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  • Albanian government presents second law draft for cannabis legalisation

    Friday, 07 October 2022

    The second draft of a law on cultivating and processing cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes has been put forward by the Albanian government, bringing the plant another step closer to at le ...

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  • Graft, drug trafficking threaten Albania's chances of joining EU

    Monday, 04 October 2021

    Researcher Fatjona Mejdini states that the drug problem had its roots in 1991, when Albania went from an isolated communist dictatorship straight to capitalism. "They were tough times for everyone," ...

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    crime | albania | drug trade | cocaine | law enforcement | european drug policy | cannabis
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  • Generations of Albanians lived off cannabis production. Can they stop?

    Monday, 12 April 2021

    Large-scale cannabis cultivation in Albania dates to the early 1990s, not long after the fall of the country’s Communist dictatorship, when the parlous state of the Albanian economy led to widespread ...

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    crime | albania | italy | law enforcement | eradication | traditional growers | cannabis
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  • Cannabis cultivation in Albania expected to increase

    Monday, 01 June 2020

    Albania is expected to see an increase of cannabis production in the wake of the coronavirus. According to a report compiled by Europol, the cultivation of herbal cannabis is expected to increase as ...

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  • Big source of illicit cannabis, Albania mulls legalising medical use

    Monday, 25 May 2020

    On May 9, Albania’s Socialist Party Prime Minister, Edi Rama, announced that his government had been quietly working for the past year on a bill that would make way for the legalisation of medical ca ...

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  • Albania, once haven of illicit cannabis, set to legalise crop for medical use

    Tuesday, 12 May 2020

    Albania plans to legalise the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, six years after beginning a crackdown on an illegal trade that turned it, by some accounts, into Europe’s largest outdoor g ...

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  • Albanian gov't working to legalize cultivation of medical cannabis

    Sunday, 10 May 2020

    The Albanian government is close to concluding a draft law which allows for the cultivation of medical cannabis in the country. According to Rama, the government has been working on the draft law for ...

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  • Cannabis sales in EU raise $13 billion for crime gangs

    Tuesday, 26 November 2019

    Europeans spent at least 11.6 billion euros (£9.9 billion) in 2017 on illegal cannabis purchases, confirming marijuana as the largest drugs market in the 28-country European Union, the European Monit ...

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    crime | albania | heroin | cocaine | morocco | money laundering | european drug policy | cannabis
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  • Albania cracks down on cannabis trade ahead of hoped-for EU talks

    Friday, 21 July 2017

    Thousands of small producers have made Albania, Europe’s second-poorest country, its biggest open-air producer of cannabis, exported mainly to western Europe through Greece and Italy. But as Albania ...

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  • Albania grapples with cannabis, a hurdle to EU accession

    Wednesday, 21 June 2017

    As Albania gears up for elections, one huge challenge facing the Balkan country has been low on the campaign agendas: the scourge of its cannabis fields, which threatens to hinder EU accession. Mount ...

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  • Albania: Europe's cannabis paradise

    Monday, 02 January 2017

    Despite all its promises, the Albanian government under Prime Minister Edi Rama has not managed to significantly reduce poverty in the country. Unemployment is high, welfare benefits are low - only 7 ...

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  • Europe's outdoor cannabis capital

    Thursday, 01 December 2016

    Albania has become the largest producer of outdoor-grown cannabis in Europe. The potent plant has been described as "green gold" for struggling farmers. In a poor nation, it's a billion-euro industry ...

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  • Albania cracks down on marijuana production in key southern village

    Wednesday, 18 June 2014

    With the fruits of its labor turning up in Italy, Greece and, last year, Germany, Albania has come under increasing pressure from the European Union to crack down on cannabis production in Lazaret lo ...

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  • Cannabis production and markets in Europe

    Tuesday, 26 June 2012
    Cannabis production and markets in Europe

    This study brings together available evidence to provide a comprehensive analysis of cannabis production and markets across the EU. It combines information from EMCDDA routine reporting — data on pat ...

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    albania | belgium | south africa | lebanon | drug markets | morocco | UK | denmark | afghanistan | cannabis clubs | cannabis
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Drugs in the News

  • Cannabis cafés and self-growing: Czechia presents draft of new marijuana law
    11.01.2024
  • Minister signs bill banning recreational use of weed
    08.01.2024
  • As the mayor of Amsterdam, I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state
    05.01.2024
  • Barcelona city council threatens to shut down cannabis social clubs
    04.01.2024
  • Swiss capital Bern considers legal cocaine project
    20.12.2023
  • High time: after five years, Dutch start legal cannabis trial
    15.12.2023
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Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation


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