Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Toronto's public health chief wants pot possession decriminalized now [05.06.2017] | Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health wants Ottawa to immediately decriminalize possession of recreational pot until legislation to legalize and regula ... |
| The push to decriminalise drug use in Myanmar [31.05.2017] | The amendments provide for police to be able to send drug users to receive treatment at medical facilities before being sent to rehabilitation centre ... |
| France to decriminalise cannabis possession within months, interior minister says [25.05.2017] | France’s newly-appointed Minister of the Interior, Gérard Collomb, has said that personal cannabis possession may no longer be prosecuted from as soo ... |
| Police time and money go to pot [19.05.2017] | In 2015-2016, 259 165 people were arrested for drug-related crimes, according to the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) crime statistics. The poli ... |
| Dagga Judgment: There are less drastic ways to deal with its harmful effects [04.05.2017] | Until 1921 dagga was sold openly by mine storekeepers in the towns and grew wild in much of South Africa. It was banned partly because it was feared ... |
| Swiss group launches new initiative to legalize cannabis [24.04.2017] | The Swiss public could have another chance to decide if cannabis consumption should be legalized after the group Legalize It launched a popular initi ... |
| Charge Rodrigo Duterte with mass murder, lawyer tells The Hague [24.04.2017] | Filipino lawyer Jude Josue Sabio asked the International Criminal Court in The Hague to charge President Rodrigo Duterte and 11 other Philippine offi ... |
| Six things to know about weed in Germany [20.04.2017] | There's long been talk of fully legalizing cannabis in Germany, especially in the capital of Berlin. But how close is Deutschland actually to making ... |
| While waiting to legalize pot, why not decriminalize it in the meantime? [19.04.2017] | The Trudeau government has put itself and many Canadians in a bind with the announcement that it will legalize marijuana by July of next year. Canada ... |
| Decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use considered [18.04.2017] | The decriminalisation of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine and cannabis, for personal use is one of the policy options outlined in the forthcoming ... |
| Get high on own supply? [15.04.2017] | For years much of South Africa’s dagga has been grown on the green rolling hills of the east coast, often as what economist Vladislav Lakcevic calls ... |
| Swiss oasis for legal cannabis, without the high [14.04.2017] | Posters of bright green cannabis plants advertise its wares, which, like those sold openly in a growing number of shops across Switzerland, are compl ... |
| 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 ... |
| Drug reform push stalls [10.04.2017] | While there has been some progress in modernising drug laws, there is almost no good news in Thailand or the region. Despite Gen Paiboon's pioneering ... |
| Dagga ruling leaves authorities in a haze [09.04.2017] | There is uncertainty among various government institutions around the Western Cape High Court’s ruling which allows for the possession, cultivation a ... |
| St Kitts-Nevis to establish national commission on marijuana [08.04.2017] | St Kitts and Nevis prime minister, Timothy Harris, announced the establishment of a National Commission on Marijuana, to be headed by acting chief me ... |
| Understanding Judge Davis' dope judgment [02.04.2017] | On 31 March 2017, Justice Dennis Davis handed down a judgment in the Western Cape High Court that declared sections of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking ... |
| Dagga ban goes up in smoke - and so do some cases [01.04.2017] | Dagga aficionados - users of the intoxicating plant - may now legally grow and consume it in the privacy of their homes, without fear of arrest. In o ... |
| Dagga can be used at home, Cape court rules [31.03.2017] | In a much celebrated outcome, Judge Dennis Davies ruled that an adult may cultivate and use cannabis in the privacy of their own home. “The order als ... |
| Ganja data war - MOH backs drug watchdog in weed clash, lobbyist standing ground [28.03.2017] | A standoff between the Ministry of Health minister and a lobbyist of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has forced the National Council on Drug A ... |
| Why SA should follow Portugal and decriminalise drug use [17.03.2017] | The war on drugs in South Africa, as in the US, has in no way reduced the supply or the demand of drugs. And without a doubt it’s led to an increase ... |
| Tunisia to ease penalties for cannabis use [15.03.2017] | Tunisians convicted of cannabis consumption will be able to avoid prison if it is their first offence. The north African country has faced mounting c ... |
| Israel officially decriminalizes marijuana [05.03.2017] | The cabinet approved the decriminalized use of marijuana in Israel. According to the proposal formulated by the Public Security and Justice ministrie ... |
| Criminalizing cannabis in Indonesia might do more harm than good [28.02.2017] | Indonesia’s National Narcotics Board (BNN) together with the Health Ministry recently made a swift move to criminalize synthetic cannabinoids called ... |
| People in Latin America are starting to turn against outlawing marijuana [27.02.2017] | Sentiments in Latin America in favor of outlawing marijuana appear to be undergoing shifts in some countries, according to a study published the Inte ... |
| Advocacy group calls for reform of Burma’s drug laws and policies [17.02.2017] | The Drug Policy Advocacy Group (DPAG) has called for a reform of Burma’s drug laws, demanding new policies focusing on the rehabilitation of drug use ... |
