Tag: global drug policy

The Economist reports that energy minister Philip Paulwell said he will ‘find time’ this year to decriminalize possession of marijuana in Jamaica.

Viktor Ivanov, head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), recently spouted some pure, Grade A cannabis reefer madness in an interview with the Interfax news agency. The “medical...

Thanks to recent reform, Italy no longer treats cannabis enthusiasts the same as heroin enthusiasts, and is set to release 10,000 pot prisoners.

Leaf Science lists the 9 countries that could be the next to legalize marijuana.

Legalization in the US has fueled legalization efforts elsewhere, giving momentum to the push for legal pot worldwide .

Mike Power describes the failures of prohibition, giving ten reasons why the UK needs drug policy reform.

Italy’s constitutional court today struck down a 2006 law that removed the distinction between “soft” and “hard” drugs, treating pot possession like heroin possession. Thousands of prisoners...

Uruguayan President José Mujica has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to rethink the drug war.

A federal judge in Brazil ruled that marijuana prohibition is unconstitutional, calling it the result of a backward culture.

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...

Poland has hosted several speakers from Seattle to discuss drug laws, their costs and the benefits of reform.

Canada is willing to purchase marijuana from Jamaica, a deal that could potentially earn billions of dollars for Jamaica annually, since its cost of production is significantly...

A Nottingham bar was closed for hosting the Nottingham Cannabis Club, and law enforcement reminds us that all drugs destroy user’s lives… Oh, except alcohol.

Special to the Chronicle by Bernd Debusmann, Jr., who is currently studying for an MA in International Journalism at City University London. Prior to that, he lived and worked...

Michael Bolen encourages politicians and media to stop pretending cannabis prohibition protects kids.

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 France in 2015...

With Colorado allowing businesses to sell marijuana recreationally (Washington soon enough) and many more allowing some form of medical marijuana, it’s understandable that many people would have...

What a year in drug reform! 2013 saw a historic breakthrough on the international front, as well as evidence that powerful currents are shifting inexorably away from...

Since 2011, Dutch law enforcement has been cracking down on cannabis farms, causing an increase in grows in neighboring Germany.

Encouraged by Uruguay’s recent historic decision, Argentina is now considering legalization.