Items tagged with legalization
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| Federal prosecutors maintain hard line on pot as legalization looms [21.02.2016] | As Canada heads toward a new era of legal marijuana use, federal prosecutors are still trying to jail people who grow small amounts of cannabis in th ... |
| Ex-NSW DPP boss pushes to legalise drugs [18.02.2016] | Former NSW director of public prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery joined federal Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale to call on Australian governmen ... |
| Marijuana legalization unlikely to blame for Denver crime increase [17.02.2016] | Marijuana policy experts and Colorado officials urge caution when trying to grade legalization’s impacts. But there is one thing that legalization su ... |
| The right way to do drugs [12.02.2016] | It is like a hash-induced hallucination: row upon row of lush, budding plants, tended by white-coated technicians who are bothered by the authorities ... |
| Scholars, politicians kick off debate on legalising drug sale [05.02.2016] | With less than a year before the Assembly elections, several civil society activists, scholars and politicians — for the first time — have joined han ... |
| Canada’s medical pot producers set sights on recreational users [28.01.2016] | Canada’s producers of medical marijuana are sitting on a seven-tonne stash of weed, with the inventory steadily growing as supply exceeds demand in t ... |
| Key lawmaker urges Mexico to legalize marijuana [24.01.2016] | The President of Chamber of Deputies Jesus Zambrano said that Mexico should move ahead with entirely permitting marijuana usage. Mexico should follow ... |
| Legalizing marijuana will come with strict controls, MP Bill Blair says [11.01.2016] | Liberal MP Bill Blair wants to make it clear the growth and sale of legal marijuana in Canada will not be a free-for-all. In an interview, the chief ... |
| Ex-colleague will lobby MP Bill Blair to restrict field of pot growers [10.01.2016] | A former high-ranking colleague and friend of MP Bill Blair, the Liberal government's point man on marijuana legalization, will lobby the ex-Toronto ... |
| Vermont governor wants legislation to legalize marijuana [08.01.2016] | Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin said he would seek to legalize marijuana through the legislative process, instead of through the ballot box, for the f ... |
| Marijuana plan backed by billionaire Sean Parker on path to California ballot [06.01.2016] | A plan backed by Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker to legalize recreational use of marijuana in California is on the path to the November ballot ... |
| Legalizing pot in Canada will run afoul of global treaties, Trudeau warned [04.01.2016] | The Liberal government will have to do substantial work on the international stage before it can follow through on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pr ... |
| The right (and wrong) way to legalize cannabis [22.12.2015] | The Trudeau government’s proposal to legalize cannabis will no doubt generate heated debate. The question of how to legalize is likely to receive les ... |
| Justin Trudeau and the cannabis factory [18.12.2015] | Many consumers obtain their marijuana through storefront "dispensaries", which have sprung up across Canada, encouraged by liberalisation in the Unit ... |
| California’s leading legalization initiative gathers momentum [07.12.2015] | California’s leading legalization initiative is gathering momentum, and has announced amendments that add input from hundreds of stakeholders. Propon ... |
| Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot [05.12.2015] | The new Liberal government has promised to act quickly to legalize marijuana for general use, which would make Canada the first Group of 20 country t ... |
| Mexico president open to debate about legalising marijuana after court ruling [08.11.2015] | President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico has said he opposes any eventual legalisation of marijuana, five days after Mexico’s supreme court ruled in fa ... |
| US endorses Mexico’s marijuana legalization ruling [08.11.2015] | The United States has backed a decision made by Mexico’s Supreme Court that paves the way for the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes ... |
| Ruling in Mexico sets into motion legal marijuana [04.11.2015] | The Supreme Court opened the door to legalizing marijuana, delivering a pointed challenge to Mexico’s strict substance abuse laws and adding its weig ... |
| Ohio vote was against monopoly not marijuana, say campaigners [03.11.2015] | Marijuana legalization advocates in Ohio are turning their attention to 2016, after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to legalize recreation ... |
| Could Iran be the next country to legalise cannabis and opium? [21.10.2015] | After Uruguay courageously legalised the use of cannabis under a new drug policy, could Iran be the next country to make it legal? From the outside, ... |
| In U.S., 58% back legal marijuana use [21.10.2015] | A majority of Americans continue to say marijuana use should be legal in the United States, with 58% holding that view, tying the high point in Gallu ... |
| Pot legalization looks certain for Canada [20.10.2015] | Carrying a torch for marijuana legalization, the Liberal Party of Canada emerged like a phoenix from parliamentary election to an absolute majority i ... |
| Canada's newly elected Liberals may legalize marijuana [19.10.2015] | With the Liberal Party's electoral victory in Canada, the US's northern neighbors could soon undertake an enormous change in drug policy: marijuana l ... |
| Mexico supreme court to discuss legalizing recreational marijuana [16.10.2015] | Mexico's supreme court plans to discuss a proposal that could effectively legalize the consumption and production of marijuana for recreational use i ... |
