Editorial. Brexit, the Panama Papers, Nuit Debout, and now the legalization of cannabis in France. Public debates and protests follow one after another, each with its own distinct character. On the one hand...
A bill debated for the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly since 2014 has garnered the necessary support to pass into plenary session on May 1,...
July could mark the end of the «War on Drugs» in the United States. In a 25-page letter addressed to U.S. senators,...
While France is once again embroiled in a heated debate over the legalization of cannabis in the wake of the triple murder in Marseille, American activists have...
In this month’s issue of Harper’s Magazine, the cover story examines the failure of drug prohibition in the United States. The author, Dan Baum, begins...
Two Norwegian researchers have examined the probability of having a car accident after consuming cannabis and have come to a surprising conclusion. The study...
Monday, March 14 marked the start of the 59th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Austria. The CND...
Legal cannabis is doing what decades of prohibition and repression have failed to do: cut into the profits of the Mexican cartels...
Florida patients will soon have greater access to non-smokable medical cannabis to treat their illnesses. On Friday, the Florida House passed the second bill...
The subject is becoming less and less taboo in France, and even though those who stray from the official line are quickly brought back into line, some prominent French figures...
Australia has one of the highest rates of cannabis use in the world, and cannabis is widely used illicitly. 1/3 of Australians...
One of the major obstacles to the legalization of cannabis in France is our country's commitment to the United Nations drug treaties,...
Napster co-founder and former Facebook president Sean Parker has donated 1 million $s to support the effort to legalize recreational cannabis in California....
Switzerland is to open 4 cannabis club pilot projects in the cities of Zurich, Basel, Bern and Geneva, where members will be able to smoke without fear...
Update of 02/25/2016: unsurprisingly, Australia legalizes medical cannabis Legislators met yesterday to legalize the cultivation of medical cannabis in Australia,...
Prof. Bertrand Dautzenberg, a renowned pulmonologist who reignited the debate on the legalization of cannabis in France during the 20th Pulmonology Congress...
In a new report by CIBC World Markets, a Canadian investment bank, economists have calculated that if Justin Trudeau legalizes cannabis in Canada, 5...
Cannabis advocates expecting a turning point in federal cannabis policy have reason to be disappointed. In a speech last Friday,...
Puerto Rico's Department of Health has passed a provision that will allow the cultivation, processing and distribution of medical cannabis on the...
Public cannabis use continues to be illegal in Washington state, but a new bill could leave Seattle, and other cities,...