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Basel, Switzerland Becomes First Canton To Kick Off Recreational Cannabis Trial

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

The trial will allow up to 400 participants to buy their cannabis in pharmacies – in exchange for being study participants Here is the great news. Switzerland is moving ahead with its recreational cannabis trial. The first canton to be approved by the federal government, Basel, will allow a...

South Africa Approves First Cannabis Pharmacy

Written by Marguerite Arnold on April 27, 2022. Posted in Business, Politics.

The pharmacy, located in Johannesburg, supplies card-carrying medical cannabis patients and is registered with federal authorities South Africa is powering forward with its cannabis reform plans. The country has now authorized its first legal cannabis-only pharmacy. Located in Johannesburg, THC Pharmacy...

Australian Researchers Examine Motivation Behind Increased Support For Legalization

Written by Johnny Green on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Support for adult-use cannabis legalization is stronger now at the global level than at any other time since the start of international cannabis prohibition. Now that Uruguay, Canada, and Malta have passed national cannabis legalization measures and the sky didn’t fall, that should only further...

Which Country Has ‘The Best’ Cannabis Legalization Model?

Written by Johnny Green on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Cannabis prohibition, thankfully, has not always existed. For thousands of years, humans used the cannabis plant for various purposes, and it was only in the 1900s that cannabis prohibition first became a widespread public policy around the globe. As I have said many times and will say until the...

Social Organizations Receive Medical Cannabis Cultivation Licenses In Mexico

Written by Frank Schuler on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

The road towards adult-use cannabis legalization in Mexico has been full of twists, turns, detours, and in some cases dead ends. In late 2018 Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that cannabis prohibition as it pertained to personal use was unconstitutional. Since that time lawmakers have tried, and...

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Putting ‘Europe’s Biggest Cannabis Farm’ Bust Into Context

Written by Johnny Green on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Historically, I have always shied away from writing about cannabis busts. Having been present at no less than 3 no-knock raids in my youth, and having guns pointed at my face during the course of the raids, I know firsthand how traumatic the experience can be. Many members of my family have also...

Taiwan’s Lowered Cannabis Penalty Does Not Go Nearly Far Enough

Written by Johnny Green on April 27, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Lawmakers in Taiwan moved this week to lower the mandatory sentence for people convicted of cultivating cannabis for personal use from five years to one year. The previous fine, NT$5 million (roughly $170,000 USD), was also lowered to NT$1 million. People cultivating cannabis for personal use can...

What Is Being Done To Free Brittney Griner?

Written by Johnny Green on March 21, 2022. Posted in Politics.

“Britney Griner: The ‘Tom Brady of women’s basketball’ has vanished”. That is what BBC World News tweeted on March 15th in regards to international basketball legend Brittney Griner being detained in Russia. At the time of the tweet little was known about Brittney Griner’s...

Milan’s City Council Calls For Cannabis Legalization In Italy

Written by Johnny Green on March 18, 2022. Posted in Politics.

Italy is home to one of the most inspiring cannabis activism efforts of all time. Last year activists in Italy gathered enough signatures to put national legalization before voters. Over 630,000 signatures were gathered in just a matter of weeks. The signatures were gathered so quickly and abundantly...

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Category: Politics

Basel, Switzerland Becomes First Canton To Kick Off Recreational Cannabis Trial

South Africa Approves First Cannabis Pharmacy

Australian Researchers Examine Motivation Behind Increased Support For Legalization

Which Country Has ‘The Best’ Cannabis Legalization Model?

Social Organizations Receive Medical Cannabis Cultivation Licenses In Mexico

Putting ‘Europe’s Biggest Cannabis Farm’ Bust Into Context

Taiwan’s Lowered Cannabis Penalty Does Not Go Nearly Far Enough

What Is Being Done To Free Brittney Griner?

Milan’s City Council Calls For Cannabis Legalization In Italy

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