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Towards a ‘human rights-based’ drug policy
Wednesday, 27 July 2022In 2018, Malta became one of the first European countries to fully decriminalise cannabis for medicinal purposes; followed up by a broader reform to (within limits) decriminalise the drug for recreat ...
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Luxembourg leads the charge for a new European drug policy
Sunday, 17 July 2022On Friday 15 July, representatives from Germany, the Netherlands, and Malta met at Senningen Castle and agreed that they want to switch to a different drug policy. The failure of the repressive appro ...
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Results of cultivated cannabis experiment won't be ready in 2024: Ministers
Friday, 08 July 2022The government won't be able to draw conclusions from the regulated cannabis experiment in the Netherlands in 2024. The experiment starts later than planned, also delaying the evaluation. The Cabinet ...
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Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’
Friday, 01 July 2022Germany is mulling over the consequences of soon becoming the world’s largest potential market for legally sold cannabis, as the country’s left-liberal government presses ahead with plans to allow th ...
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Inside the process to legalize recreational cannabis In Germany
Monday, 27 June 2022When the German government announced in late 2021 its plan to legalize recreational cannabis sales in Germany, experts and cannabis enthusiasts put great expectations on the so-called "traffic light" ...
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Banning tourists from cannabis cafes will cut back on crime: Halsema
Saturday, 25 June 2022Amsterdam’s cannabis cafes are often intertwined with serious crime and play a serious role in money laundering, the capital’s mayor Femke Halsema has told councillors, ahead of Wednesday’s debate on ...
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Thailand cannabis: From a war on drugs to weed curries
Tuesday, 21 June 2022Thailand legalised cultivating and consuming cannabis this month, reversing a hard-line approach of long prison sentences or even the death penalty for drug offences. Cafés and stalls have been openl ...
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Luxembourg law lets you smoke a joint - at home
Wednesday, 15 June 2022Luxembourg has taken a first step to legalising cannabis, launching a watered down proposal which allows people to grow the drug at home, but leaves out the government's promise to take the trade out ...
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Germany takes first step towards relaxing cannabis law
Tuesday, 14 June 2022The first of five rounds of expert testimony on the liberalization of cannabis laws was to begin in Berlin, the first step in Germany's plan to legalize recreational use of the plant. Titled "cannabi ...
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What about the UN? Coming down off that high
Sunday, 12 June 2022Thailand is the first country in Southeast Asia to delist the cannabis plant from the government's Category 5 narcotics list, following the publication of a Ministry of Public Health announcement in ...
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Le projet de loi autorisant le cannabis à domicile adopté
Friday, 10 June 2022Le Conseil de gouvernement a approuvé le projet de loi qui doit autoriser la culture par des personnes majeures d'un maximum de quatre plants de cannabis dans la sphère privée. La nouvelle avait déjà ...
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Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use
Thursday, 09 June 2022People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nation is the first to advance such a move in South-Ea ...
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Politicians in Copenhagen voted yes to the cannabis pilot project
Saturday, 04 June 2022A majority in the Citizens' Representation in Copenhagen voted yes to a proposal for a cannabis pilot project. The politicians voted for the municipality's administration to put together a proposal, ...
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Morocco’s cannabis regulation agency Is “open for business”
Friday, 03 June 2022Following its first meeting yesterday, Morocco’s cannabis watchdog agency is now officially operational. The agency is set to oversee the cultivation and use of cannabis for medical and commercial pu ...
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Rural dagga farmers – the same ones highlighted by Ramaphosa – say they'll be 'criminalised' by new laws
Thursday, 02 June 2022Traditional cannabis growers in the rural Eastern Cape, the same ones assured of inclusion by President Cyril Ramaphosa, are objecting to proposed laws aimed at regulating the use and possession of t ...
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Germany speeds up the process to legalize recreational cannabis
Monday, 09 May 2022When Germany's new coalition included the legalization of recreational cannabis in its political agenda in late 2021, there were few details on how to regulate the industry. However, Health Minister ...
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Switzerland to launch adult-use cannabis sale trial program this summer
Thursday, 05 May 2022Switzerland will start adult-use cannabis sales this summer amid a trial program that will involve 400 people. Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) authorized on April 19 the first pilot on t ...
