Canada: Dispensary Owners Are Already Fighting Ontario’s Rules On Legal Weed
Clint Younge was tormented by bullies as a boy in elementary school in Stoney Creek, Ontario, long before he discovered the power of cannabis.
His...
Legal Pot In Mexico: Everything You Need To Know
On June 19th, 2017, Mexico legalized medical marijuana, or more specifically, "pharmacological derivatives of cannabis" to be regulated and studied by the Ministry of...
Canada: Pot-Related Policing, Border Enforcement Efforts To Get $274M From Ottawa
The Trudeau government has earmarked just over $274 million to support policing and border efforts associated with the plan to legalize recreational marijuana use.
The...
Australia: Medicinal Cannabis About To Get Green Light In Tasmania –...
Tasmanians will be able to apply to access medicinal cannabis from Friday, but doctors and advocates have concerns about how the scheme will work.
East...
UK: Time For A Change? Newsbeat Take On Cannabis
Is the UK actually fairly tolerant of cannabis use despite its classification as a Class B drug?
This is the open-ended conclusion reached by BBC...
Israel: Finance And Health Ministries Jointly To Approve Export Of Medical...
The export of medical cannabis has been approved by an interministerial committee of the Finance and Health Ministries, it was announced on Sunday. The...
South Africa At Cannabis Crossroads
For one South African mother, cannabis was an illegal drug to warn her son about when he became a teenager: today, she uses it...
Clearing The Smoke: 4 Steps To Enjoying Legal Cannabis In Canada
Depending on where you live in Canada, and with legalization on the horizon, it would be easy to think that storefront medicinal cannabis is...
UK: The Hazy Issue Of Weed And Work
More people are smoking weed these days, sparking a haze of complications and confusion in the workplace.
A growing number of states in the US...
Western Europe: Forget The US. Here’s Where Medical Marijuana Is Really...
There's a groundswell of support for cannabis legalisation in the United States, with 29 states, as well as Washington D.C. approved for medicinal cannabis,...
Switzerland: Cannabis Cigarettes Are Being Sold Legally At This Supermarket Chain
Natalia Ferrera is in high spirits — literally. Standing in front of a Coop supermarket in the city’s Eaux-Vives section, she is smoking a...
Turning New Zealand’s Black Market Cannabis Economy Green
What happens to the economy, the criminal gangs, the growers and the dealers when an illicit drug is legalized?
Whatever form it takes, legalization is...
Catalonia Legalizes Marijuana Consumption, Cultivation And Distribution
The government of Catalonia has legalized marijuana, making the autonomous Spanish region the latest part of the world to loosen restrictions on use of...
Canada Ponders An Unusual Drug Problem: A Shortage Of Marijuana
The biggest challenge for Justin Trudeau’s forthcoming legal recreational marijuana market is a shortage of pot, the finance minister of Canada’s most-populous province says.
Ontario’s...
Vicente Fox Says Mexico, Canada Could Eclipse U.S. In Weed Business
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox put domestic cannabis industry leaders on notice Tuesday at a marijuana business conference in Oakland that his nation and...
Mexico’s Hellish drug War Is Getting Worse, But Why
With violence at “historic levels,” and no end in sight, it’s time to ask: What’s gone wrong in Mexico?
Wars are not won by targeting...