Quick Hit #2: canna week recap

Quick Hit is an overview of the cannabic news of the last few days, at home and abroad.

On Newsweed

In France, an LR mayor calls for punishing consumers of cannabis, lamenting the failure to «eradicate this problem». Rodrigo Duterte likes this.

In the United States, the various ways of limiting Jeff Sessions' action are being examined, by an initial proposal to restrict the Department of Justice's action on cannabis, and a second to remove cannabis from the list of controlled substances.

In the meantime, Dan Bilzerian, known for his love of weapons and babes,The French company wants to launch a weed business, much to the chagrin of our web users. on Facebook, disappointed that he didn't take the plunge at all.

Canada puts its foot down in Italian pharmacies to sell medical cannabis in France.

Elsewhere in French

Libération graces us with a nice portrait of Amine Benyamina who wants to make addictions a «major national cause», and also legalize cannabis to better combat its harmful effects.

In France, prohibition is doing rather well: kiln prices are now tagged on the walls, patients who treat themselves with cannabis are still sentenced to prison, 83 national police force is gratified for seizing 1.8 kilos of cannabis, while one of their colleagues was caught with canna but only risks disciplinary action internally.

AFP points out that Greece prepares to legalize medical cannabis. It was announced last July.

Elsewhere in English

The WaPo sums up the irrationality of modern drug laws, In this way, we can see that cannabis and LSD are among the least dangerous but most controlled drugs. We can see that cannabis and LSD are among the least dangerous but most controlled drugs, unlike tobacco and alcohol, which are very dangerous but not subject to international restrictions.

Cosmetics (re)discover the properties of cannabis and in its products, including nail polish.

Al Jazeera visited illegal cannabis plantations in Paraguay, South America's biggest weed producer. A report that navigates between the misery of growers in love with their plants, the corruption of the local police, and the «bosses» who line their pockets without being bothered too much.

Le Monde surprised the lack of commitment to ending the ineffective war on drugs, rebounding on an op-ed published last December in the New York Times, explicitly on behalf of The Failed War on Drugs.

The former President of the Portuguese Republic is for the legalization of medical cannabis in his country, confirming that you're always more reformist when you're no longer in charge.

The Guardian asks the question whether medical cannabis is a miracle drug and gives the best possible answer: so far, we don't know.