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Congressional researchers highlight growing federal-state marijuana ‘policy gap’ in new 100-page report
Monday, 25 April 2022The gap between federal and state marijuana policies continues to widen and shows no signs of stopping, congressional researchers said in a new report that also lays out options for how lawmakers cou ...
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Starting this summer, cannabis will be available for purchase in Basel pharmacies – at prices similar to those on the black market
Thursday, 21 April 2022In the evening after work, before closing time, a quick visit to the dispensary to buy one or two joints legally will soon become routine for around 400 cannabis lovers in Basel. For the first time i ...
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Health office approves first Swiss project to sell cannabis for recreational use
Tuesday, 19 April 2022The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health said it had approved a request for a pilot on the regulated sale of cannabis through local pharmacies. It will be restricted to just under 400 participants o ...
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More than half of Europeans support cannabis legalization - report
Thursday, 07 April 2022More than half of the European population support legalization of adult use of cannabis and around 30% of them are interested in purchasing it, according to polling data by industry consultants. Euro ...
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Legalized pot was supposed to help build black wealth in Los Angeles. It failed
Monday, 04 April 2022Back in 2017, Los Angeles was among the first places in the United States to legalize weed with social equity in mind. Today, social equity dominates the conversation about who should be allowed to s ...
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House approves federal marijuana legalization bill for second time in history
Friday, 01 April 2022The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to federally legalize marijuana for the second time in history, also adopting a pair of amendments to the legislation before final passage. Following ...
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Netherlands' regulated cannabis experiment postponed again
Wednesday, 30 March 2022The Netherlands' experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation has been delayed again. The trial will only start in the second quarter of 2023, Ministers Ernst Kuipers of Public Health and Dilan Yeş ...
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Cannabis associations should be ‘safe spaces’, NGOs propose
Monday, 28 March 2022Two NGOs have proposed that cannabis associations should be “safe spaces” where members have a “true interest and passion” in the substance, and where they could share best practices and seek advice ...
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Cannabis legislation passes 18-6, setting up constitutional face-off
Saturday, 26 March 2022It will be legal to grow and sell cannabis in Bermuda – if controversial legislation passed in the House of Assembly gets Royal Assent from the Governor. The Cannabis Licensing Act 2022 would create ...
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Where do Indian bhang shops get their legal cannabis from?
Thursday, 17 March 2022Shops selling bhang, have to obtain and frequently renew their licence from the local excise department before selling it in various forms, the most popular being the thandai. This is made by boiling ...
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The green wave hits Europe: Recent cannabis regulation initiatives in Europe
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Politicians across parties propose 5-year cannabis pilot in Denmark
Tuesday, 15 March 2022Danish officials across five political parties have proposed a plan for an adult-use cannabis pilot similar to a program proposed in its capital city. Earlier this month, the proposal was presented i ...
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L’avenir de la culture du cannabis sous les projecteurs à Tanger
Monday, 14 March 2022L’avenir de la culture du cannabis et sa relation avec le développement territorial a été sous les projecteurs, samedi à Tanger, lors d’un colloque international organisé par la revue Tidighin des re ...
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Ganja lobby turns heat on Gov’t in defence of small farmers
Friday, 25 February 2022The Ganja Growers and Producers Association Jamaica (GGPAJ) has called for an immediate two-year incentive programme for marijuana cultivators, especially for small, traditional, Rastafarian and indi ...
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Inside California's cannabis crisis
Monday, 21 February 2022California’s marijuana market, which reached an estimated $4.4 billion in sales in 2020, has seemingly reached peak cannabis capitalism. But the overwhelming sense amongst the so-called “legacy growe ...
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Schumer asks for input as Democrats finalize cannabis bill
Thursday, 10 February 2022Top Senate Democrats are asking their colleagues for input as they work to finalize cannabis reform legislation, with the aim of introducing a bill this spring. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer ...
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Narcotics Control Board approves delisting of cannabis
Tuesday, 25 January 2022The Narcotics Control Board meeting has endorsed the Public Health Ministry's latest draft list of narcotic substances, in which all components of cannabis no longer appear as a Category 5 narcotic s ...
