Items tagged with regulation
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The Marlboro of marijuana [07.11.2014] | Would household names really consider selling cannabis? They already have. In 1969 a Philip Morris executive wrote to the Justice Department, request ... |
Amsterdam city council calls for licenced marijuana production [07.11.2014] | Ministers should sanction experiments to legally grow marijuana under licence and the city should make preparations to do so, according to a majority ... |
Is prohibition worth the cost? [06.11.2014] | In Denmark there is little movement on drug policy. We know that we are just months from the next general election, but no political party has a poli ... |
US vote refuels ganja debate [06.11.2014] | The local pro-ganja lobby in Jamaica is welcoming the vote for the legalisation of ganja in the American states of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC. ... |
Fear of cannabis commerce didn't, won't and shouldn't stop legalization [05.11.2014] | Three marijuana legalization initiatives were on the ballot this week, and all three won. That’s a better outcome than I was expecting. I was surpris ... |
Marijuana legalization sweeps the 2014 midterm elections [05.11.2014] | On November 4, several states radically altered their approaches to a drug once known for Reefer Madness. In Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, DC, vote ... |
6 facts about marijuana [05.11.2014] | Attitudes about marijuana have undergone a rapid shift in public opinion, paralleled by few other trends in the U.S. Our recent data, along with hist ... |
Barcelona to lift cannabis club age limit to 21 [02.11.2014] | Cannabis clubs in Catalonia will face stricter regulations with the region's parliamentary health commission set to raise the minimum age for members ... |
Uruguay cannabis growers' clubs: Registration begins [31.10.2014] | In Uruguay, licensed cannabis clubs of up to 45 members will be allowed to grow a maximum of 99 plants each year. In August, growing up to six plants ... |
Cannabis: A burning issue for Austria's Neos [28.10.2014] | Neos chairman Matthias Strolz has spoken out in favour of selling cannabis over the counter in pharmacies and allowing people to grow their own plant ... |
Expert Dialogue on Cannabis Regulation Models [23.10.2014] | The Expert Dialogue took place in San Sebastian and was hosted by the municipal authorities of the city. Dialogue focused on examining some regulatio ... |
The marijuana industry could be bigger than the NFL by 2020 [23.10.2014] | A report from Greenwave Advisors, a "comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry," projects that lega ... |
Dreifuss unterstützt Cannabis-Vereine [18.10.2014] | In Anwesenheit der ehemaligen Bundesrätin Ruth Dreifuss haben sich Vertreter aus Genf, Zürich, Bern und Basel getroffen, um über ein Projekt zur Cann ... |
How marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington is making the world a better place [16.10.2014] | No pressure, Colorado and Washington, but the world is scrutinizing your every move. That was the take-home message of an event today at the Brooking ... |
International Impacts of the U.S. Trend towards Legal Marijuana [16.10.2014] | For decades, the United States has been a champion of the global drug control treaty system, which limits the use of marijuana exclusively to medical ... |
Morocco likely to join countries that legalized cultivation of cannabis [09.10.2014] | After the Istiqlal party, one of the old conservative parties of Morocco, proposed last year a draft law to decriminalize and regulate the cultivatio ... |
Yes to marijuana ballot measures [05.10.2014] | The decision by California voters in 1996 to legalize medical marijuana produced a wave of similar initiatives around the country. Less than two deca ... |
Cannabis – a conflict of generations [25.09.2014] | The legalisation of cannabis in Luxembourg is turning into a conflict of generations, as the youth branches of several parties opposed to such a move ... |
Major pot legalization group turns sights on California for 2016 [23.09.2014] | Marijuana legalization proponents are turning their attention to California and gearing up for a legalization campaign in 2016. The Marijuana Policy ... |
State-licensed marijuana market expected to bring in about $636 million in taxes [18.09.2014] | The Washington state’s legal recreational marijuana market is expected to bring in about $636 million in taxes to state coffers through the middle of ... |
Analysis: Rethinking global drug policy [15.09.2014] | What would the world look like if governments - instead of crime syndicates - controlled drug markets and drug use was decriminalized? A new report b ... |
New York could legalize recreational marijuana in 2015 [15.09.2014] | The state of New York could legalize marijuana for recreational use as early as 2015. State Sen. Liz Krueger (D) will reintroduce the Marijuana Regul ... |
5 interesting things we learned from the man in charge of Uruguay’s weed [11.09.2014] | Julio Calzada is the top drug official in the little nation of Uruguay, which has gained notoriety over the last year for becoming the first country ... |
Uruguay marijuana law under fire [11.09.2014] | When Uruguay's historic marijuana regulation law passed the Senate in December, it was a major victory for drug policy reform in Uruguay and around t ... |
Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work [09.09.2014] | The upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) in 2016 is an unprecedented opportunity to review and re-direct nation ... |
