Tag: Europe

(30 posts)
September 17, 2013
09/17/2013
United Kingdom MMJ Patient Openly Passes Customs With Cannabis

United Kingdom MMJ Patient Openly Passes Customs With Cannabis

A United Kingdom medical cannabis patient recently brought 18 tubs, containing 5 grams of cannabis each, home from a trip to Amsterdam. Openly declaring the goodies picked...
By: Mercedys
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September 10, 2013
09/10/2013
Weedist Destinations: Cologne, Germany

Weedist Destinations: Cologne, Germany

  You book a cheap hostel in advance knowing the clubs and Kölsch won’t keep you in the room for much more than sleeping in Cologne, Germany....
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August 28, 2013
08/28/2013
Study: THC Increases Brain Activity With Positive Stimuli

Study: THC Increases Brain Activity With Positive Stimuli

The administration of THC modulates emotional processing in healthy volunteers, according to placebo-controlled crossover trial data published online by the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology. Investigators from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands performed...
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August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
Is Albania Europe’s New Marijuana Capital?

Is Albania Europe’s New Marijuana Capital?

Lazarat is a small mountain village in Albania, and one that police no longer visit. 90% of the village’s 7,000 people grow an estimated 500 tons of...
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August 19, 2013
08/19/2013
UK Conservative Party Deputy Leader’s Call to Legalize Cannabis Welcomed

UK Conservative Party Deputy Leader’s Call to Legalize Cannabis Welcomed

Peter Lilley urged Tory leadership contenders to urgently think about liberalizing the UK laws on cannabis. His comments were welcomed by drugs charity Release, which said a...
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August 16, 2013
08/16/2013
Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Doctors Will Be Allowed to Prescribe Sativex

Irish Minister of State Alex White said he plans to “amend the regulations to allow a newly authorized medicinal product containing cannabis extract to be prescribed (Sativex), supplied...
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August 12, 2013
08/12/2013
A Former Görlitzer Park Weed Dealer Describes Best Day Ever

A Former Görlitzer Park Weed Dealer Describes Best Day Ever

“My aim to come to Europe was to further my education. Not to be selling or be in this scene,” Patrick says, waving off the benches of Senegalese...
By: Theo Bark
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July 10, 2013
07/10/2013
GW Pharmaceuticals, Legal Marijuana Monopoly, Launches Sativex Spray in Italy

GW Pharmaceuticals, Legal Marijuana Monopoly, Launches Sativex Spray in Italy

GW Pharmaceuticals has launched their Sativex cannabis extract spray in Italy for use by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Beware of GW’s creeping monopoly on medical marijauna in...
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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
HCLU Interview with Former EU Drugs Commissioner Carel Edwards

HCLU Interview with Former EU Drugs Commissioner Carel Edwards

Our friends at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union have a fascinating interview with former EU drugs commissioner Carel Edwards online. He explains that the EU — an overarching body...
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September 12, 2012
09/12/2012
Plans for Cannabis-Based Medicines in Ireland

Plans for Cannabis-Based Medicines in Ireland

The Irish Department of Health says it hopes to bring forward legislative proposals this year, or in early 2013, enabling cannabis-based medicines to be prescribed in Ireland.
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