GBD 2010 study
Louisa Degenhardt et. al.Plos One
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Cannabis dependence is a disorder primarily experienced by young adults, especially in higher income countries. It has not been shown to increase mortality as opioid and other forms of illicit drug dependence do. Our estimates suggest that cannabis use as a risk factor for schizophrenia is not a major contributor to population-level disease burden.
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New high: Majority of Americans now favor legalizing marijuana
A new Gallup poll shows 58% of Americans support legalizing pot
Time Magazine (US)
Tuesday, October22, 2013
For the first time, a majority of Americans, 58%, favor legalizing marijuana, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. That number was just 12% in 1969, when Gallup first asked the question. 38% of Americans surveyed this year said they had tried marijuana. The shift in national public support for pot legalization accelerated over the last two years. Public support has risen 8 points since 2011. (See also: Choom gang rising) -
Cannabis. Demain la légalisation?
La plupart des agriculteurs sont réceptifs au principe de légalisation
Tel Quel (Maroc)
Lundi, 21 octobre 2013
Il y a peu, le sujet suscitait la méfiance de la classe politique en Maroc. Mais les arguments du Collectif marocain pour l’usage médical et industriel du kif (CMUMIK) ont fini par convaincre plusieurs élus et partis. Le groupe parlementaire du Parti authenticité et modernité (PAM) est en train de finaliser, avec l’aide du Collectif, les préparatifs d’une journée d’étude au parlement, prévue en novembre 2013. Le CMUMIK a publié un “Modèle de proposition de loi visant à légaliser la culture et l’usage thérapeutique et industriel du kif”. Le but du CMUMIK est clair : changer la loi u 24 avril 1954, qui interdit la culture et la consommation de cannabis. (A lire: Le Maroc songe à légaliser la culture du kif) -
Uruguay official: Legal pot for $1 per gram
Associated Press
Monday, October 21, 2013
Uruguay’s drug czar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper. The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and President Jose Mujica expects to push it through the Senate soon as part of his effort to explore alternatives in the war on drugs. The measure would make Uruguay the first country in the world to license and enforce rules for the production, distribution and sale of marijuana for adult consumers. -
New laws chart course for marijuana legalization
How Colorado and Washington State govern their legal pot markets will be a test case for the rest of the U.S.
Time Magazine (US)
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Nearly a year after Colorado and Washington State voted to become the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, the detailed rules governing how pot will be grown, sold and taxed are finally complete. And as the two states implement their different approaches, the whole world is watching. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced a new panel, headed by California Lieut. Governor Gavin Newsom, to draft a possible 2016 ballot measure to legalize pot in California. -
Cannabis taxes will wind up too low, not too high
Mark KleimanSame Facts (US)
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Legal cannabis will naturally be much, much cheaper than illegal cannabis. A joint is the same sort of item as a teabag: the dried flowers of a plant in a wrapper. A fancy teabag costs a dime at the supermarket; the marijuana in an average joint costs about $4 (0.4 gram of sinsemilla flowers @ $10/gram) on the current illicit and quasi-medical markets. The combination of not having to worry about law enforcement and the economies of mass production will inevitably drive the joint price down close to the teabag price. -
California is poised to legalize marijuana in 2016
The Huffington Post (US)
Thursday, October 17, 2013
According to a Tulchin Research poll a "solid majority" of nearly two-thirds (65%) in California supports legalizing, regulating and taxing adult recreational marijuana. The poll found 32 percent oppose legalization and 3 percent undecided. Lt. Gov. Gavadult recreational in Newsom and the American Civil Liberties Union announced the launch of a two-year research effort focused on proposals to legalize recreational marijuana. -
Drug Policies and Women's Rights on UN Agenda
The Huffington Post (US)
Thursday, October 17, 2013
At the 56th Session of the UN Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) this week in Geneva, the UN gender experts from around the world gather to examine the state performance on the rights of women including discussing strengthening the rule of law and access to justice in achieving universal human rights including those for women. -
Washington approves rules for marijuana industry
After nearly a year of research and debate
The Seattle Times (US)
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Washington adopted rules for the recreational sale of marijuana, creating what advocates hope will be a template for the drug's legalization around the world. Washington will tax pot highly and cap total production in the state at 80 metric tons. Sales are expected to begin by the middle of next year. (See also: Q&A: The basics of the state’s legal recreational-pot system and State pot officials can exhale; rules OK’d after long process)
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