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Marijuana continues to inch closer to global acceptance, with Canada the latest nation to announce plans to legalise recreational cannabis. Canada’s Liberal government intends to introduce the legislation during the week of April 10, according to an exclusive report by CBC News earlier this week. The aim is to have …
For a country whose cultural identity largely revolves around weed, it’s a little surprising that cannabis use was decriminalised in Jamaica only last year. In 2015, the government made amendments to the nation’s outdated drug laws, making it legal to be in possession of up to two ounces of ganja. …
The internet has been buzzing recently with the news that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) plans to legalise medicinal marijuana by the end of the second quarter of 2016 (August 1). Speaking with the Santa Monica Observer, a DEA lawyer who wished to remain anonymous explained that cannabis was …
The economic disparity between the haves and the have nots continues to grow in many parts of the world, but there is one thing that promises to bring these two groups closer together: Weed. Why are investors finally seeing potential in the legal weed industry? Perhaps understandably, investors have been …
420: What began as a code-word for smoking pot among a small group of friends in California in the 1970s became so ubiquitous that it is now considered a staple term in every stoner’s vocabulary. As such, the 20th of April (written as 4/20 by our friends in North America) …
Today the Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016 was passed in both houses of the Australian parliament, opening the doors for medical marijuana in Australia. Australia already has laws surrounding the import and exports of cannabis products, however the growing and distributing medical marijuana in Australia isn’t legal. The new law is …
Cannabis in Canada is still widely illegal. With a new government entering parliament in 2016, the odds of legalization, further criminalization or decriminalization of marijuana coming to fruition are still to be determined. But despite that, black market growers and grey market marijuana dispensaries are more prevalent than ever. And …
Colorado passed a law on Wednesday that increases the state’s regulatory oversight on edible and concentrated forms of cannabis, after safety concerns following two deaths with possible links to pot-based food. Signed into power by Governor John Hickenlooper, the law says products that contain marijuana must be easily distinguishable from …
