Items tagged with regulation
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Legalization plan doesn’t include amnesty for past marijuana-convictions: Liberals [17.04.2017] | The federal plan to legalize recreational marijuana does not include the general amnesty for past pot convictions some would like to see, says Public ... |
With Spice, politicians are sleepwalking into another “war on drugs” disaster [16.04.2017] | Reefer madness is back. Only this time, it has been rebranded. Now it is Spice Nightmare that is stalking the UK, as a sinister new drug turns poor a ... |
Marijuana goes industrial in California [15.04.2017] | The vast and fertile Salinas valley is often called the salad bowl of the nation for the countless heads of lettuce growing across its floor. Now Cal ... |
Cannabis Licensing Authority begins work on Alternative Development Programme [14.04.2017] | The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has commenced work to implement an Alternative Development Programme (ADP) to include Jamaica’s traditional fa ... |
Globe editorial: The Liberals begin Canada’s countdown to legal pot [13.04.2017] | The Trudeau government has started off on the right foot down the path to legalization of cannabis. But the next 15 months or so could make or break ... |
Is this the end of the black market for marijuana? [13.04.2017] | Marijuana was criminalized in Canada in 1923. There was no debate in the House of Commons, just the statement, "There is a new drug in the schedule." ... |
Canada’s marijuana legalization plan designed to reduce criminal role in market [13.04.2017] | Stating that 94 years of prohibition were an "abject failure," the federal government has tabled long-awaited legislation to legalize marijuana for a ... |
Liberals table bills to legalize pot, clamp down on impaired driving [13.04.2017] | The Liberal government tabled legislation to end the prohibition on pot, checking off a major promise from the 2015 campaign. The plan comes with two ... |
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 ... |
Liberals set to table marijuana legislation, but key details need to be resolved [10.04.2017] | The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers ... |
Medical ganja’s slow journey irks foreign investor [09.04.2017] | A foreign investor is expressing concern that Jamaica’s delay in establishing a medical ganja industry is providing other countries with the advantag ... |
Uruguay to sell cannabis in pharmacies from July [07.04.2017] | Uruguay will begin selling cannabis in pharmacies from July, the final stage in the country's pioneering regularisation of the drug. "Cannabis will b ... |
Over-regulation impeding bloom of Jamaican cannabis industry [04.04.2017] | Over-regulation of Jamaica’s cannabis industry is deterring farmers from entering the legal market, and impeding development - indicating why drug po ... |
Bipartisan “Path to Marijuana Reform” bills introduced to decriminalize, protect, regulate cannabis industry [30.03.2017] | U.S. lawmakers introduced a package of marijuana reform bills aimed at protecting and preserving existing state-based programs while creating a frame ... |
Marijuana industry faces challenge in gaining Canadians’ trust, survey finds [29.03.2017] | Marijuana stocks may have leapt higher on the news of Ottawa’s plans to legalize the drug by next year, but the industry is facing an uphill battle i ... |
Pot legalization: Canada doesn’t need another profit-seeking drug industry [28.03.2017] | When Canadians have expressed concerns about upcoming cannabis legalization, the government has assured them that the legal cannabis industry will be ... |
Ottawa's plans for cannabis legalization may be slowed by provinces [27.03.2017] | Ottawa’s plan to legalize marijuana by next year could hit serious roadblocks across the country, as provinces and territories are expected to have d ... |
Liberals to announce marijuana will be legal by July 1, 2018 [26.03.2017] | The Liberal government will announce legislation next month that will legalize marijuana in Canada by July 1, 2018. CBC News has learned that the leg ... |
Task-force leader on legalizing marijuana urges prohibition, for now [23.03.2017] | Anne McLellan, head of an official task force that submitted recommendations to Ottawa on how best to legalize cannabis, said police everywhere shoul ... |
Expert not expecting Trump to crack down on legal marijuana [22.03.2017] | With millions of dollars hanging in the balance, supporters of Nevada’s marijuana industry have been watching Jeff Sessions with wary, worried eyes s ... |
A big thing marijuana opponents warned you about is definitely not happening [21.03.2017] | Data coming out of Washington and Colorado suggest that those states' legalization experiments, which began in earnest in 2014, are not causing any s ... |
Small ganja farmers to get help to legalise cultivation [20.03.2017] | The Government of Jamaica is to undertake a programme to help small ganja farmers benefit from a legal regulated cannabis industry. The project dubbe ... |
Kiffen auf der Kö [18.03.2017] | Düsseldorf, die Landeshauptstadt Nordrhein-Westfalens, kämpft seit Monaten sehr aktiv und kreativ um die nationale Vorreiter-Rolle in Sachen Cannabis ... |
Cannabis legislation in Europe [15.03.2017] | At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often ... |
As rebels move out of Colombia drug trade, corporations look to move in [09.03.2017] | Colombia has received billions of dollars in American aid to eradicate the drug trade. But in the coming weeks, the government says, it will begin pr ... |
