Items tagged with cannabis
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| Breaking the Silence [01.10.2011] | This brief report outlines the links between cannabis prohibition in British Columbia (Canada) and the growth of organized crime and related violence ... |
| Dutch city's coffee shops close doors to most cannabis tourists [01.10.2011] | Coffee shops in the Dutch city of Maastricht have banned foreign tourists, except those from Germany and Belgium, from entering their premises. "A nu ... |
| Medical marijuana law under review [29.09.2011] | Health Canada began two days of closed-door talks Wednesday about changes to the controversial medical marijuana law that has faced legal challenges ... |
| Four pot smokers get their stash from U.S. government under little-known program [28.09.2011] | For the past three decades, Uncle Sam has been providing patients with some of the highest grade marijuana around as part of a little-known program t ... |
| Scientist's research produces a dangerous high [28.09.2011] | John W. Huffman, a professor of organic chemistry, unwittingly contributed to the spread of "designer marijuana" so potent that the Drug Enforcement ... |
| Canada needs a more realistic public health approach to cannabis, study finds [23.09.2011] | Canada's existing public health approach to cannabis use is unrealistic and should be adjusted to reflect the way the system approaches alcohol. An a ... |
| US teens smoke more pot than Dutch [21.09.2011] | A new study, What Can We Learn from the Dutch Cannabis Coffeeshop System?, published in the journal Addiction earlier this month challenged the Unite ... |
| State Dems back marijuana-legalization initiative [19.09.2011] | The Washington State Democratic Central Committee threw its support behind a marijuana legalization initiative this weekend, calling the continuing p ... |
| Medical pot OK in Seattle, in trouble in Spokane [18.09.2011] | The largest federal crackdown in the 13-year history of the state medical-marijuana law has sent Spokane's once-open medical-marijuana businesses div ... |
| Czech Health Ministry signals steps to legalize medical marijuana [14.09.2011] | The Czech Ministry of Health has indicated that it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and allow it to be prescribed by doctors for ... |
| Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Canada (LRCUG) [01.09.2011] | More than one in ten adults – and about one in three young adults – report past year cannabis use in Canada. While cannabis use is associated with a ... |
| The return of the underground retail cannabis market? [01.09.2011] | The sale of cannabis to persons aged 18 or older is permitted in the Netherlands under certain conditions in commercial establishments called coffees ... |
| With few rules, pot dispensaries try policing themselves [26.08.2011] | In the absence of government regulation, the local medical-marijuana industry increasingly is trying to professionalize the industry with such self-po ... |
| Buzz Kill: Marijuana Genome Sequenced For Health, Not Highs [19.08.2011] | Stoners and scientists alike may be stoked to learn that a startup biotech company has completed the DNA sequence of Cannabis sativa, or marijuana. B ... |
| France and marijuana: an altered state [16.08.2011] | Should the use of cannabis be legalised to end the dealing that has poisoned life in France's banlieues, and to guarantee the quality of a substance ... |
| Majority of Americans ready to legalize marijuana [09.08.2011] | Many Americans continue to believe that marijuana should be legalized, but are not supportive of making other drugs readily available, a new Angus Re ... |
| Medical marijuana: The Justice Department speaks – again [08.08.2011] | Medical marijuana suppliers complain that the Justice Department is tightening the federal government's approach to enforcement. That's a disingenuou ... |
| A miscarriage of justice on marijuana [04.08.2011] | As if America's highly-publicised "war on drugs" were not already facing a credibility gap, two US superior court judges – one in Washington, DC, ano ... |
| Liberal Democrats want inquiry into decriminalising drug possession [04.08.2011] | Liberal Democrats are expected to call for an independent inquiry into the decriminalisation of possession of all drugs. A motion to be put at the pa ... |
| A French economist argues for the legalization of cannabis [02.08.2011] | University of Paris economist Pierre Kopp wants to legalize marijuana for entirely economic reasons. Kopp tells Le Monde : "For economists, the publi ... |
| Former Mexican president urges legalizing drugs [27.07.2011] | Part of the solution to end drug violence in Mexico should include legalizing drugs like marijuana for personal use, according to former President Vi ... |
| The Pot Republic [26.07.2011] | The bulk of the marijuana consumed in the United States used to come across the border from Mexico, Canada and elsewhere. Now, more than half of it i ... |
| New California marijuana ballot measure starts circulating [25.07.2011] | A new marijuana legalization ballot measure was cleared Monday to start seeking petition signatures. But its proponents aren't affiliated with the Oa ... |
| Legal Marijuana in Arizona, but Not for the Sellers [22.07.2011] | Voters narrowly approved a ballot initiative last November allowing medical marijuana in the state, but the result has been just the opposite of an o ... |
| New medical pot law in Wash. brings uncertainty [21.07.2011] | The uncertainty comes after lawmakers worked for months on a plan that would help clear up the state's medical marijuana laws. The Legislature approv ... |
| Seattle's Marijuana-Garden Ordinance: The New Don't Ask, Don't Tell [21.07.2011] | Like every section that's left of the mostly vetoed medical-marijuana-reform law that passed in April, section 403 is vague, confusing, and inadequat ... |