Former world leaders call for nations to decriminalize drug use and experiment with legalization [09.09.2014] | Drug use should be decriminalized and governments should experiment with drug legalization and regulation, a group of former world leaders argues in ... |
Bundesrat zweifelt an rechtlicher Grundlage [04.09.2014] | In Genf wird derzeit darüber nachgedacht, ob Lokale für eine kontrollierte Cannabis-Abgabe für den Eigenkonsum eingerichtet werden sollen. Auch ander ... |
Washington judge upholds small city’s pot shop ban [28.08.2014] | A state judge said that a small city can continue to ban state-licensed marijuana businesses, in a case with big implications for Washington’s experi ... |
Catalonia set to legalize medical marijuana [27.08.2014] | Catalonia is drawing up rules to allow the use of marijuana for the treatment of patients suffering from conditions with symptoms such as pain and lo ... |
This is your federalism on drugs [27.08.2014] | Conservative Republicans often talk about the need to constrain the power of the federal government. On everything from environmental regulation to e ... |
Black market boom lays bare a social divide in Colorado’s marijuana market [19.08.2014] | That the black market in Colorado bustles in the emerging days of legalisation is not unexpected. By some reckonings, it will continue as long as res ... |
Les clubs de cannabis passent un nouveau cap [18.08.2014] | Le chemin qui mène à la régularisation du cannabis se poursuit malgré les récentes réserves de l’Office fédéral de la santé publique (OFSP). «Le Cons ... |
IDPC response to the 2013 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board [14.08.2014] | The publication of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Report for 2013 took place in the context of major shifts in the drug policy land ... |
Barcelona shuts down 49 cannabis clubs [13.08.2014] | Authorities accused the clubs selling cannabis illegally and attempting to lure tourists to their premises. The Catalan federation of cannabis associ ... |
Täglich zehn Gramm von der Stadt [13.08.2014] | Schweizer Städte wollen mit der Cannabisabgabe experimentieren. Doch auf eidgenössischer Ebene scheint eine rechtliche Änderung unwahrscheinlich. «Di ... |
Uruguay delays implementation of legal framework for marijuana sale [06.08.2014] | In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize the production and sale of marijuana. But this pioneering decision is pre ... |
Repeal Prohibition, Again [27.07.2014] | It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citiz ... |
Let states decide on marijuana [25.07.2014] | Repealing the Controlled Substances Act would allow the states to decide whether to permit marijuana use and under what conditions. Nearly three-four ... |
Recreational marijuana qualifies for Oregon ballot [22.07.2014] | Oregon voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use after state elections officials said the measure qualified for the Novem ... |
Mexico legislators consider regulating marijuana to protect human rights [13.07.2014] | In Mexico, since 2006 a public security strategy has been implemented based on militarization, which has prioritized the use of force – including let ... |
Senators want minister's answers on marijuana supply issues [13.07.2014] | The senate has written to justice minister Ivo Opstelten summoning him to explain what he is doing to deal with the problem of illegal marijuana prod ... |
DEA may be losing the war on marijuana politics [11.07.2014] | The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has found itself under attack in Congress as it holds its ground against marijuana legalization while the r ... |
Catalan cannabis club chiefs held for money laundering [11.07.2014] | The heads of Fedcac, an umbrella group for Catalonia’s cannabis clubs, have been arrested on charges of money laundering. The vast amounts of money m ... |
Marijuana clubs rise out of decades-old Spanish laws [09.07.2014] | The number of cannabis clubs that have opened in Barcelona recently has some experts saying this city will soon challenge Amsterdam as the go-to dest ... |
Uruguay legal cannabis sale delayed to next year, says president [08.07.2014] | Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has said the start of legal cannabis sales will be delayed until next year due to "practical difficulties". Sales in ... |
Washington state retail marijuana shops to open Tuesday [08.07.2014] | Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday, a day ahead of the start of legal sales. And 21 hours before the only store licen ... |
Heerlen mayor criticises government marijuana policy [07.07.2014] | The Dutch government's cannabis policy has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, according to Paul Depla the mayor ... |
Canada's 'Prince of Pot' to be released from U.S. prison [06.07.2014] | When the poster child for marijuana legalization is released from a U.S. prison later this week, he'll be re-entering a world where many of his ideas ... |
La majorité se greffe au débat sur le cannabis [03.07.2014] | Le PJD est été pris de court par ces deux partis qui avaient fait de la défense de la légalisation de la culture de cannabis, et de l’appel à une amn ... |
Oui au cannabis, mais pas pour les mineurs [03.07.2014] | Comment régulariser le cannabis? Lancé en 2012, un groupe interpartis a élaboré un projet rendu public à la fin de 2013. Celui-ci pose les bases d’un ... |
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