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Since 1976, authorities across the Netherlands have chosen to openly ignore that cannabis use is illegal here, and they prosecute no one in possession of less than five grams of marijuana for personal use. It’s why hundreds of “coffee shops” sprung up across Amsterdam and the Netherlands. But that’s no longer the case.
The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour is a non-profit organization riding to change the way marijuana is perceived in Europe. In November, it handed over 100,000 Euros to fund a groundbreaking clinical study into the use of cannabinoids (THC and CBD) in the treatment of brain cancer (glioma) patients.
Catalonia's public health agency has proposed strict new measures to regulate cannabis clubs in the region, amid claims that Barcelona is on its way to rivaling Amsterdam as a smoker's haven. The number of clubs in Spain has proliferated from some 40 in 2010 to more than...
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
The South American country of Uruguay will become the first in the world to legalise, regulate and participate in the production and sale of marijuana.
The death of British resident Gemma Moss is, without a doubt, a tragedy any way you look at it. I want to be very clear at the outset that, while I am suspicious of the coroner's ruling of a cannabis overdose, I in no way intend
French senator Esther Benbassa introduced a bill last week that would allow and regulate legal cannabis in France.
Gemma Moss reportedly died this week of a cannabis overdose. This is notable because it’s widely understood that death from pot is virtually impossible.
A man in Ireland walked into the Irish police (gardai) station with a small amount of cannabis and requested to be booked for possession. While many of us may be puzzled by such an action
Cannabis activist George Wurth of the German Hemp Association (Deutscher Hanf Verband) has won a million-Euro prize to expand the group's legalization activism from the German television program Millionaire Choice (Millionaerswahl).
Poland has hosted several speakers from Seattle to discuss drug laws, their costs and the benefits of reform.
The city council of Italian city of Turin has approved a motion in favor of legalizing cannabis on Tuesday, becoming the first major city in...
France’s ministry of health announced Thursday that it has approved Sativex, a cannabis-based mouth spray produced by GW pharmaceutricals. Sativex will be available in
Since 2011, Dutch law enforcement has been cracking down on cannabis farms, causing an increase in grows in neighboring Germany.
A new petition is gaining steam to legalize cannabis in Germany. The petition calls for cannabis for adults over 18, cultivation centers and retail stores.
Quick, wine connoisseurs, panic! Morgan Stanley Research released a report saying a global wine shortage is coming. If legalized, could cannabis serve as a
Ireland's Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013 was published last week by Luke Ming Flanagan, who says "Ireland is ready for the legalization of cannabis."
Marijuana seeds will no longer be illegal in Slovakia as of March 2014, according to a report in the Slovak Spectator.
