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  • A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers

    Friday, 16 April 2021
    A Sustainable Future for Cannabis Farmers

    Learn how lessening the barriers for small farmers while raising them for large companies can help to steer legal cannabis markets in a more sustainable and equitable direction based on principles of ...

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    corporate capture | eswatini | africa | fair trade | st vincent and grenadines | indonesia | south africa | ghana | lebanon | cannabis industry | jamaica | thailand | cannabinoids | morocco | medical cannabis | CND | UNODC | alternative development | cannabis | INCB | UN drug control | mexico | colombia
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  • Police uncovers 'wee' enclave in Volta Region

    Thursday, 11 June 2020
    Police uncovers 'wee' enclave in Volta Region

    The Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service has recently uncovered hundreds of acres of farmland dedicated to the cultivation of plants suspecte ...

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    ghana | law enforcement | eradication | cannabis
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  • Parliament of Ghana passes historic new drug law, paving the way for a West African approach

    Sunday, 05 April 2020
    Parliament of Ghana passes historic new drug law, paving the way for a West African approach

    On Friday, 20th March, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Narcotics Control Commission Bill into law. This brought great excitement to many who have been following the legislative process since 2015, ...

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    africa | ghana | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • Why the 'legalization' of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think it is

    Saturday, 21 March 2020
    Why the 'legalization' of cannabis is not what Ghanaians think it is

    Parliament passed the new Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019, which enhanced the powers of the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) to oversee the industrial use of some narcotic substances ...

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    africa | hemp | ghana | medical cannabis | legalization | cannabis
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  • Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes

    Saturday, 21 March 2020
    Ghana legalizes cannabis for health and industrial purposes

    Ghana has legalized the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes as it joins other African countries hoping to derive economic and health benefits from the substance. On Friday the country’ ...

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    africa | hemp | ghana | medical cannabis | legalization
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  • Decriminalization of personal use is a responsible pathway to controlling drugs

    Wednesday, 06 November 2019
    Decriminalization of personal use is a responsible pathway to controlling drugs

    Similar to other countries in the region, Ghana is experiencing growing drug availability, trafficking and consumption. This phenomenon, more and more visible and problematic for a decade now, is rel ...

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    ghana | law enforcement | decriminalization
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  • Former Nigerian leader Obasanjo urges West African govts to decriminalise drugs

    Tuesday, 11 September 2018
    Former Nigerian leader Obasanjo urges West African govts to decriminalise drugs

    West African governments should overhaul their drug laws to decriminalise personal use and prioritise treatment as a response to rising substance abuse in the region, former Nigerian president Oluseg ...

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  • NACOB calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use

    Tuesday, 31 July 2018
    NACOB calls for decriminalisation of narcotic drug use

    The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) of Ghana, Mr Michael Addo, has called for the decriminalisation of narcotic drug use. According to him, suppliers and producers o ...

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  • There’s an opioid abuse problem unfolding in African cities and it’s not getting the attention it needs

    Friday, 16 March 2018
    There’s an opioid abuse problem unfolding in African cities and it’s not getting the attention it needs

    Africa remains one of the regions least served with effective pain relief medicine and although Tramadol is not the strongest of analgesics, it is a darling on prescription lists. That’s because unli ...

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    tramadol | opioids | egypt | ghana | essential medicines | WHO
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  • Ghana’s bold step away from the ‘war on drugs’

    Friday, 13 October 2017
    Ghana’s bold step away from the ‘war on drugs’

    Ghana is poised to become the first African country, and the first country outside of Europe and the Americas, to decriminalise the personal possession and use of all illegal drugs. Ghana’s Narcotics ...

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    south africa | ghana | decriminalization
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  • The green gold rush: Could Africa be on the verge of a weed race?

    Monday, 09 October 2017
    The green gold rush: Could Africa be on the verge of a weed race?

    Several African governments are considering tapping a lucrative natural resource. More than 10,000 tons of cannabis are produced on the continent each year, according to a UN survey, which advocates ...

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    lesotho | south africa | ghana | morocco | medical cannabis | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • Marijuana users must be rehabilitated not jailed – NACOB boss

    Saturday, 06 August 2016
    Marijuana users must be rehabilitated not jailed – NACOB boss

    The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Yaw Akrasi Sarpong believes a lenient paradigm shift is needed in the approach of law enforcement to crimes involving marijuana. Mr. Sa ...

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    ghana | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • The journey to decriminalization

    Friday, 24 June 2016
    The journey to decriminalization

    There is a significant academic debate about decriminalization of marijuana in Ghana, and this has received some degree of political and public support. Some have argued that decriminalization will o ...

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    ghana | cannabis | proportionality | decriminalization
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  • Ghana to decriminalize narcotics?

    Thursday, 10 March 2016
    Ghana to decriminalize narcotics?

    The United Nations is due to hold a special session on drug policy in April and one of Ghana's most famous sons, Kofi Annan, has already weighed into a heated debate. Annan, who served as UN Secretar ...

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  • West Africa: Forging a West African consensus on UNGASS

    Sunday, 31 January 2016
    West Africa: Forging a West African consensus on UNGASS

    A news story cited Ghana's Deputy Superintendent of Police, David Selom Hukportie, as bemoaning the formidable challenges he faces trying to destroy marijuana farms across the country. Mr. Hukportie, ...

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    ghana | 2016 UNGASS | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • Decriminalise cannabis; consider its commercial benefits - Akrasi-Sarpong

    Tuesday, 28 July 2015
    Decriminalise cannabis; consider its commercial benefits - Akrasi-Sarpong

    Yaw Akrasi-Sarpong, Executive Secretary of the Narcotics Control Board, called for an open debate with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), to join in on-going global debates on the drug issue. He adv ...

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    ghana | conventions | cannabis | decriminalization
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  • European Cannabis Policies Under Attack

    Monday, 01 April 2002
    European Cannabis Policies Under Attack

    A strong attack against the European practice of 'leniency' regarding cannabis use and possession took place at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) session (11-15 March, 2002) in Vi ...

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    egypt | indonesia | ghana | india | conventions | CND | cannabis | INCB | UN drug control
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Drugs in the News

  • In blow for cannabis advocates, Italy's high court blocks referendum
    16.02.2022
  • Schumer asks for input as Democrats finalize cannabis bill
    10.02.2022
  • Europe should follow Malta's example on cannabis reform, says minister
    09.02.2022
  • Scotland's drug deaths: Consumption room pilot on track despite warning over legal barriers
    02.02.2022
  • A cannabis monopoly asteroid is coming
    01.02.2022
  • Can delta-8 THC provide some of the benefits of pot – with less paranoia and anxiety?
    31.01.2022
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Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions to facilitate cannabis regulation


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Morocco and Cannabis

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The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition

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