| Marijuana legalization urged for open debate [11.10.2015] | Marijuana has emerged as an issue in the federal election campaign in Canada. The Liberals promise legalization, the NDP pledge at least to decrimina ... |
| Oregon marijuana legalization challenges US drug policy [02.10.2015] | Oregon joined Colorado and Washington in implementing a commercial cannabis market. Alaska, which also legalized marijuana through a ballot initiativ ... |
| Mexico lost its war on drugs 75 years ago, author claims [25.08.2015] | Mexico’s drug trade is synonymous with violence, corruption and cartel bosses battling for territory. But it could have been so different, it’s claim ... |
| Despite petition, government has no plans to legalise cannabis [24.08.2015] | The government has responded to a 200,000-strong petition calling for the legalisation of cannabis in the UK by saying it has no plans to change the ... |
| Legalizing cannabis in India: Is it time the Parliament starts talking about it? [24.08.2015] | There have been a lot of arguments for decriminalizing marijuana consumption from multiple reports in the Times of India to online petitions and Face ... |
| Düsseldorf moots cannabis legalization [21.08.2015] | City councillors in Düsseldorf, capital of Germany's most populous state, are following Berlin in planning a pilot project in which cannabis could be ... |
| Düsseldorf will Verkauf von Cannabis legalisieren [20.08.2015] | Im Rathaus Düsseldorf gibt es eine große Mehrheit für die Legalisierung von Cannabis: Nach einer hitzigen Debatte beschloss die Ampelkoalition aus SP ... |
| Ohio prepares to vote on marijuana legalization: which states will be next? [16.08.2015] | Thus far, Ohio is the only state where voters will consider pot legalization in the 2015 election. But that’s not because many states aren’t already ... |
| Tories' false claims about pot laws put youth at risk: drug policy centre [11.08.2015] | Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has made Canada’s approach to marijuana laws an election issue, contrasting his government’s tough approach agains ... |
| Surprising news about teens, marijuana, and health issues. It’s all good [05.08.2015] | With the widespread availability of marijuana in recent years thanks to its legalization in a growing number of states, there has been increasing con ... |
| State of the Evidence: Cannabis Use and Regulation [31.07.2015] | As more and more jurisdictions reconsider their cannabis policies, the public discourse is filled with conflicting evidence about the impacts of cann ... |
| Is Italy about to legalize cannabis? [27.07.2015] | Under a new law proposal in Italy, people over the age of 18 could cultivate up to five plants at home and growers could set up social clubs involvin ... |
| Cannabis petition forces MPs to consider debating legalisation [24.07.2015] | A petition calling for the total legalisation of cannabis in the UK has been signed by more than 125,000 people in just four days. The response to an ... |
| Italy takes step toward legalizing pot [15.07.2015] | Italy took a first step toward legalization of pot, leading Europe in what would be a groundbreaking change. The Intergrupo Parlamentare Cannabis Leg ... |
| Uruguay cannabis market still struggles for legitimacy a year after historic ruling [12.07.2015] | In May 2014, then-president Mujica signed far-reaching regulations for Uruguay’s marijuana market, making the nation the first country in the world t ... |
| No to the cultivation of cannabis in Morocco: Interior Minister [30.06.2015] | The Moroccan Minister of Interior, Mohamed Hassad said that the Moroccan government will not authorize the cultivation of cannabis in the country. "T ... |
| So you want to legalize weed? [27.06.2015] | Up and down the Western Hemisphere, marijuana policy is a growing topic of discussion, and laws are starting to change. In 2014, retail marijuana sto ... |
| Using pot to be legal in Oregon — but not selling it [27.06.2015] | Pot stashes in Oregon are legal — up to 8 ounces. So is the homegrown, up to four plants a household. The legalization of recreational marijuana July ... |
| Doctor: Legalisation of pure MDMA should be considered [18.06.2015] | Dr Paul Quigley, an emergency medicine specialist and clinical toxicologist at Wellington Hospital, says the legalisation of pure MDMA - the main ing ... |
| US marijuana legalisation has not led to rise in use by adolescents, study finds [16.06.2015] | Legalising the medical use of cannabis has not led to a surge in the numbers of adolescents using it in the USA, according to new research that surpr ... |
| Kreuzberg will Cannabis schnell legalisieren [14.06.2015] | Seit eineinhalb Jahren wird im Berliner Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg diskutiert den Erwerb und den Konsum von Cannabis zu legalisieren. Noch im Ju ... |
| Budget bill outlaws pot sales in D.C. for 2 years [10.06.2015] | House Republicans advanced a budget plan that would prevent legal sales of marijuana in the District until at least 2017. Advocates for legalization, ... |
| Monitoring legal pot: How do we know if it works? [09.06.2015] | Dozens of government officials and researchers from a half-dozen U.S. states and a few countries that have legalized marijuana or are at least thinki ... |
| Lib Dem leadership candidate Norman Lamb calls for cannabis legalisation [31.05.2015] | The Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Norman Lamb has called for the UK to legalise, regulate and tax the sale of cannabis. The former care minis ... |
| Morocco’s major opposition party calls for legalization of cannabis [24.05.2015] | Hamid Chabat, Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, one of Morocco’s major opposition political parties, has once again called for the legalizatio ... |
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