Items tagged with decriminalization
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| Argentina [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug laws and legislative trends in Argentina Trend Following the Supreme Court judgement known as the Arriola Ruling, the progressive tr ... |
| Colombia [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug laws, legislative trends and drug policies in Colombia Colombia is in the midst of a peace process with the guerrilla groups, which ... |
| Comparing models of drug decriminalisation [31.12.2019] | Decriminalisation refers to the repeal of laws and policies that define drug use and/or the possession of drugs for personal use as a criminal offenc ... |
| The UN Drug Control Conventions [31.12.2019] | For more than ten years, TNI’s Drugs & Democracy programme has been studying the UN drug control conventions and the institutional architecture of th ... |
| Mexico's president wants to change how the drug war is fought, and he may be heading for a showdown with Trump [16.05.2019] | Mexico's drug policies could be in for some sweeping changes, and with them the country's relations with the United States. President Andres Manuel L ... |
| High expectations for ganja in St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua [10.05.2019] | American businessman, Chase Ergen and Greek billionaire, Alki David, have formed a consortium aimed at developing the cannabis business in the Easter ... |
| Is it possible the decriminalization of drugs in Mexico? [10.05.2019] | The presentation of the National Development Plan (NDP) by the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has put on the table again the issue ... |
| Mexico wants to decriminalize all drugs and negotiate with the U.S. to do the same [09.05.2019] | Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrado released a new plan that called for radical reform to the nation’s drug laws and negotiating with the U ... |
| Denver voters approve measure to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms [08.05.2019] | Voters in Denver, Colorado, made their city the first in the U.S. to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms by approving a ballot measure on the issue. ... |
| Swiss health commission calls for legalisation of cannabis [30.04.2019] | The Federal Commission for Addiction Issues said that cannabis use in Switzerland had not changed significantly in the past ten years. Despite its po ... |
| Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for Belgium [29.04.2019] | Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for the Belgian State, reports Le Soir, citing a study by the Groupe du Vendredi. The thin ... |
| Cannabis being decriminalised by back door, MPs warn [27.04.2019] | Police have been accused of decriminalising cannabis by stealth as forces recorded a drop in possession offences of up to 75 per cent in a decade. Mo ... |
| ‘You can’t arrest your way out of record drug-related deaths,’ say police [24.04.2019] | In what is effectively de facto drug decriminalisation, people caught in possession of personal amounts of controlled substances in a number of polic ... |
| B.C.’s chief health officer calls for decriminalization of illicit drugs [24.04.2019] | British Columbia’s top public health officer is urging the province to decriminalize people who use and possess small amounts of illicit drugs in the ... |
| Calls for drug law reform in Sweden as drug deaths continue unabated [18.04.2019] | The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce drug deaths. Swede ... |
| Jamaica’s cannabis gamble [17.04.2019] | Jamaica is starting to think of cannabis as an opportunity. Uruguay, Canada and ten American states have legalised it for recreational use. Ganja, as ... |
| Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night [31.03.2019] | Marijuana possession will be partially decriminalized at midnight Sunday night when a plan two years in the making goes into effect, replacing crimin ... |
| Majority of parties support re-evaluating Sweden's strict drug policies [30.03.2019] | Drug laws in Sweden have not been evaluated in decades, even as the country’s harsh approach has left it increasingly isolated from its neighbours. A ... |
| The UN Chief Executives Board unanimously endorses decriminalisation of people who use drugs [11.03.2019] | The Chief Executives Board of the UN, representing 31 UN agencies, has adopted a common position on drug policy that endorses decriminalisation of po ... |
| Legalisation: the chance to right wrongs [01.03.2019] | If New Zealand votes to legalise cannabis in 2020’s binding referendum, we will have a unique opportunity on our hands. Creating a licit market from ... |
| Portugal rejects recreational cannabis, as medical becomes legal [26.02.2019] | The Portuguese parliament has rejected two proposals to legalise the cultivation and sale of cannabis for recreational purposes. The first proposal, ... |
| St Kitts-Nevis joins 'ganja train' Gov't accepts recommendations on use of marijuana in federation [22.02.2019] | The St Kitts-Nevis Government says it will consider and consult further on creating the framework for the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes aft ... |
| Slowing the legal weed freight train [12.02.2019] | Sabet's strategy for sabotaging legalization is to offer legislators what he calls "a true decriminalization and justice" bill, which would do away w ... |
| History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren’t [30.01.2019] | Drug-related offences take up a lot of the resources within Australia’s criminal justice system. In 2016–17 law enforcement made 113,533 illicit drug ... |
| Luxembourg in talks with Canada over how to legalise recreational cannabis [16.01.2019] | Discussions between Luxembourg and Canada are under way to establish how the Grand Duchy will legalise cannabis and sell the drug for recreational us ... |
