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Federal cannabis legalisation in the US appears increasingly inevitable, and while such an eventuality would provide cause for celebration, concerns over fairness and inclusivity remain. Unless policymakers...
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...
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...
Abe Cohn dirige THC Legal Group, une équipe d’avocats spécialisés dans le cannabis fournissant des services juridiques à l’industrie de la marihuana.
Federal cannabis legalisation in the US appears increasingly inevitable, and while such an eventuality would provide cause for celebration, concerns over fairness and inclusivity remain. Unless policymakers put certain...
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...
2022 looks set to be the year that the green wave finally hits Europe, with a number of EU countries preparing to legalise pot. Over in the US, meanwhile, all eyes will be on the mid-term ballot papers, which are sure...
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...
A long-awaited Senate bill that would legalize cannabis at the federal level has finally been unveiled. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said since February that the new legislation was almost ready to drop. This...
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...
Earlier this month, the Moroccan government approved bill 13-21 to legalise the cultivation of marijuana for therapeutic and industrial purposes. Through this law, the Moroccan government is pursuing three objectives:...
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...
The widespread prohibition of cannabis can have dramatic consequences in terms of public health. Indeed, forced to obtain their weed via the black market, consumers who do not produce their own cannabis often find...
Update: Since this article was published, an arrangement has been reached to allow the import of Bedrolite to the UK until July 1. The British and Dutch health authorities are now working towards finding a more...
With marijuana now legal in several US states and the whole of Canada, demand for millions of people to have their cannabis convictions expunged is growing. In states like California and Illinois, the elimination of...
For the first time since 2009, the Democratic Party is set to control the US Senate, House of Representatives and the Whitehouse, presenting what many see as the perfect opportunity to finally legalise cannabis at the...
Israel and Mexico are the countries that have most recently (2020) decided to fully legalise cannabis, not only for medical and industrial purposes, but also for recreational use. In another development, Lebanon has...
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