Items tagged with european drug policy
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| High hurdles face Germany's cannabis legalization plans [22.11.2022] | The legalization of cannabis is a prestige project for the current coalition government. Berlin doesn't just intend to decriminalize the substance, b ... |
| Germany: Lauterbach outlines cannabis legalization plan [26.10.2022] | German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented his plans on the legalization of cannabis. He said that Germany's drug policy had to be renewed beca ... |
| Amsterdam mayor wants Europe to decriminalize cocaine: “War on drugs isn’t working [07.10.2022] | Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema believes that Europe should decriminalize the sale of cocaine, like various countries already allow the sale of cannabi ... |
| Could Germany’s impending cannabis legalization prop up Canada’s flagging producers? [18.09.2022] | First-mover advantage: It’s a phrase long used by Canadian cannabis companies that have spent billions of dollars to accelerate their international s ... |
| Germany’s move to legalise cannabis slows over fears of clash with EU laws [12.09.2022] | Legal hurdles are slowing down German plans to allow the controlled distribution of cannabis among adults, with fears that a badly crafted law to leg ... |
| Czechia, mulling cannabis decriminalisation, calls for joint EU action [08.09.2022] | Czech National Anti-drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil wants to strictly regulate the Czech cannabis market as cannabis sales should be decriminalised ... |
| Luxembourg leads the charge for a new European drug policy [17.07.2022] | On Friday 15 July, representatives from Germany, the Netherlands, and Malta met at Senningen Castle and agreed that they want to switch to a differen ... |
| Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’ [01.07.2022] | Germany is mulling over the consequences of soon becoming the world’s largest potential market for legally sold cannabis, as the country’s left-liber ... |
| More than half of Europeans support cannabis legalization - report [07.04.2022] | More than half of the European population support legalization of adult use of cannabis and around 30% of them are interested in purchasing it, accor ... |
| The green wave hits Europe: Recent cannabis regulation initiatives in Europe [15.03.2022] | |
| Europe should follow Malta's example on cannabis reform, says minister [09.02.2022] | Malta’s new cannabis rules should serve as a model for other European states of how to end the unnecessary prosecution of low-level drug users and st ... |
| Germany legalizes – how does Sweden act? [23.12.2021] | "Does the Swedish government see a need of acting within the EU and vis-à-vis Germany in response to the country’s plans to legalize cannabis to ensu ... |
| In first for Europe, Malta to legalize recreational marijuana, with several other countries on the cusp [13.12.2021] | “The transatlantic winds of change that have been blowing in the Americas for a while have now reached the shores in Europe,” Tom Blickman of the Ams ... |
| After Malta, Germany set to make pot mainstream [02.12.2021] | The European Union is currently a hotchpotch of different approaches to cannabis use, ranging from complete prohibition to different levels of decrim ... |
| Mettre «fin au tabou du cannabis et le dépolitiser» [26.10.2021] | Le gouvernement peut mieux faire. C'est la mention qu'attribue, ce mardi matin sur les ondes de 100,7, le Dr. Alain Origer, aux annonces concernant l ... |
| Ouvertures sur le cannabis : «Une solution insuffisante» [26.10.2021] | En Luxembourg chaque ménage sera autorisé à cultiver quatre plants. Il revient par contre aussi sur l’annonce en grande pompe de la légalisation du c ... |
| Government scales back legal cannabis plans in policy revamp [22.10.2021] | Luxembourg's governing coalition continues to drag its feet on fulfilling its election promise to legalise the production and sale of cannabis, but c ... |
| Graft, drug trafficking threaten Albania's chances of joining EU [04.10.2021] | Researcher Fatjona Mejdini states that the drug problem had its roots in 1991, when Albania went from an isolated communist dictatorship straight to ... |
| Germany: Cannabis legalization becomes election campaign issue [26.06.2021] | With watershed elections looming in Germany, some politicians are talking about a new approach to drug control. The opposition Free Democrats (FDP), ... |
| Drug use steady despite lockdowns: EU agency [09.06.2021] | The severe restrictions on movement and activities during the coronavirus pandemic had little effect on Europeans' appetite for illegal drugs in 2020 ... |
| Eyeing lucrative profits, Morocco is seeking to legalise cannabis. The main obstacle? Islamist opposition [13.05.2021] | The stakes for legalising cannabis in Morocco are rising. On 11 March, the Moroccan government approved Cannabis Legalization Framework, Bill 13-21, ... |
| Should the EU help legalize cannabis farms in Morocco? [28.04.2021] | Should draft legislation clear the final hurdles in the next few weeks, Morocco could become the second Arab country to legalize cannabis. Lebanon wa ... |
| This cannabis giant has European targets in its sights ahead of U.S. legalization frenzy, CEO says [12.04.2021] | Cannabis deals in Europe will help pot giant Aphria build up a war chest ahead of an expected frenzy of mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. High-mar ... |
| EU top court rules that CBD is not a narcotic drug [19.11.2020] | The European Union's highest court ruled today that cannabidiol (CBD) isn't a narcotic drug. The decision by the Court of Justice of the European Uni ... |