| Brazil Supreme Court judge calls for drugs legalisation to beat gangs [11.02.2017] | A Brazilian Supreme Court justice called for the legalization of marijuana and even cocaine to undo the growing power of drug gangs behind a wave of ... |
| Decriminalization law for up to 10 grams of ganja lags behind after 5 years [11.02.2017] | In 2012, Belize began to seriously look at changing its laws to decriminalize the possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana – about a handful of what ... |
| Drug control policy fuels social unrest in northern Morocco [08.02.2017] | For the past three months, the Rif region in northern Morocco has been experiencing widespread protests and social unrest following the death of Mouh ... |
| Thousands call for full weed legalization at Tel Aviv rally [05.02.2017] | Thousands of Israelis, including two lawmakers, demonstrated for the full legalization of cannabis, urging the government to go beyond the recently a ... |
| Jailed for a puff [01.02.2017] | Many Tunisian prisons are overcrowded, some at 150 percent of their capacity — and authorities say one third of the inmates are there only for mariju ... |
| Israel moves to decriminalize marijuana use [26.01.2017] | Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announces support for new policy for enforcing marijuana use, which favors fines and educational initiatives, wi ... |
| A New International Legal Regime for a New Reality in the War Against Drugs [26.01.2017] | After twenty-three years under the latest international agreement, drug consumption has risen, production has increased, and some states remain helpl ... |
| Georgia eases draconian law on cannabis use in landmark ruling [24.01.2017] | Until recently anyone caught with cannabis twice in 12 months in Georgia faced up to 14 years behind bars. Today you can carry enough for over 200 jo ... |
| Marijuana reforms flood state legislatures [13.01.2017] | Legislators in more than a dozen states have introduced measures to loosen laws restricting access to or criminalizing marijuana, a rush of legislati ... |
| Ship sails 450 kg of cannabis to Tel Aviv to fight drug ban [20.12.2016] | A ship carrying 450 kilograms of cannabis set sail for Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Activists aboard claimed they were protesting the government’s refusal to ... |
| Top anti-drug body recommends pot decriminalization [13.12.2016] | Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan is expected to deliver a formal dressing down to the heads of Israel’s leading anti-drug organization after t ... |
| Ganja debate gone up in smoke [09.12.2016] | Why, after all the excitement occasioned by the forthrightness of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, the one who first broached the issue at a regio ... |
| Trudeau’s bait and switch on legalization? [04.12.2016] | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently expressed frustration around the current cannabis landscape, explaining, “Until we have brought in the propose ... |
| Five things to know about weed in Germany [24.11.2016] | The debate about legalizing cannabis continues in Germany - court cases in recent years have granted permission to use the drug for medical purposes, ... |
| It's time to decriminalize drugs, commission report says [21.11.2016] | In a report released by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, that includes the former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and former presidents of Colom ... |
| The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead calls for drug policy reform [13.11.2016] | Three United Nations treaties, the oldest from 1961, seek to "advance the health and welfare of mankind" by prohibiting the non-medical use of some d ... |
| Berlin likely to semi-legalize marijuana [11.11.2016] | A coalition of political parties in the German capital agreed to push for partial decriminalization of cannabis. The initial effects will be limited. ... |
| Why the Parliament must carefully consider a private members’ bill to decriminalise natural drugs [03.11.2016] | In the coming session of the Parliament of India, Dharam Vira Gandhi, a member of parliament from Patiala, will table a private member’s bill to amen ... |
| Bill for legalised supply of opium, marijuana cleared for Parliament [01.11.2016] | A proposed legislation to legalise and start regulated supply of traditional intoxicants such as opium and cannabis is likely to be placed in front o ... |
| A lot has happened and a lot has not happened [20.10.2016] | At the recently concluded 6th Latin American and 1st Caribbean Conference on Drug Policy, held in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, I started a disc ... |
| These British police forces have stopped arresting drug users [18.10.2016] | People caught carrying personal amounts of drugs, including cocaine and heroin, are being diverted away from the criminal justice system in what coul ... |
| Police arrest more people for marijuana use than for all violent crimes — combined [12.10.2016] | On any given day in the United States, at least 137,000 people sit behind bars on simple drug-possession charges, according to a report released by t ... |
| Caribbean urged to rethink hard stance on marijuana [22.09.2016] | Chairman of the CARICOM Commission on Marijuana, Professor Wendel Abel, believes the Caribbean can benefit greatly from the decriminalisation of smal ... |
| Review ganja laws [22.09.2016] | The Government of Barbados will have to face the fact that more and more Barbadians, particularly young people, are open to the decriminalization of ... |
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