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'Malta will not become another Amsterdam': cannabis authority chair
Monday, 24 January 2022Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech has been appointed the first executive chair of the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis. She tells how she plans to stifle the black market and raise awarenes ...
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Drogenbeauftragter über geplante Cannabis-Freigabe: "Ein Ritt auf der Rasierklinge"
Thursday, 20 January 2022Mit der kontrollierten und regulierten Abgabe von Cannabis in Deutschland werden wir europäische Geschichte schreiben. Denn als größtes EU-Land sind wir beispielgebend für andere Staaten. Das Thema i ...
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It's official: recreational cannabis reform is now law
Saturday, 18 December 2021A bill to allow recreational cannabis use has been signed by President George Vella and is now part of Maltese law. Legal Notice 478 notes that the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis Act ha ...
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Up in Smoke: Is the legal-cannabis industry on the verge of collapsing?
Wednesday, 15 December 2021When legalization proponents sold voters on Prop. 64 in 2016, one of their chief arguments in favor of the measure was that legal weed would yield a cash bonanza for state and local governments throu ...
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Cannabis bill approved in parliament, in first for Europe
Tuesday, 14 December 2021Parliament approved a cannabis law that will allow users to carry, buy and grow amounts of the drug, making Malta the first European country to introduce laws to regulate recreational cannabis use. M ...
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Which towns and cities in New York will ban cannabis sales?
Tuesday, 14 December 2021Local governments in New York State are debating whether or not to ban recreational cannabis sales. They can either “opt in” or “opt out,” but they have to choose. Fast approaching is a December 31 d ...
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In first for Europe, Malta to legalize recreational marijuana, with several other countries on the cusp
Monday, 13 December 2021“The transatlantic winds of change that have been blowing in the Americas for a while have now reached the shores in Europe,” Tom Blickman of the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute told a webina ...
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Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation
Saturday, 11 December 2021The Ministry of Public Health will next year push for legalisation of all cannabis parts, lifting the last remaining hurdle preventing full use and commercialisation of the plant. Thailand earlier re ...
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Opposition delays cannabis reform until December 14
Tuesday, 07 December 2021A controversial new law on cannabis use will have to wait another week to be approved in parliament, after the opposition requested that MPs be called to vote individually on the matter. The proposed ...
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After Malta, Germany set to make pot mainstream
Thursday, 02 December 2021The European Union is currently a hotchpotch of different approaches to cannabis use, ranging from complete prohibition to different levels of decriminalisation and tolerance. Even in liberal enclave ...
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Cannabis reform is one vote away from becoming law
Tuesday, 30 November 2021The cannabis reform bill in Malta is one step away from being passed in parliament after it cleared committee stage. In a four-hour-long sitting MPs discussed the individual clauses and approved mino ...
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From prohibition to trailblazing: A brief history of modern cannabis activism In Malta
Saturday, 27 November 2021It is ironic, but if Malta does end up legalising recreational cannabis, one quiet man from Wales may be the one to thank for it. Prior to 2011, there were passionate activists fighting for better ca ...
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Germany's next government aims to legalise recreational cannabis
Wednesday, 24 November 2021Germany could become the first European country to legalise cannabis and authorise its sale for recreational purposes, according to a coalition agreement for a new government struck by three parties. ...
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Getting closer! Final stage before Malta’s cannabis reform becomes law to start next week
Tuesday, 23 November 2021It’s looking ever more likely that Malta will pass a landmark cannabis reform bill into law. The bill passed its second reading (the debate stage) in Parliament, with all government MPs voting in fav ...
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Germany moves to legalise cannabis in economy-boosting bid after Merkel departure
Thursday, 18 November 2021The political parties known as the "traffic light" coalition are pushing for a change in legislation meaning the sale of cannabis will be legal for consumption purposes. According to Der Spiegel a re ...
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The pros, cons and unknowns of legal cannabis in Canada 3 years later
Sunday, 24 October 2021The legalization of cannabis in Canada just had its third anniversary, which means it's time for the federal government to review and possibly tweak the policy. In some areas, the reviews are positiv ...
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