Plumes of pungent smoke rise above the small but prosperous southern Albanian village of Lazarat, while gunfire and the occasional rocket-propelled grenade or even mortar greet the...
As Colorado grapples with the recent changes to state policies on marijuana use, journalists, analysts and politicians seem eager to discuss just about every aspect of the...
Jamaica will decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the government announced today. It will also allow possession for some medical and scientific purposes. And it...
Mexico’s president is hinting that he is considering making marijuana legal south of the border, San Francisco Weekly reports. In an interview published Sunday in El Pais, President...
Ladybud reports women the world over are ending prohibition…Again. This is the motto of the International Women’s Cannabis Coalition, consisting of over 250 members worldwide with 60...
Bermuda’s National Security Minister Michael Dunkley submitted the report from the Cannabis Reform Collaborative to the National Assembly and urged legislators to consider its recommendations saying any...
While prohibitionists futilely try to prove history’s first cannabis overdose, the World Health Organization said Monday that alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year (1 person every...
It seems like every day brings a new surprise in the awkward transition of marijuana from outlaw status to social acceptance. In the blending between those ready...
A report from the London School of Economics released Monday night outlines the enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage from the war on drugs and calls for...
Uruguay will formally unveil the regulations for its legal marijuana commerce next week, although the broad outlines are already known. The stuff will be genetically tracked from seed to sale and...
Yesterday, the Amsterdam District Court sided with Mayor Eberhard van der Laan to ban marijuana cafes in its famous Red Light district. The plan calls for closing 26...
A coalition of 122 German law professors, led by Lorenz Böllinger, professor of criminal law at Bremen University, are strongly pushing for the national legalization of cannabis...
Uruguay’s drug czar Julio Calzada told The Associated Press on Tuesday that any prisoner with doctors’ orders will be prescribed marijuana to improve their physical or mental health.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Wednesday his country could present a plan before year’s end to legalize the production of marijuana and opium poppies. His comments...
In a new set of rules, the Oregon Health Authority seeks only to ban marijuana-laced products that are made or packaged in ways that might appeal to...
The small South American country will soon become the first in the world to legalize, regulate and participate in the production, sale and taxation of marijuana. Uruguay’s “weed...
Colorado plans to crack down on medical marijuana patients, state health department authorities announced Friday, saying it would challenge patients and medical pot growers with permission for...
This year’s 4/1 is a bigger deal than 4/20, at least from a non-US marijuana stock investing standpoint. Come April 1, not only will Canada’s MMPR program roll-out,...
Yep, you read that right. The global anti-drug bureaucracy doesn’t think it’s a good idea to criminalize drug use. As the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) notes: Today, a...
In an interesting comparison, left-wing lawmakers in Mexico introduced legislation to decriminalize cannabis. The aim of this legislation is to curb cartel violence by eliminating the black...