| A new EU Drug Strategy is being repared by the German presidency [08.10.2020] | The International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) sent an open letter to the members of the Horizontal Working Party on Drugs (HDG) to reject the EU Dr ... |
| Controversial new EU drug agenda puts Europe, Morocco at risk [12.09.2020] | The EU is planning to combine migration, counter-terrorism, and security in its new repressive anti-drug agenda that could have far-reaching conseque ... |
| The EU should not fight drugs but reduce harms [05.08.2020] | The European Commission has published its new EU drug strategy (now called the Drugs Agenda), which is part of a wider Security Union strategy entitl ... |
| Switzerland releases details on recreational marijuana experiment, but full legalization likely years away [17.06.2020] | The lower house of Switzerland’s Federal Assembly approved a bill paving the way for a pilot research program that would permit the temporary product ... |
| UN body preparing for December vote on WHO cannabis recommendations despite coronavirus [28.05.2020] | A document prepared by the chair of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has laid out a course to keep on track for December’s key v ... |
| EU court advises against hemp-derived oil imports ban [20.05.2020] | Prohibiting imports of cannabidiol oil (CBD) from other member states is contrary to EU law since there is no scientific evidence that hemp-based pro ... |
| European Commission proposes unified EU vote on WHO cannabis scheduling recommendations [15.01.2020] | In advance of the March session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the European Commission has proposed that EU member nations vote in fav ... |
| La légalisation du cannabis récréatif dans les limbes [04.12.2019] | Si l'usage thérapeutique du cannabis est déjà entré dans une phase de test, son emploi «à des fins récréatives» n'est pas encore à l'ordre du jour de ... |
| Cannabis sales in EU raise $13 billion for crime gangs [26.11.2019] | Europeans spent at least 11.6 billion euros (£9.9 billion) in 2017 on illegal cannabis purchases, confirming marijuana as the largest drugs market in ... |
| High time for legal cannabis in Europe? [26.09.2019] | Europe’s most commonly used illicit drug has moved from the coffee shops of Amsterdam to mainstream political debate. But EU governments remain deepl ... |
| Schneider : «Luxembourg ne sera pas le nouvel Amsterdam» [02.09.2019] | Health Minister Étienne Schneider hopes that the controlled legalization of recreational cannabis in the Grand Duchy will come into force within two ... |
| 'Time to try something else' [10.08.2019] | Luxembourg steps up preparations for new legislation to fully legalise recreational cannabis. "After decades of repressive policies, we have acknowle ... |
| Pass the Duchy: Luxembourg’s grand plan to legalize cannabis [30.07.2019] | Luxembourg has ambitions to legalize recreational cannabis and convince other European countries to do the same. The Duchy would legalize the entire ... |
| Seiveright urges European stakeholders to bolster cannabis push [27.06.2019] | Director of the Cannabis Licensing Authority, Delano Seiveright, encouraged European stakeholders to continue to pursue further cannabis-related refo ... |
| Global marijuana use rose by 60 percent over the past decade [26.06.2019] | The global story about cannabis — the most-used recreational drug in the world — is about as fuzzy as your body feels after taking your first hit. Wh ... |
| These are the countries most likely to legalize weed next [17.04.2019] | In October 2018, Canada became the second country after Uruguay—and the first G7 nation—to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Led by Prime Mi ... |
| Cannabis regulation and local authorities in Europe [31.03.2019] | Local and regional authorities across Europe are confronted with the negative consequences of a persisting illicit cannabis market. Increasingly, loc ... |
| Bankers circling Europe's growing cannabis market [05.03.2019] | Investors who are eager for the cannabis industry in Europe to emulate the boom in pot-stock listings in Canada may not have much longer to wait, jud ... |
| Cannabis in the City [01.03.2019] | Lately, there have been clear signs of a shift in governments’ approaches to recreational cannabis. Uruguay in 2013 and Canada in 2018 – as well as a ... |
| European Parliament passes cannabis resolution, joins WHO in supporting medical marijuana [13.02.2019] | Following reports about the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending a rescheduling of cannabis and several of its key components under internati ... |
| Cannabis strength doubles across Europe in 11 years [30.12.2018] | Cannabis potency has doubled across Europe in the past decade, according to the first study to track changes in the drug across the continent. The st ... |
| 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 ... |
| How 'fixing rooms' are saving the lives of drug addicts [21.11.2018] | All over Europe, every day, many thousands of people will inject heroin in drug consumption rooms. But none of these will be in the UK, where drug ad ... |
| Money launderers are taking EU to the cleaners, experts say [30.09.2018] | European Union nations may boast the world's most stringent anti-money laundering rules, but recent scandals show that criminals are good at exploiti ... |
| Big opportunities in Europe's cannabis market come with big risks [16.05.2018] | Interest is running very high among cannabis entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the prospect of an expanded European cannabis market. Europe is h ... |
| Europe is losing the fight against dirty money [02.04.2018] | Rob Wainwright, who will be leaving his post as Europol director after almost a decade, said: “One of my favorite frustrations is on financial crime ... |
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