| AG: Marijuana consultations to start this month [14.01.2019] | Public consultations on the decriminalisation of marijuana in Trinidad and Tobago will begin on January 23. Despite calls for the drug to be legalise ... |
| AMOR: Legalise marijuana [10.01.2019] | All Mansions Of Rastafari (AMOR) said it was not enough to decriminalise marijuana in Trinidad and Tobago, but it should also be legalised. Attorney ... |
| Cannabis smokers will register with State under proposed reform [10.01.2019] | Cannabis smokers in Malta will be asked to register with the government once a reform of the country's cannabis rules is implemented. “Government wil ... |
| Decriminalisation of marijuana in T&T by June 2019 says Rowley [22.12.2018] | Marijuana should decriminalised in Trinidad and Tobago by mid-2019. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley made the revelation while speaking with reporters ... |
| New Zealand to hold referendum on legalising recreational cannabis [18.12.2018] | New Zealand will hold a referendum on whether to legalise cannabis for recreational use at the general election in 2020, a week after legalising cann ... |
| Thames Valley Police 'won't arrest drug users' in pilot [17.12.2018] | People found with "small quantities of illegal drugs" will not be arrested and instead urged to engage with support services, as part of a police pil ... |
| Government likely to reject proposal on growing, possessing marihuana [15.12.2018] | The government is likely to reject a proposal from a group of MPs from six parties to further legalise marihuana, the Czech news agency ČTK reports. ... |
| St Vincent Parliament approves legislation decriminalising marijuana [14.12.2018] | St Vincent and the Grenadines has become the first Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member to pass legislation allowing for the decrim ... |
| Safer opioids actively being reviewed for epidemic: chief public health officer [12.12.2018] | Public health officials across Canada are seriously considering increasing the supply of safer opioids to quell a crisis that newly released data sho ... |
| There will be no household limit on number of legal cannabis plants [10.12.2018] | Sharehouses in Canberra could be teeming with pot plants when cannabis is legalised next year, with no household limits on the number of plants permi ... |
| Barbados PM comments on decriminalisation of marijuana [08.12.2018] | The Barbados government says it will soon develop a framework for medical cannabis, even as it noted that decriminalisation of marijuana for recreati ... |
| France introduces fixed fine for drug use [25.11.2018] | The French Assemblée Nationale has voted to introduce a fixed €200 fine for the use of narcotics - and cannabis in particular - in an effort to step ... |
| Cannabis : l’Assemblée adopte la création d’une amende forfaitaire [24.11.2018] | L’Assemblée nationale a voté la création d’une amende forfaitaire de 200 euros pour sanctionner l’usage illicite de stupéfiants, jusqu’alors réprimé ... |
| Harm reduction is the right way to treat drug abuse [24.11.2018] | Portugal’s policies are based on “harm reduction” approaches pioneered in countries such as Switzerland in the 1980s. The idea is to emphasise treatm ... |
| Marijuana bill due before Antigua-Barbuda parliament before Christmas [24.11.2018] | A bill that will allow residents to possess and use small quantities of marijuana will go before parliament on 12 December for the first time. Accord ... |
| Drug law reform comes to Mexico [15.11.2018] | Last month, Mexico’s Supreme Court handed down two decisions that effectively overturned Mexico’s longstanding ban on the personal use of marijuana. ... |
| Des associations étrillent le projet d’amende pour usage de stupéfiants [14.11.2018] | Réforme « inutile et injuste », « combat d’arrière-garde », « échec annoncé »… Les représentants de huit organisations ont étrillé le projet de créat ... |
| Police drugs lead 'impressed' by cannabis clubs [13.11.2018] | Hardyal Dhindsa, who is the lead on substance abuse for the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, has said the war on drugs is not working. ... |
| Majority of British public support legalisation of cannabis, survey reveals [29.10.2018] | The British public strongly supports the legalisation of cannabis, according to a new poll. Fifty-nine per cent of people surveyed strongly support o ... |
| What the Dutch can teach the world about cannabis [26.10.2018] | On October 17, Canada became the first large economy to legalise recreational weed. (Uruguay blazed the trail in 2013.) From November 1, doctors can ... |
| Egypt MP pushes for cannabis decriminalisation, faces backlash [16.10.2018] | An Egyptian MP has proposed a draft law that would see users of drugs such as cannabis and tramadol receive therapeutic treatment rather than face pr ... |
| Support grows for marijuana decriminalisation across region [16.10.2018] | The chairperson of the Caricom Regional Commission on Marijuana Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine says there's much support across the region for th ... |
| Should Punjab government legalise opium? Here's what leaders have to say [03.10.2018] | Consuming opium and poppy husk is not considered bad in Punjab. It is called 'kali nagini ' (black female serpent) and people from all walks of life ... |
| History of dagga in SA shows its decriminalisation is overdue [25.09.2018] | The Constitutional Court's decision that citizens are permitted to use dagga in private turned the clock back 96 years. Before it was declared a proh ... |
| South African court frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past [23.09.2018] | A ruling by the South African Constitutional Court opens the way for decriminalising private use of cannabis, locally known as “dagga”. It marks a de ... |
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