| New federal memo on medical marijuana stirs angst [18.07.2011] | In October 2009, medical marijuana advocates celebrated a U.S. Department of Justice memo declaring that federal authorities wouldn't target the lega ... |
| Seattle to license, tax medical marijuana gardens [18.07.2011] | The Seattle City Council unanimously passed rules Monday requiring that medical marijuana operations be licensed, obtain food-handling permits if the ... |
| Despite Legalization in New Jersey, Medical Marijuana Remains Out of Reach [17.07.2011] | In the last few months, officials in New Jersey, as well as several other states, have said that mixed signals from the Obama administration have lef ... |
| Medical Marijuana: A Science-Free Zone At The White House [15.07.2011] | President Obama came into office promising to reverse George W. Bush administration practices and elevate science over politics. He explicitly applie ... |
| Amsterdam's 'no toking' signs set to become more of a collector's item after legal setback [13.07.2011] | After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam will likely have to stub out the "no toking" signs it introduced in a crackdown ... |
| Defending providers of medical marijuana [13.07.2011] | A committee of the Seattle City Council grappled Wednesday with a proposed ordinance for medical-marijuana cooperatives. It would be much easier for ... |
| U.S. decrees that marijuana has no accepted medical use [09.07.2011] | Marijuana has been approved by California, many other states and the nation's capital to treat a range of illnesses, but in a decision the federal go ... |
| A Puff in Paris [06.07.2011] | Napoleon's troops first brought over the mysterious dried leaf called hashish from Egypt in the early 1800s. Soon, it was being sold in pharmacies ac ... |
| Let states enact their own marijuana policies [06.07.2011] | Let's be clear: HR 2306, the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011, proposed by Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul, does not "legalize drugs" ... |
| Medical-pot shops feel heat amid new laws, federal prosecution warning [04.07.2011] | Colorado's medical-marijuana industry took a battering from all sides, as new laws restricting the businesses took effect and the Obama administratio ... |
| California medical marijuana growers face pressure [02.07.2011] | A new Obama administration memo approves federal prosecution of anyone in the business of growing or supplying marijuana for medical patients even if ... |
| Justice Department "Clarifies" Stance on Medical Marijuana: It's Illegal And They Will Arrest You [01.07.2011] | For a few weeks now, medical marijuana activists have been waiting for Attorney General Eric Holder to "re-clarify" exactly what the Justice Departme ... |
| Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops? [28.06.2011] | Under legislation spearheaded by the conservative government, only Dutch residents will be allowed to enter cannabis-selling coffeeshops. The Dutch g ... |
| Let the states decide their own marijuana policies [28.06.2011] | The bipartisan measure -- H.R. 2306, the 'Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011' and sponsored by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank and ... |
| Analysis: Mexican ex-presidents lead debate on legalizing drugs [24.06.2011] | Once praised lavishly by the United States for waging a war on drugs, Mexico's last two presidents now say legalizing them may be the best way to end ... |
| Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition [23.06.2011] | The bill introduced today would allow states to determine their own marijuana laws -- not just medical marijuana laws -- without federal interference ... |
| Marijuana bill officially introduced to Congress by Ron Paul, Barney Frank [23.06.2011] | Marijuana laws should be set at the state, not federal, level, Reps. Ron Paul and Barney Frank argued in a bill they introduced Thursday. The goal of ... |
| 4 Hopeful Signs in the Fight Against Disastrous Drug War, Including a New Bill to End Federal Pot Prohibition [23.06.2011] | It's been forty years since President Nixon declared a "war on drugs." And we're not winning. In local communities, Black and Latino men are being si ... |
| Legalize marijuana in Washington state [22.06.2011] | Marijuana should be legalized, regulated, taxed and made available for sale to adults. Prohibition has failed. It fuels criminal gangs. It fills the ... |
| Marijuana-initiative backers say state could lead change [22.06.2011] | Washington state would be defying federal drug laws if an initiative filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State to legalize and regulate marijuana i ... |
| Former U.S. attorney McKay backs effort to legalize pot in Washington [21.06.2011] | A coalition that includes former U.S. Attorney John McKay, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and travel guide Rick Steves is launching an initiative ... |
| The fiscal case for legalising marijuana [20.06.2011] | Across the United States, people struggling with chronic illness increasingly are questioning US policy toward marijuana, a homeopathic substance tha ... |
| Brazilian demonstrations call for legal marijuana [19.06.2011] | Brazilian demonstrators held marches on the weekend calling for marijuana to be legalized after the country's top court ruled the gatherings could go ... |
| Raft of marijuana legislation highlights a murky regulatory climate [17.06.2011] | California lawmakers are looking at a range of bills to expand, contract or change state marijuana laws. Legalization proponents say it reflects a po ... |
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