Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli

Kenzi is a Franco-Algerian interdisciplinary researcher based in Barcelona. A specialist in international cannabis law, he promotes drug policy reform. He is co-founder of NORML France, the think-tank FAAAT, and CATNPUD (Catalonia's network of drug users). Advocating action research (collaboration between academia and citizens) as a catalyst for political and social change, Kenzi is interested in the dialogue between international law and local initiatives, articulating his work around questions of ethics, human rights, fair trade and sustainable development, in all matters concerning plants, fungi, psychoactive substances and products and/or those declared illicit.

Stories By Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli

Cannabis in the U.S.4 years ago

How do International Conventions allow the legalization of cannabis?

The High Compliance report was presented to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs on March 15. In 110 pages, High Compliance dissects the...
Cannabis in France5 years ago

Cannabis Social Clubs: is France ready?

After the dissolution of the CSCF in 2014, and an oversight in the National Assembly questionnaire, the Cannabis Social Clubs (CSC) model is back on the...
Cannabinoids5 years ago

“Synthetic cannabis: say hello to neocannabinoids

For the past few months, from Bordeaux to Sedan, via Besançon, a “chemically doped cannabis herb”, capable of “taking you to the emergency room” in just a few puffs...
CBD6 years ago

The CBD, between victory and panic: Kanavape ruling and vote at the United Nations

2020 will have been an eventful year, especially for CBD. And the end of the year is no exception, with two major events concerning the...
Cannabis news6 years ago

UN: France defends medical cannabis

This week, for the first time in almost a century, France vigorously defended the therapeutic potential of cannabis at the UN, calling it “necessary”...
Cannabis news6 years ago

Medical cannabis, COVID-19 and the right to health: have patients been forgotten?

The two largest organizations of doctors specializing in medical cannabis* call on the UN to uphold patients' rights during the pandemic...
Cannabis news6 years ago

Cannabis at the UN: a tool to monitor each country's position

For the first time in history, governments around the world must take a clear stance on the issue of medical cannabis. The “CND Monitor” is a...
Cannabis news6 years ago

UN: between political inertia and conservatism, cannabis is on the losing side

In late January 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized for the first time the usefulness and therapeutic potential of cannabis, and called on governments to...