It’s been just over a year since Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica signed a law creating the world’s first nationalized market for the cultivation, sale and consumption of marijuana. But along with the successes of Uruguay’s weed experiment are some notable hold-ups. For starters, a year into the new paradigm, it’s still impossible to buy marijuana legally here.
The man who was in charge of overseeing the Minnesota Office of Medical cannabis in its nascent phase, Manny Munson-Regala has taken the CEO job with one of the two state-sanctioned cannabis cultivators.
A leading Mexican journalist with deep knowledge of the drug war, claims that government corruption and back alley deals with the DEA carry a heavy load of responsibility for facilitating and encouraging the war.
The problem of unregulated pesticide use could be solved by federal legalization, or possibly even rescheduling. The feds are the ones who dictate which pesticides are safe but, due to the federally illicit nature of the plant, they are paying scant attention to its oversight.
Despite the report stating that cannabis use is down in the U.K., it seems to me the country is on the verge of a green revolution. David Nutt, a leading drug expert in the United Kingdom and professor at Imperial College London, issued a report comparing cannabis to other drugs.
Not only are people free to smoke weed—the weed is free. As of July 1, new Oregon laws go into effect making it legal for adults ages 21 and up to possess and use recreational marijuana. It’s legal to grow marijuana in the state—up to four plants per residence, out of public view—and share it with other of-age adults too.
A very wealthy family from Australia donated a cool 33.7 million dollars to the University of Sydney. This money, dubbed the Lambert Initiative, is to be expressly used for cannabis research.
