Category - Legality

Cannabis may be emerging from the shadows of prohibition in the physical realm, yet it’s a different story in the virtual dimension. The leading social media platforms are yet to get with the times when it comes...

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to legalise cannabis at the federal level. Known as the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, the legislation previously passed the House in...

Spoiler, it’s no. But it’s worth taking a closer look to see why France is one of the only countries in the world to pursue a strict prohibitionist policy while the rest of the world is slowly moving towards...

In late 2021 a continental scramble broke out as several countries suddenly joined the race to become the first European nation to legalise weed. Before the ink had dried on new legislative bills in Germany and...

Racial minorities have historically been disproportionately targeted by unfair and unequal drug laws. While logic tells us that cannabis decriminalisation would help eliminate this injustice, hard data to support this...

A recent study has cast doubt over the reliability of roadside THC impairment testing. According to the data, blood and saliva testing for THC impairment are ineffective and inconsistent. In line with another study done...

The UK remains in the Stone Age regarding cannabis policy. However, London Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to take the first baby steps in the right direction by launching a limited decriminalisation scheme. Yet to be approved...

2021 has been a pretty good year for cannabis on both sides of the pond. Progress was made towards legalisation in both Europe and North America. So as the final bongs (ha) of the year chime out, there’s good reason for...

November 5th 1996 will forever be remembered as a landmark day in cannabis history. It was the day that the state of California passed Proposition 215, legalising cannabis for medical use and effectively opening the...

Is cannabis legal in Australia? No – but there are a few exceptions. Like many parts of the world, medicinal and recreational uses have different legal statuses, with medicinal use legal and cannabis available on...

The three political parties within Germany’s incoming coalition government have agreed to legalise recreational cannabis. While the details of the legislation have yet to be finalised, the move is expected to provide a...

North Korea is one of the most secretive countries globally and one of the most fantasised about. Rumours, misinformation, and misconceptions are rife. The impossibility of getting in touch with North Koreans and the...

After a back-and-forth exchange between involved parties, Ohio’s bid to legalise recreational cannabis is back on track following the state’s attorney general’s acceptance of a rewritten petition on August 20th. The...

As support for cannabis legalisation continues to grow throughout the US, politicians are increasingly calling for an end to prohibition. A few weeks ago, the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE)...

Last week, we wrote about an anonymous survey recently launched by The Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC) to help learn more about cannabis growers. The GCCRC uses this data to help push sensible...

Adults in Mexico are to be allowed to apply for permits to grow and consume their own cannabis, after the country’s Supreme Court finally decriminalised recreational weed. The move comes after a frustrating few years in...

Do you or have you ever grown cannabis (legally or illegally)? Do you think that laws relating to cannabis are wrong? If the answers to these questions are ‘yes’, then help us gather data in this cannabis grower survey...

The Americas have led the way on cannabis reform, with countries including Canada and Uruguay having legalised recreational use, along with several US states. The relationship between cannabis and indigenous communities...

A new study funded by the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has concluded that the level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in a person’s blood, urine or saliva can’t be used to gauge their level of intoxication[i]...

The legalisation of recreational cannabis use in Canada in 2018 felt groundbreaking. The realisation of a long-held dream for many relatively quickly rolled out, provided a beacon of hope: that the cannabis plant would...

In many parts of the world, the possession and use of cannabis remains prohibited, despite the unstoppable wave of legalisation in some jurisdictions. Where marijuana use is prohibited, users have to be discreet and...

With Mexico set to become the world’s largest legal cannabis market, all eyes have been focused firmly on the country’s legislators for the past several months. With the Senate having first approved a legalisation bill...

Despite progress in cannabis legislation, weed remains forbidden in many countries. As a result, hundreds of tons of cannabis are seized every year. In France, about 50 tons are confiscated each year, while in the...

New York has become the fifteenth US state to legalise recreational cannabis use, yet the first to actively implement legislation to redress the social and racial disparities caused by prohibition. The new bill – which...

Mexico is on the verge becoming just the third country in the world to legalise recreational cannabis, after the Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved a bill to permit adults over the age of 18 to cultivate and...