Illegal marijuana shops linked to activists Marc, Jodie Emery raided across Canada [09.03.2017] | Police officers in several Canadian cities raided illegal marijuana dispensaries linked to activists Marc and Jodie Emery, charging them and several ... |
Marijuana stocks drop as Trudeau’s pot czar says Canada won’t rush into legalization [07.03.2017] | As investors flock to Canada’s burgeoning marijuana sector, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is signaling recreational pot sales aren’t imm ... |
Du cannabis bientôt disponible en pharmacie? [03.03.2017] | Une nouvelle étape vient d'être franchie vers la légalisation de la vente de cannabis: la Ville de Berne a obtenu l'aval de la commission d'éthique c ... |
Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminent [02.03.2017] | The Trump administration is causing serious paranoia among marijuana advocates with its hints of a federal crackdown on recreational use. But Attorne ... |
Sessions: More violence around marijuana than ‘one would think’ [27.02.2017] | The Justice Department will try to adopt “responsible policies” for enforcement of federal anti-marijuana laws, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, ... |
As Trump said in the campaign, leave pot to the states [27.02.2017] | In pulling back from Mr. Trump’s assurance during the campaign that states should be left to decide their own marijuana policies, White House spokesm ... |
What’s next after new Dutch cannabis cultivation bill [25.02.2017] | In a landmark decision, the lower House of the Dutch parliament voted in favour of adding cannabis cultivation to it's tolerance policy. A move that ... |
Dutch MPs vote in favour of regulated marijuana cultivation [21.02.2017] | A narrow majority backed new legislation which would regulate marijuana cultivation under government control. The vote, by 77 to 72, would allow cann ... |
Can the government impede cannabis regulation in Spain? [17.02.2017] | Is cannabis regulation possible with a prohibitionist government in Spain? Cooperation between various forces in Congress, changes in public attitude ... |
Just how mainstream is marijuana? [17.02.2017] | Time to dispel any doubts you may still have that marijuana reform is truly a mainstream political issue. This week, a bipartisan group of U.S. repre ... |
Cities have right to regulate marijuana dispensaries: B.C. Supreme Court [16.02.2017] | Cities have the right to deny business licences to illegal marijuana dispensaries and to prohibit the cultivation or sale of marijuana through their ... |
Marijuana health trends mostly positive but still bear watching [01.02.2017] | Marijuana-related emergency room visits dropped, accidental poisonings are down and recreational marijuana failed to bring a much-feared spike in ado ... |
Wie Düsseldorf Cannabis legalisieren will [31.01.2017] | Düsseldorf will als erste deutsche Stadt Verkauf und Konsum von Cannabis legalisieren. Dem Körper ist es egal, wie die Droge erworben wurde, meint Ge ... |
‘Building the airplane while it’s being flown’ [30.01.2017] | In the outskirts of Sacramento, a handful of government workers face a daunting task: By next year, craft regulations and rules that will govern Cali ... |
High time for change: Flemish academics make case for legal marijuana [26.01.2017] | The simple realisation that federal drug policies are failing is what motivated the three academics – Paul De Grauwe, Jan Tytgat and Tom Decorte, eac ... |
Preston’s first cannabis club to challenge Home Office [25.01.2017] | Mike Dobson, a self-confessed cannabis user for 25 years, is seeking a judicial review following the Home Office’s refusal to issue a licence to allo ... |
Delays in Uruguay marijuana law leave door ajar for drug trafficking [23.01.2017] | Three years after Uruguay became the first South American country to create a legal market for marijuana, seven out of every ten cannabis consumers s ... |
Seiveright urges ganja farmers to look beyond ‘so so weed’ [19.01.2017] | Delano Seiveright, a director of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), says that ganja growers should look beyond farming “so so weed” in seeking t ... |
A new era for cannabis clubs in Spain [13.01.2017] | Following the Supreme Court's judgements against cannabis clubs in 2015, ordinary courts have started interpreting them. Spain's major clubs, above a ... |
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 ... |
Canada’s marijuana industry needs innovation to thrive, not protection [11.01.2017] | The Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation did not say, “create a marijuana marketing board.” Yet its recommendations would, if implemen ... |
Governor introduces bill to legalize recreational marijuana [10.01.2017] | As promised and just in the second week into the new year, Governor Eddie Calvo of Guam has introduced legislation for the recreational use of mariju ... |
Cannabis : 150 personnalités marseillaises demandent la "légalisation contrôlée" [08.01.2017] | Ils veulent la fin de la "prohibition du cannabis" qui est pour eux "un échec". 150 personnalités marseillaises, dont les députés socialistes Patrick ... |
Gang-ravaged Mexico stuck in weed ban as U.S. opens up [29.12.2016] | Mexican advocates for drug reform are voicing alarm about the country's widening gap with the United States on marijuana legislation, as criminal vio ... |
Mexican attitudes to marijuana mellow [24.12.2016] | In november 57% of Californians voted to legalise the growing and use of marijuana for recreational purposes. Liberalisation in the most populous bor ... |
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